New recipe, March 30, 2022

Chicken Noodle Soup for One from NYT Cooking. This comes together very quickly. It seemed a little under salted, but I did use a low salt broth—would salt it a bit more in the future. Pleasant dish, it gets a 3.

New recipe, March 29, 2022

Fennel Apple and Avocado Crudo from the August 2015 Food and Wine. This is simple to put together but has a great combination of flavors and textures. We give this a 5!

New recipe, March 28, 2022

Tuna Ceviche with Avocado and Cilantro from Food and Wine. Very flavorful and delicious. We would have like a little chili in here. We give it a 4.

New recipe, March 27, 2022

Bacon Fried Rice with Avocado and Fried Egg from Food and Wine. A Hawaiian inspired dish, definitely has element of bi bim bap. Delicious! We give this a 5!

New recipe, March 26, 2022

Birthday Breakfast for Carl: Cumin Oil Fried Egg and Avocado Toasts from Food and Wine. The cumin and crushed red peppers take this over the top! We give this a 5!

New recipe, March 25, 2022

Tuscan Bread and Tomato Soup (Pappa Al Pomodoro) from NYT Cooking. Simple and delicious. This gets a 5!

New recipe, March 24, 2022

Mattar Paneer from NYT Cooking. Very flavorful, with great layers of flavor. We give this a 4.

New recipe, March 23, 2022

Spicy Korean Rice Cakes (Tteokbokki) from NYT Cooking. Tasty but seemed to have one dominant flavor from the gochujang. We would have liked a little more blending of flavors. We give this a 3.

New recipe, March 22, 2022

Braised Chicken with Cumin Tomatoes and Feta from NYT Cooking. Thanks to the harissa this has wonderful deep flavors. We give this a 5!

New recipe, March 21, 2022

Chipotle Marinated Flatiron Steak with Avocado Corn Relish from Food and Wine. This is fabulous, and simple! We give it a 5.

New recipe, March 20, 2022

Scallop Rosettes with Avocado and Creamed Tandoori Chayote from Food and Wine. Nice flavors, though the scallops can get a little lost in the other flavors. We give this a 4.

New recipe, March 19, 2022

Spicy Peanut and Pumpkin Soup from NYT Cooking. Wow, such great flavors! And using canned pumpkin and peanut butter makes it easy. We give this a 5.

New recipe, February 18, 2022

Penne with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes from NYT Cooking. This is very simple, but tastes very good. We give it a 4.

New recipe, March 17, 2022

Slow Cooker "Corned Beef" and Cabbage from the February 2018 Eating Well. Much lower in sodium that corned beef, but similar flavors from the pickling spices. We enjoyed this! It gets a 4.

New recipe, March 16, 2022

Dami-Yeh Gojeh Bohkod Farangi (Tomato Egg Rice) from NYT Cooking. A wonderful Iranian dish! We give this a 5!

New recipe, March 15, 2022

Peruvian Roasted Chicken with Spicy Cilantro Sauce from NYT Cooking. Wonderful flavors! We give this a 5.

New recipe, March 14, 2022

Youvarlakia Avgolemono (Lemony Greek Meatball Soup) from the March 9, 2022 Denver Post. Very flavorful—we liked this a lot! We give this a 5.

New recipe, March 13, 2022

San Francisco Style Vietnamese American Garlic Noodles from NYT Cooking. A lot of garlic with a range of other flavors. Very nice, we give this a 4.

New recipe, March 12, 2022

Lazy Day Pasta E Fagioli from the March 9, 2022 Denver Post. Simple and very tasty. Perfect for a lazy winter day. We give this a 4.

New recipe, March 11, 2022

Blood Orange Screwdriver from Food and Wine. This was pleasant ,probably needs more acid than the blood orange supplies. We give it a 3.

New recipe, March 10, 2023

Chilaquiles Rojos with Fried Eggs and Cotija from the April 2020 Food and Wine. This is a classic Mexican breakfast dish but it makes a great dinner too. The salsa, with a variety of dried Chiles, is great! We give this a 5.

New recipe, March 9, 2022

Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Vermouth from the November 2021 Eating Well. We enjoyed the combination of flavors, and give this a 4.

New recipe, March 8, 2022

Spicy Sesame Bacon and Egg Congee from Food and Wine. Congee is a rice porridge, a true comfort food. This delicious recipe adds great flavors, and we loved it. We give this a 5.

New recipe, March 7, 2022

Pressure Cooker Guiness Beef Stew with Horseradish Cream from NYT Cooking. This has layers of flavor and is wonderful! We give this a 5.

New recipe, March 6, 2022

The Red Hook Cocktail from Epicurious. Not a Manhattan, but it does harken to it. We liked this a lot. It gets a 5.

