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Grocery Shopping in Italy

Kids, here you go. In a few short months. (Argh, do you see rice?)

Ipercoop: Better practice at Aldi’s now.

My Alma Mater is once again hosting

the VP debate!!

Yea!! (Go Bears )

Spicy Broccoli Braise

Heat canola oil in skillet, over high heat. Add minced garlic, minced ginger, sliced onions, and crushed red pepper flakes (or broken up dried Chinese hot pepper). Stir-fry 10 seconds. Add broccoli florets and 1/4 cup water. Cover for 3-5 minutes and cook over medium-high heat, just until broccoli is almost [...]

Overnight Pot Roast

I can’t remember what cut of beef this was. I just told the farmer I wanted a roast cut and would take whatever he had, and he handed me this — maybe a bottom tip roast, or something. Suffice it to say, any slow-cooking roast will do here. The one I used [...]

Potato, Prosciutto and Frico Salad

Small Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled, quartered and tossed with extra virgin olive oil and salt and pepper, herbs if you like
Several slices prosciutto di Parma, heated briefly in dry skillet and chopped into pieces
Frico
Romaine lettuce, torn into bite-sized pieces, rinsed and spun dry

Drain potatoes from the olive oil and cook in a pre-heated cast iron [...]

Decadent. Delicious. Healthy? Ummm… who cares?

After a quick review of what we’ve been eating the past couple of weeks since Aisa’s party, I decided that we need to add more ORANGES and YELLOWS to our diet. So I bought ~10 pounds of garnet yams to make into SOMETHING.

Somehow, this really wasn’t what I had in mind when [...]

Pecan-Almond-Fruit Granola

from an Epicurious recipe (sorry, too tired to look for the link again)

Toast pecans and almonds in 375 degree oven for 10 minutes or so. Let cool and chop.

Meanwhile make Elizabeth Foss’ Favorite Family Granola (I’ve tailored this to our own taste with a few adjustments, but the original is just as wonderful)

While granola [...]

Slow-Poached Lemon Chicken

This is a nice dinner entree when you forget to take stuff out of the freezer in time, like I did today. [blush]

Put 2 frozen chicken breast halves (leave skin and bone intact)
into a skillet. Pour extra virgin olive oil on top and the juice of 1/2 lemon. Sprinkle with sea [...]

Lima Bean Mash

Sorry about the fuzzy recipe.

1 scoop dried baby lima beans (I mean the scoop at Whole Foods, which probably came to about 1 1/2 cups)
vegan buttery spread (I used Earth Balance)
soy milk to thin mash to desired consistency
pinch garlic powder or 1 large clove garlic crushed to a paste
salt and pepper to taste

Pick over lima [...]

Crunchy Green Salad

1 medium head romaine lettuce, torn into bite-sized pieces, rinsed and spun dry
1/2 English cucumber or any waxless cucumber, deseeded if necessary
4 ribs celery hearts, leaves discarded if you like, sliced thinly (leave unpeeled)

the dressing, whisk all in a bowl:

~1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
juice of 1/2 lemon
4 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
salt and pepper [...]

Poached Salmon with Herbed Mayo-Mustard

Boil together in a pot large enough to accommodate a large salmon fillet (this was enough for 6 people):

water (enough to cover salmon when you put it in)
2 bay leaves
a teaspoon or so allspice
a tablespoon or so whole black peppercorns
a tablespoon or so sea salt

When boiling, gently add salmon, cover pot, and turn off heat. [...]

All Mine: Insalata Caprese with Pesto

It’s not picture perfect, and I wish I could say I grew the basil that went into the pesto, and the tomatoes… but no. It was still perfectly yummy, and what’s important, it’s all mine — well, except for a couple of bites Paco took. My little ones don’t like this [...]

Hurricane Ike Pizza

We got the remnants of Hurricane Ike 2 weekends ago — strong winds (strong enough to break in half our basketball pole, luckily no one was hurt) but no rain. We didn’t have power for 24 hours. Luckily we just had Aisa’s grad party that Saturday, and on Sunday when we lost power [...]

Asian Braised Eggplant

Cut eggplant into strips (about 3 1/2 inches x 1/2 inch).

Heat canola oil in a wok over high heat. Add minced garlic and onions (sliced lengthwise) and stir-fry 30 seconds. Add eggplant slices and let sit 4 minutes or so, turning after 2 minutes, until blistered and brown in spots. [...]

Eggplant with Savory Crumb Topping

Cut eggplant(s) lengthwise into 1/2 inch slices. Salt lightly and let sit for 15 minutes, then rinse and pat dry with paper towels. Drizzle extra virgin olive oil on baking sheet. Transfer eggplant slices to baking sheet, coating them with the oil on both sides. Bake at 450 degrees F for [...]