Another new recipe, May 14, 2016

Strawberry Fool from the New York Times. Essentially sweetened strawberries with sweetened whipped cream, but the recipe does allow for other dairy, so we used sweetened goat yogurt, and it was fabulous! We give it a 5

New recipe, May 11, 2016

Pasta Salad with Chicken Green Olives and Ramp Vinaigrette from the May 11, 2016 Denver Post. This is spectacular--ramps are an amazing ingredient! It gets a 5.

New recipe, May 1, 2016

Spaghetti Aglio e Olio from the May 2016 Cooking Light. This uses fish sauce for an extra dimension, and it is great! We give it a 5. Be careful with the peppers, depending on your heat tolerance. Served with a spinach salad with balsamic dressing

New recipe, April 30, 2016

Shrimp and Vegetable Red Rice Salad from the May/June 2016 Eating Well. Great flavors! We give this a 5

New recipe, April 8, 2016

Savory Chickpea Waffles, from the May 2016 Cooking Light. These are awesome--they get a 5.

New recipe, April 7, 2016

The Scottish Summer cocktail, from the Fox News Magazine site.
This is delicious, it gets a 5.

New recipe, April 6, 2016

Soba Salad from the April 2016 Food and Wine. Excellent, we give it a 5.

New recipes, April 4, 2016

We celebrated Mark's Mom's birthday with his parents with the Spring Vegetable and Sunflower Panzanella from the April 2016 Food and Wine, served with Mario Batali's Lamb Chops Scottadita from the Italian Grill. Dessert is Strawberries in Sambuca from Epicurious. We give the salad a 4, and the dessert gets a 5.

New recipe, December 9, 2015

Roasted Rainbow Carrots with Sage Brown Butter from the November/December 2015 Eating Well. Very tasty, we give this a 5! 

Served with leftover Shawarma Spiced Braised Leg of Lamb from the December 2015 Bon Appetít-still a 5!

New recipe, December 8, 2015

Frisée and Fingerling Potato Salad from the November/December 2015 Eating Well. Very tasty, we give this a 4. 

Served with leftover Shawarma Spiced Braised Leg of Lamb from the December 2015 Bon Appetít-still a 5!

New recipe, Decembeg 6, 2015

The new recipe is Braised Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic and Grapes, from the November 2015 Cooking Light, which is very nice and gets a 4.

Served with a reprise of the Shawarma Spiced Braised Leg of Lamb, and Herb Salad with Pickled Red Onion and Preserved Lemon from the December 2015 Bon Appetít, which still get 5s.

New recipes, December 5, 2015

Two from the December 2015 Bon Appetít: Shawarma Spiced Braised Leg of Lamb, and Herb Salad with Pickled Red Onion and Preserved Lemon. In the absence of preserved lemon, we used salted lemon rind. Both were amazing, and get 5s!

The lamb takes time to braise, but there is no work to do that--we went skiing. You should make these!

New recipe, December 3, 2015

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/pork-sliders-smashed-avocado
Pork Sliders with Smashed Avocado from the November 2015 Cooking Light. Made a few adaptations based on available ingredients (used turkey instead of pork, goat cheddar instead of mozzarella), but still great--gets s 5!

New recipes, December 2, 2015

Two from Epicurious: Persimmon Salsa (served here with sautéed pork tenderloin medallions), and Spicy Okra. Both are delicious and get 5s! Mark didn't grow up with okra, and learned a valuable lesson here--big okra may look nice, but it can be tough!

New recipe, November 28, 2015

Baked Minty Rice with Feta and Pomegranate Relish from the December 2015 Bon Appetít. Simple, and delicious. We give this a 5.

New recipe, November 26, 2015

The new Thanksgiving recipe is Cracked Black Pepper Pull Apart Biscuits from Epicurious. At least in the mountains, these needed 10-15 minutes more cooking time than the recipe called for--overall they get a 3.

We did a reprise of the Spatchcocked Turkey with Anise and Orange the from November 2014 Bon Appetít--still wonderful, it still gets a 5.

New recipe, November 23, 2015

Red Lentil Dal with Mustard Seeds from the December 2015 Food and Wine.  This is excellent--we give it a 5.

New recipe, November 16, 2015

Sweet Pork (Moo Wan) from Jennifer Brennan's the Original Thai Cookbook. We liked this a lot--it gets a 5! Served with a quick cucumber pickle.  Sorry I can't find a link for this recipe.

New recipe, November 6, 2015

Pork Chops and Squash with Pumpkin Seed Vinaigrette from the March 2013 Bon Appetít. This is quite delicious--the dressing ties it all together. We give this a 5

New recipe, November 2, 2015

Frisée and Carrot Ribbon Salad With Za'atar Lemon Vinaigrette from Epicurious. Excellent! It gets a 5.