Fennel*Twist – Page 136 – cooking, pdx, travel, and sometimes cats

March 21, 2007

Black Bean Salad with Bell Peppers and Tortilla Strips

I just made this to bring to a potluck at work and I think I'm in love with it. jwa and I had some for dinner tonight (I made extra) and it was so good. I highly recommend it. I've adapted it from Bon AppÃ©tit magazine, by adding the cheese, cilantro and tortilla strips. Oh …

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March 20, 2007

Lavender-Goat Cheese Potatoes…Oh and Some Pork

Just when I start to think about changing the blog theme to something more Springy, it gets all cold again. The kind of weather where you want to make a creamy sauce and bake something in it. Something like potatoes. The kind of weather where there's a pork tenderloin involved in the whole thing as …

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March 18, 2007

Five Hours in Wine Country

Saturday, jwa and I headed to the Dundee/Dayton area in Yamhill County, where the wine flows like, uh, water or somethng. Seriously, so much wine, so little time. You could not throw a rock and not hit a winery. Add to this, it was a beautiful day (high of 66 and blue skies). Here's what …

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March 15, 2007

This Was so Good: Chicken Stew with Grapes and Tarragon

This was a recipe I found on

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March 14, 2007

It's Chilly Again: Baked Bolognese with Lamb

Well, it least it was a little while ago. Ahhhh, Spring. This makes a lot (let's say 6+ servings) so you can invite a couple of people over or have extra lunches for the week. It also freezes beautifully. In fact, jwa's having a defrosted container of it for lunch today. Myself, I'm going to …

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