January 13, 2011 new recipe

Dinner on 1/13/2011 was Scallops with Angel Hair Pasta and Piccata Sauce, Broccoli Rabe Puglia Style, and the Crispy Leeks again. I used spaghetti, but the scallop recipe came from EatingWell.com. The rabe recipe is courtesy of Mario Batali's Molto Italiano.

The wine was a pinot grigio.

January 12, 2011 new recipes

Dinner on 1/12/2011 was Seared Scallops with Crispy Leeks. This recipe is new, and comes from the EatingWell.com website. It was tasty! The key to the leeks, which are crisped in a very hot over, is to be sure to spread them out in a single layer. Otherwise they get a little mushy.

We had this with some Farro, and with Roasted Brussel Sprouts and Grapes. This recipe was given to me by a coworker. You just cut equal parts of red or black seedless grapes and brussel sprouts in half. Lightly oil with olive oil, salt and pepper, and then roast at 350 degrees until they look done. It is so simple and so easy!

January 11, 2011 new recipe

Dinner on 1/11/2011: Camarónes a la Diabla. Carl served this with rice. The recipe is from Rick Bayless' Fiesta at Rick's.

January 10, 2011 new recipe

Dinner on 1/10/2011. Anne prepared a wonderful Leek Tart for us. So I supposed technically we fell down on this one, since we didn't do the actual preparation. Ah well. It is fabulous--resembles a quiche in some ways, but much less egg and much more vegetables and cheese.

Don't remember the wine, other than to say it was a white.

January 9, 2011 new recipes

Here is dinner on 1/9/2011--a Moroccan Lamb-Chicken Stew, served over pearled couscous. It was delicious, and made many days of wonderful leftovers!

I need to dig back through our recipes to remember where this one came from.

Don't recall the wine.

We don't often have dessert, but this evening we had a chestnut cream, with vanilla ice cream and bitter chocolate. Anne found the recipe in French online and made it. Roasted chestnuts have a flavor that is really unlike anything else, and it is wonderful! Here is a recipe from Yankee Magazine.

January 8, 2011 new recipes

Here is Anne again at dinner on 1/8/2011. Both dishes are new: a Lime-Marinated Grilled Flank Steak, and a Cucumber-Onion Salad with Chinese Sausage.

We are still trying to remember what the sources for these are!

Don't recall the wine either.

January 7, 2011 new recipe

Here is dinner on 1/7/2011, and our friend Anne Trégloze, who arrived from France, a day after she was supposed to be here!

We had some more of the wonderful Polish Barley Soup, accompanied by our new dish for the day. Carl adapted the Frisée and Wild Mushroom Salad with Poached Egg from Epicurious.com--he used arugula instead of the frisée, but it was wonderful nonetheless.

We had a sauvignon blanc with this, though I can't remember which wine.