June 2007 – Fennel*Twist

June 26, 2007

Nectarine & Marscapone Tart with a Gingersnap Crust

This recipe is from Bon AppÃ©tit magazine and makes a great Summer dessert. I thought the filling maybe needed a bit more ooomph -- next time, I may add a teaspoon or two of orange or lemon liqueur. Of course, this might also be because I used "light" cream cheese. Perhaps that was a mistake. …

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June 24, 2007

Cornbread Panzanella for Dinner + Flowers

This is a great meal for when you don't really know what you feel like or what you want for dinner. It has everything -- bread, cheese, veggies, and basil. If you wanted to go crazy, I bet you could even add some cooked, cubed chicken. jwa and I enjoyed it quite a bit. The …

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June 21, 2007

Sangria + Grilled Chicken is a Great Summer Combo

The other night we pulled the little Weber grill out of the garage again and grilled some chicken, caramelized some bell peppers and onions (inside, in a pan, with a little salt, cumin and chili powder), made some guacamole and to accompany it all there was a pitcher of tasty, tasty sangria. The sangria recipe …

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June 20, 2007

Quick and Easy Three Bean Salad

We recently did a first grilling of the season test by making two huge, juicy cheeseburgers. There are no pictures of the cheeseburgers because I did not trust jwa with my plate so that I could go get the camera. Plus, it was so delicious I did not want to leave it. Sometimes, this is …

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June 17, 2007

Almond Cake: Well, Now it's Just Really Kind of Anticlimactic

I originally envisioned this post for Weekend Cookbook Challenge 17, but I didn't get it up in time. Most of this week (in the evening) has been devoted to working on the wedding website with jwa. Happily, save the date cards went out last Thursday. Well, at least the main bulk of them -- there's …

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