New recipe, January 31, 2020

Last day of January? Agh! Tomato and White Bean Soup with Shrimp from the January/February 2020 Eating Well. Our shrimp was strong in iodine, which we learned is common in wild caught gulf shrimp. This was not so pleasant, so we give this a 3. The overall flavors are good, and we think this would be a 4 with a sweeter shrimp.

New recipe, January 30, 2020

Kentucky Mule from the January/February 2020 Eating Well. This is a nice variation on the mule, we give it a 4.

New recipes, January 29, 2020

Two fives from the February 2020 Bon Appetít: Chicken Braised in Lime and Peanut Sauce, and Cabbage Slaw with Charred Scallions and Lime Dressing. Both bright and flavorful, and complementary!

New recipe, January 28, 2020

Rosemary Blood Orange Lamb Chips with Charred Blood Oranges from the January/February 2020 Eating Well. These have a wonderful palette of flavors! This gets a 5.

New recipe, January 27, 2020

Chicken Lentil Soup with Jammy Onions from the February 2020 Bon Appetít. Wonderful! This gets a 5.

New recipe, January 26, 2020

Parchment Packet Baked Tuna with Creamy Dijon Turmeric Sauce from the January/February 2020 Eating Well. The flavors are great, but I need to learn how to seal a parchment packet better—the potatoes came out undercooked. As made, it gets a 3, would certainly be a 4 properly cooked.

New recipes, January 25, 2020

Two from the January/February 2020 Eating Well: Beef Tenderloin with Pomegranate Sauce and Farro Pilaf, and Flourless Chocolate Chile Cake. These were both great—both get a 5!

New recipe, January 23, 2020

Slow Cooker Potato Soup from the January/February 2020 Eating Well. The soup is rich and comforting, and the recipe suggests several ways of dressing it up—we went with the pizza theme. This gets a 4.

New recipe, January 22, 2020

Turmeric Salmon with Coconut Crisp from the February 2020 Bon Appetít. Great flavors, we give this a 4.

New recipe, January 21, 2020

The Cointreau Rickey from drizly.com. Light, refreshing. This gets a 5.

New recipe, January 20, 2020

Antipasta Smothered Chicken From the January/February 2020 Eating Well. Exactly what it sounds like and tasty, this gets a 4.

New recipe, January 19, 2020

Za'atar Fish and Chips from the February 2020 Bon Appetít. Delicious, this is a 5!

New recipe, January 18, 2020

Ouzo Lemonade from Yummly.com. Nice combination of flavors, we felt it was a bit overbalanced to the lemon and needed a bit more sweetener. We give it a 3.

New recipes, January 17, 2020

Burnt Green Onion Dip from Ottolenghi's Nopi. Tasty dip which gets a 4.
Then three from Ottolenghi's Simple: Cauliflower Pomegranate Pistachio Salad (delicious, a 5); Baked Mint Rice with Pomegranate and Olive Salsa (another 5!); and Miso Ginger Lime Chicken (good flavors but a bit dry, we give this a 5).
And finally, Flourless Chocolate Teacakes from Ottolenghi's Sweet. These are delicious, they get a 5!

New recipe, January 16, 2020

Citrus Salad with Chia Celery Seed Dressing from the January/February 2020 Eating Well. This is beautiful and the citrus is tasty. We give this a 4.

New recipes, January 14, 2020

Two from NYT Cooking: Bulgogi Sloppy Joes with Scallion Salsa, and Cucumber Kimchi. These both have bold flavors and are a lot of fun. We give the sloppy joes a 5, and the kimchi gets a 4.

New recipes, January 11, 2020

Chicken Kurma and Syrian Fattoush Salad, from the January/February 2020 Eating Well. Both are very flavorful, we give them 4s

Newer recipe, January 10, 2020

Peruvian Roasted Chicken with Spicy Cilantro Sauce from NYT Cooking. Really great flavors, we give this a 5!

New recipe, January 9, 2020

Coconut Noodles with Chicken and Vegetables from the December 2019 Eating Well. Enjoyable southeast Asian flavors. We give this a 3.

New recipe, January 8, 2020

Easy Gin Buck from thespruceeats.com. Nice, this gets a 4

New recipes, January 7, 2019

Afghan Tarkari with Red Chutney from the January/February 2020 Eating Well. Both are quite good, we give this a 4.

New recipe, January 6, 2019

Snapper with Preserved Gremolata and Fregola from the January 2020 Food and Wine. No snapper available so it is salmon. The fish was good and the gremolata too, this gets a 4.

New recipe, January 5, 2020

Cauliflower Okonomiyaki from the January 2020 Food and Wine. There are a bunch of small steps to this recipe, so it takes a little time. But it is fantastic! A total 5. Also gave me an entertaining adventure finding several ingredients (that I could have ordered online if I was more patient) at our local Har-Mart, which was also very satisfying!

New recipe, January 4, 2020

Charred Vegetable Ragu from the January 2020 Food and Wine. This May not look terribly photogenic, but it is delicious! We give this a 5!

New recipe, January 3, 2020

Herbed Lemongrass Broth with Shrimp from the January 2020 Food and Wine. This has some interesting flavors in it, but overall it just didn't come together. We give this a 3.

New recipe, January 2, 2020

Orzo and Chickpeas with Turmeric Ginger Broth from the January 2020 Food and Wine. This is excellent, as well as simple. We give this a 5.

New recipe, January 1, 2020

Happy New Year! Today's new recipe is Asado from NYT Cooking. We had some fresh calamansi (a little orange citrus fruit that is tart), as our tree has done well. So what do you use calamansi for? Lots of Filipino dishes, including Asado. And it is fabulous. We give this a 5! Nice way to start a new decade!

New recipe, December 31, 2019

Fireball Hot Toddy from delish.com. A total winner! This gets a 5.

New recipe, December 30, 2019

The Ward Eight Cocktail from thespruceeats.com. We thought this was unbalanced toward the sour, overall we give it a 3.