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June 14, 2009

Chicken Braised in Beer (Coq à la Bière)

This makes a very good weekend meal. There are a lot of steps and ingredients but it is so worth it in the end (like a lot of long-cooking, multi-stepped recipes). It's very similar to coq au vin, but with beer (duh). Use a good dark beer, Belgian-style if you've got it. I used half …

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June 7, 2009

Rhubarb Crisp with Sage, Rosemary & Thyme Ice Milk

Oh my this was good. I messed around with the recipe a bit, mainly I made a 1/2 recipe of the rhubarb and a full recipe of the topping! Mahahahahaha -- (that was an evil laugh). I only had two rhubarb pieces which weighed 12 oz. That was my main reason for making a half …

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June 5, 2009

Summer Side Dish: Grilled Zucchini with Garlic and Lemon Butter Baste

This was a side dish that worked really well with some grilled albacore tuna steaks. For the fish, I made a quick topping of kalamata olives, green olives, cherry tomatoes, red onion, olive oil, lemon juice and feta cheese. So, it was a Mediterranean kind of a thing (one of my favorite kinds of things). …

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May 27, 2009

The Very Green Meal (Featuring Risotto & Pea Puree)

What is this? Another post? Holy crap, yes, it's another post. This was another meal we had over the Memorial Day Weekend. It was a very green meal with green herb risotto and some (leftover) pea puree bruschetta. We even had matcha creme brulee for desert. See? very green! The risotto was good, but I …

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May 25, 2009

Middle Eastern Lamb Burgers

Memorial Day Weekend. Portland. Sunny. 70+ degrees. No rain. Really, no rain. What to do? Make lamb burgers! Wow, these were good. Juicy and flavorful. The recipe is very easy to halve and make just two burgers (what I did). I found some kalamata ciabatta rolls at New Seasons which worked perfectly with these burgers. …

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