2006 – Page 9 – Fennel*Twist

October 10, 2006

Hello Fall! Rosemary & White Bean Soup

Well, we're back from Ashland (where it's very cold at night) and had a great time. I really need to recap some of our recent trips and out of town restaurants and all of that. Port Townsend, WA, Livingston, MT and Ashland, OR all coming soon. But today it's soup. In the Fall and Winter, …

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October 4, 2006

(Not a Hotdish) It's Chicken Fajita Casserole

I am going to betray my Midwest roots here by offering a casserole for today's post. A chicken-fajita casserole but a casserole none the less. Do I call it a hotdish? Hell no. I only went to college in Minnesota -- I'm not from there. jwa wanted tacos. I wanted to put something in the …

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October 3, 2006

Fun with Fish & Raw Egg: Halibut Cakes & Tartar Sauce

Do you like to live life a little dangerously? How about making your own mayonnaise/tartar sauce and buying $15 worth of halibut for a little kitchen experiment? Sound like fun? Well, it was -- but only because these turned out deee-licious! It could have been deeee-sasterous! Okay, I am done now. I think I was …

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October 2, 2006

A Nice Fall Soup with Tortellini, Tomato & Arugula

This meal came about, as some do, by just poking around the refrigerator and the cabinets to see what we had. What did we have? Well, there was some chicken stock and canned tomatoes in the cabinet, porcini tortellini from Trader Joes in the fridge and fresh basil out in the garden. Tortellini are so …

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October 1, 2006

WCC9: Grilled Salmon with Hazelnut-Lime Butter

The theme for this Weekend Cookbook Challenge #9 was the opposite of last month's Foreign food. This time it's the food of your country/culture. I took this one set further by using the cookbook, Tastes of the Pacific Northwest and focused on the food of my region -- namely salmon and hazelnuts, which are very …

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