New recipe, March 5, 2022

Bacon and Onion Pasta from NYT Cooking. The bacon and red vermouth with the onions are incredible! We give this a 5.

New recipe, March 4, 2022

Za'atar Baked Eggs from Food and Wine. We enjoyed this a lot. We give it a 4.

New recipe, March 3, 2022

Chicken Bacon Smash Burgers from the March 2022 Bon Appetít. Fun and tasty! The caramelized onion and jalapeño add a lot! We give this a 4.

New recipe, March 2, 2022

Roasted Roots with Green Salsa from the March 2022 Bon Appetít. The sweetness of the vegetables contrasts beautifully with the acidity of the tomatillos and the saltiness of the cheese. We give this a 5.

New recipe, March 1, 2022

Radicchio with Hot Honey Vinaigrette and Cotija from the February 2022 Bon Appetít, and Spicy Coriander Cumin Chicken Thighs from the March 2022 Eating Well. The salad is especially good—it gets a 5, and the chicken gets a 4.

New recipes, February 28, 2022

Skillet Cheesesteak with Broccoli Rabe from Bon Appetít and Roasted Butternut Squash Salad from the March 2022 Eating Well. These are both very good, and the skillet cheesesteak really does capture the flavors of a cheesesteak. We give both a 4.

New recipe, February 27, 2022

Classic Champagne Cocktail from NYT Cooking. Somehow we have never had this cocktail before. We loved it and give it a 5.

New recipe, February 26, 2022

Instant Pot Khichdi from NYT Cooking. This is a quick way to make this wonderful spiced dal and rice dish. We give it a 4.

New recipe, February 25, 2022

Instant Pot Pork with Red Wine and Olives from NYT Cooking. This is a really nicely flavored stew which we thoroughly enjoyed. Of note, the leftovers seemed a bit salty, probably because the olives sat in it overnight—they are added just as the stew finishes. We give this a 4.

New recipe, February 24, 2022

Pressure Cooker Porcini Risotto from NYT Cooking. This make risotto something you can make very quickly, and it was really tasty! We give this a 5, because of both the flavor and the rapid simplicity of the recipe.

New recipe, February 23, 2022

Pasta with Feta and Green Olives from NYT Cooking. This is a simple and pleasant dish. We give it a 3.

New recipe, February 22, 2022

Grits and Greens from NYT Cooking, served with some chicken sausage. The grits and greens are really nicely flavored! We love this and give it a 5.

New recipe, February 21, 2022

Pan Seared Ranch Chicken from NYT Cooking. We served it with a salad with a bit of the homemade ranch. I tend to avoid ranch dressing, but this one is good, and is great with the chicken. We give this a 4.

New recipe, February 20, 2022

Shrimp in Purgatory from NYT Cooking. Such a richly flavored tomato sauce! Delicious. We give this a 5.

New recipes, February 19, 2022

Pan Seared Radicchio with Soft Cheese from the February 9, 2022 Denver Post, and Carrot Tart with Ricotta and Feta from NYT Cooking. The radicchio looks messy but was very nice. It gets a 4. The tart was great, it gets a 5.

New recipe, February 18, 2022

Brodo Di Pollo Con Pastina (Chicken Soup with Pastina) from NYT Cooking. This is a chicken soup with pasta, and the herbs and vegetables make a great broth. We give this a 4.

New recipe, February 17, 2022

Stove Top Asparagus Frittata from Food and Wine. This is an interesting variation on preparing a frittata, and we enjoyed the flavors. We give this a 4.

New recipe, February 16, 2022

Snap Peas with Mint from NYT Cooking. I don't think this combination would have occurred to me, but it works well. We give this a 4.

New recipe, February 15, 2022

Italian Wedding Risotto from the February 2022 Food and Wine. A variation of wedding soup, it is really good. We give this a 5.

New recipes, February 14, 2022

Two from the February 9, 2022 Denver Post: Individual Beef Wellingtons, and No Churn Olive Oil Ice Cream with Hot Fudge. The Wellingtons are delicious! The ice cream is quite good, but took me a bit of time to warm up to. It looks like vanilla ice cream but is salted and has the olive oil. When you combine it with the fudge sauce it is like a salted chocolate ice cream sundae—quite good after getting over my preconceptions. We give the beef a 5 and the ice cream a 4.

New recipe, February 13, 2022

Hot Chicken Salad from NYT Cooking. This is apparently a classic comfort food, though it is not familiar to either of us. It is basically a chicken salad that has been baked. We give it a 3.

New recipe, February 12, 2022

The Nuitcap cocktail from NYT Cooking. This was enjoyable, we give it a 3.