I am about to do some serious debunking...
You heard me! De-Bunking!
It was 4 o'clock on a Saturday afternoon. I really wanted to make a vegetarian black bean chili, but alas...
No soaked beans. No canned beans. Just two…
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The Absolute Best Cherry Pie
Please don't kill me when you realize...
I'm talking about a pizza pie...
Smothered in some really flavorful black and red cherry tomatoes!
Make your favorite pizza dough. Mine is...
http://www.thisoldchef.com/blog.html/basic_pizza_dough/
While preheating the oven, I roasted about 30 cherry…
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Coulibiac! (Sautéed Tuna with Puff Pastry Rounds and Rice with A Mushroom Brandy Sauce, Sour Cream and Dill
Deconstructed Tuna "Coulibiac"
No... seriously!
Bear with me. You know I don't usually employ cutesy foodie terms like "deconstructed."
I went home from the test kitchen with a treasure trove of ingredients: some chopped cremini mushrooms, some dill...
A small…
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Bonanza! (Filet Mignon in a Brandy and Shallot Cream Sauce with Cracked Black Pepper, Sauteed Potatoes in Truffle Oil, and Seared Squash
The test kitchen is a remarkable place. For many reasons. One, of course, is getting to bring home "ingredients," both raw and already prepared, waiting to be "re-purposed."
Yesterday was one of those bonanza days. We had potatoes and summer…
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Seared Salmon with Herbed Cauliflower Rice
I had a few small pieces of some gorgeous salmon demanding to be cooked. And a head of cauliflower in the same state... Hmmmmm.
I love salmon with rice.
I love cauliflower rice.
Ergo...
I washed, trimmed, and cut the…
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Two! Two! Two Pizzas in One!
My go-to pizza dough...
http://www.thisoldchef.com/blog.html/basic_pizza_dough/
...makes enough dough for two pizzas.
Yes, I could halve the recipe.
Yes, I could (and often do) freeze half.
But sometimes, I need to pamper the two of us.
It had been a tough…
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Just for the (Alaskan) Halibut, with Melted Leek and Tarragon Sauce, Wild Rice, and Cauliflower
When you receive a perfect piece of first-of-the-season Alaskan halibut, you know you must build a very special dinner around it. It may not be specifically a special occasion, but a piece of fish like that makes it one!
I…
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Beef Tenderloin & Broccoli Stirfry
Not yo' mama's take out!
I came home from the test kitchen with 4 thin(ish) slices of beautiful roast tenderloin, and some scallions. I had broccoli in the fridge, along with some cooked rice. Time for some delicious homemade "Take…
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Grain Bowl (Is That A Great, Inviting Name or What?!?!?)
OK. Fine Awful name. But this really is one of my favorite ways to eat in the summer!
Make a few small batches of grains (for this dinner, I made barley, forbidden rice, and white rice), add some beans (today's…
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Thai Ground Pork with Chickpeas, Onion, Garlic, and Homemade Habanero Sauce on Basmati Rice
I had a small bit of ground pork from the test kitchen.
I had chickpeas I'd cooked a few days ago.
Thai basil in the garden.
Homemade habanero hot sauce..
Onions and garlic and Thai green curry paste are always…
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Risotto with Sage, Prosciutto, and Fava Beans
HMart, to my great surprise, had gorgeous, fresh fava beans... at an incredible price!
Our garden is wall-to-wall sage.
And a trip to Arthur Avenue for EVOO yielded a luscious little bit of prosciutto (as I'm sure I've told you,…
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Chèvre. Homemade. Just Wait...
Don't laugh.
It had been a really, and I mean REALLY, tough day. So what did I do? I made chèvre, of course.
Armed with two quarts of goat milk from (sob) the Test Kitchen, and rennet and mesophilic culture…
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Pasta with Homemade Sausage and Mustard Greens
"These mustard greens are way too strong. They're like wasabi. David... Do you want them?"
Some variation on that scene happens frequently in the test kitchen. And often results in some of my favorite meals. Case in point...
I shredded…
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Schweineschnitzel (Ja, Sicher, Lean Pork Schnitzel!) mit Brown Rice und Cabbage Salad
There are times when one must confront one's fears.
Now I have always loved bacon, sausage, and various Asian preparations using ground pork. But solid slabs of pork - tenderloin, chops, roasts, et al. - have invariably caused a level…
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