New recipes, August 28, 2025

 Pepperoni Pasta Salad and Blueberry Ginger Clafoutis, both from NYT Cooking. We enjoyed the pasta salad though it did not stand out as unusual, and the clafoutis was delicious! We give the salad a 3 and the clafoutis gets a 5!
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New recipe, August 27, 2025

Stuffed Peppers with Chickpeas and Cheese from NYT Cooking. The chickpeas are wonderfully spiced, which makes these fabulous! We give this a 5.

New recipe, August 26, 2025

Liang Ban Qie Zi (Eggplant with Garlic Ginger and Scallions) from NYT Cooking. The spices are "cooked" by pouring hot oil over them just before serving. This was very flavorful and we give it a 4.

New recipe, August 25, 2025

Bánh Mì Salad from NYT Cooking. This really does capture the flavors of Bánh Mì in a salad! It gets a 5!

New recipe, August 24, 2025

Grilled Meatballs with Mint and Za'atar from Food and Wine. This is all about the ingredients blended into the meat, which are delicious. This is easy and tasty! It gets a 5.

New recipe August 23, 2025

Coconut Peanut Corn Salad from Food and Wine. This is very good, and has an unusual set of flavors. It includes curry leaves, which you can get online (I have some stored in the freezer. We give this a 4.

New recipe, August 23, 2025

Slow Cooker Chickpea Stew with Lemon and Coconut from NYT Cooking. This is very rich (2 cans of coconut milk!) but pretty simple in flavor. We give it a 3.

New recipes, August 21, 2025

Missed the photos. We made Garlicky Shrimp Tacos and a Fruit Crumble with peaches from our tree. Both are from NYT Cooking. The tacos were pretty good and get a 4. The crumble was overly sweet to our taste, it gets a 3.

New recipe, August 20, 2025

Spring 44 Honey Vodka Tonic. This vodka has a strong honey-vanilla flavor, and even at 1 part to 3, it overwhelms the tonic. This was ok, we give it a 3.

New recipe, August 19, 2025

Low Country Pickled Shrimp from Food and Wine. This has really enjoyable flavors, with lots of layers, and is a great appetizer. We give this a 4.

New recipe, August 18, 2025

Chickpea Chicken Salad with Green Harissa Dressing from NYT Cooking. Another salad with layer upon layer of delicious flavors. This gets a 5!

New recipe, August 17, 2025

Yotam Ottolenghi's Tomato and Pomegranate Salad from NYT Cooking. This has amazing layers of flavor, highlighted by the za'atar in the dressing. This gets a 5!!

New recipe, August 16, 2025

Spring 44 Corpse Reviver No 2. This is a very tasty cocktail and gets a 4

New recipe, August 15, 2025

Summer Peach Panna Cotta. This recipe comes from Chef Hosea Rosenberg, courtesy of Food Bank of the Rockies. It is delicious, and gets a 5. The serving size is quite large.

New recipe, August 14, 2025

Crunchy Eggplant and Corn Salad with Mint and Feta from Food and Wine. The ingredients seems a little unusual but they come together nicely. We give this a 4.

New recipe, August 13, 2025

Roasted Pepper White Bean and Mozzarella Salad from NYT Cooking. These flavors worked nicely together. We give this a 4.

New recipe, August 12, 2025

Bicicletta from NYT Cooking. This is a great cocktail. We give this a 4.

New recipe, August 11, 2025

Pizzaiola from Food and Wine. This is described as "pizza style steak" and it is fabulous. This gets a 5!

New recipe, August 10, 2025

Avocado Toast with Salsa Macha from eatsomos.com. We used our leftover Salsa Macha, and this is delicious! It gets a 5!

New recipe, August 9, 2025

Slow Cooker Senate Bean Soup from NYT Cooking. Ham hocks are hard to find, so we used a smoked turkey leg. The recipe also calls for 1 tablespoon of salt. The flavors are great, but it came out too salty. We would cut back on the salt. Otherwise quite nice, so it gets a 4.

New recipe, August 8, 2025

Tinto de Verano from Food and Wine. Just red wine and lemon lime soda. Spaniards know how to offset a hot summer. We really enjoyed this! It gets a 4.

New recipe, August 7, 2025

Dumpling and Smashed Cucumber Salad with Peanut Sauce from NYT Cooking. A spiced peanut sauce is always such a delight! This is easy and delicious! It gets a 5.

New recipe. August 7, 3025

Dumpling and Smashed Cucumber Salad with Peanut Sauce from NYT Cooking. The peanut sauce makes this, and it is delicious! We give this a 5

New recipe, August 6, 2025

Summer Squash with Pepita Sesame Salsa Macha from Food and Wine. This is delicious, with charred zucchini, a lively sofrito and salsa macha, which is a delicious salsa with chiles, oil and nuts and/or sesame seeds. It was even better the next day. This gets a 5!

New recipe, August 5, 2025

Watermelon Gazpacho from Food and Wine. This doesn't have the bread thickener that some gazpacho has, but the flavors are great and it is welcome on a 99 degree day. We give this a 4.

New recipe, August 4, 2025

Tomato Flatbread from Food and Wine. This is really nice. It is anchored by a layer of spicy zhoug and topped with cherry tomatoes, mozzarella, prosciutto and arugula. Yum! We give this a 4.

New recipe, August 3, 2025

Sook Mei Fas. (Cantonese Creamed Corn with Tofu and Rice). We got to use fresh Olathe corn. The flavors are subtle, with garlic ginger and scallion, but it just needed more—the tofu just didn't take on a lot of flavor. We give this a 3.

New recipe, August 2, 2025

Skirt Steak with Shiso Shallot Butter from Food and Wine. This has a delicious marinade including gochujang, soy sauce and sesame oil, and the shiso shallot butter adds great flavor and unctuousness. We give this a 5!

New recipe, August 1, 2025

Happy Colorado Day! This is Roasted Chicken Thighs with Basil Ginger and Garlic from NYT Cooking. Peaches from our tree! This uses hard peaches since they soften and sweeten in the oven. A delightful mix of sweet and savory, we can't wait to have this again! It gets a 5, and it is quick and easy!!

New recipe, July 31, 2025

Chickpea Spinach Salad with Yogurt Curry Dressing from NYT Cooking. Simple and very tasty. We give this a 4.