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May 22, 2009

Vegetable Upside-Down Cake for Vegetarian Saturday

This was part of our new vegetarian Saturday night schedule! We've actually followed this for about 2 months -- uh, except last Saturday when we went to Country Cat after a movie and I had duck legs. Oops. But other than that, it's been vegetarian Saturdays! Woo! This was good. It's from one of my …

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May 9, 2009

Grilled Salmon with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

This was super good. The original recipe was adapted from Eating Well magazine. I added orange juice to the sauce, more garlic and instead of zucchini with the fish, I made asparagus. Oh and I decreased the almonds a bit. The sauce is the star here. It's kind of like a Spanish romesco sauce and …

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April 20, 2009

Squid Bread Salad with Smoked Chile Vinaigrette

So, squid. Yeah but wait, come back, this was really, really good! Seriously! And at about $4.50/pound (cleaned even at Whole Foods), this is a great entry in the Cheap Fish Project. As a person who loves deep-fried calamari (I have a standard calamari clause while dining out -- if it's on the menu, we're …

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April 7, 2009

It's Healthy! Salmon with a Couscous Crust

Okay, this was delicious. Especially the couscous. It gets a little golden and crunchy on top. Seriously tasty. I was curious about making something that all cooks together like this. I figured it would turn out okay (I basically trust Tyler) but, as I've only ever made couscous on the stovetop, I was intrigued by …

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September 28, 2008

The Best Thing I Have Ever Made with My Ice Cream Maker

Strawberry Frozen Yogurt! What's that? You say it's September? You say, "Isn't Strawberry Frozen Yogurt kinda silly in, uh, September? You know, like 2 months after berry season?" Yeah. So what's your point? I managed to find some strawberries at Trader Joe's a couple of days ago, was just walking by and I smelled them …

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