New recipe, June 30, 2012

Grilled Turmeric and Lemongrass Chicken Wings, from the July 2012 Bon Appétit. Delicious flavors--the chef, Zakary Pellacio has many suggestions for layering the flavors, and these are great! We give them a 4. Served with a quick cucumber and carrot pickle.

No wine, as we headed to the Denver Center to see The Addams Family--I had my doubts, but it was funny and a lot of fun--it was worth seeing, so if it comes back, go see it!

New recipes, June 29, 2012

Charred Green Beans with Harissa and Almonds (delicious, gets a 4) and Grilled Kale Salad with Ricotta and Plums (kale from the garden, also gets a 4, from the July 2012 Bon Appétit.
Served with Pork and Tomato Skillet Sauté, from the July 2012 Cooking Light. Nice flavors--we give it a 3

Wine: the Velvet Devil Merlot 2010

New recipe, June 28, 2012

Today's news recipe is a great salad with a non-melting cheese from the Denver Post: Grilled Cheese Salads, by JM Hirsch. We give it a 4. The recipe called for Halloumi, a non-melting Greek cheese, but as I had Paneer, we made it with that.  From the description, I think Halloumi would be more acidic, and that would have been enough to end it up to a 5--will have to try this again with Halloumi.

Wine: MacMurray Ranch Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2009

New recipe, June 27, 2012

I had dinner with our friends Scott and Kate, and their daughters Jana and Lucy, so tonight's recipe is a cocktail--the James Joyce, from Gary Regan's The Joy of Mixology. Nice flavors--it gets a 4

New recipe, June 26, 2012

Wild Rice with Bell Pepper and Fennel, from the July 2012 Cooking Light. Really fast, very tasty--gets a 3. We used brown rice as we didn't have any wild rice handy. Served with some mesquite smoked turkey breast.

Wine: Cantele Negroamaro Rosé 2011

New recipe, June 25, 2012

Dinner was an impromptu salad with a glass of Bieler Père et Fils 2011 Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence Rose.

The new recipe was this really quite tasty Homemade Bacon Milkshake, from the Christian Science Monitor. May sound odd, but if you have ever had bacon with pancakes and maple syrup, you'll get the idea. This gets a 4!

New recipe, June 24, 2012

Salted Almonds (with Paprika) from Love Food's The Tapas Cookbook. This version is not on lion, but many others are.  Any that use some oil for cooking should solve the problem we had.  We give them a 3--the salt and paprika did not stick to the nuts, so it didn't retain the seasoning that would have made it fabulous.