Dinner Archive

  • Kung Pao Chicken

    Jen has tried a lot of chinese recipes in the past, with mixed results.  Recently, she got the Everyday Chinese Cooking Cookbook and it has changed her chinese cooking forever — the sauces are simple yet full of flavor, and everything we try comes out...

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  • Green Onion Pancakes

    A traditional Chinese flatbread, served here with a soy-based sauce. Really simple, really tasty.

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  • Carne Guisada

    Slow simmered beef in a flavorful stew. Tonight was served with mother- & daughter-made corn tortillas, fresh tomatillo salsa, and a yellow tomato and avacado salad.

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  • Spaghetti with Fresh Tomatoes & Mozzarella

    Clean-out-the-fridge dinner. Spaghetti with fresh tomatoes, garlic, green onion and some delicious mozzarella.

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  • Homemade Cheeseburger

    Homemade Cheeseburger on a freshly baked Brioche Roll, yellow tomato, guacamole and mayo with pickled cole slaw.

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  • Tuna Avacado Sandwich

    Jen whipped up this sandwich on the fly. Can’t remember what was in it, but it was big chunks of lightly seared tuna and it was fab.

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  • Shish Kabob Flatbread Pizza

    We watched Tyler Florence (I think) do a show on flatbread pizza, and we both drooled. Jen’s version: clean out the fridge. Leftover lamb, sautéed red onions and oven roasted cherry tomatoes with fresh mozzarella on flatbread. It really was amazingly simple and tasty. Saskia, our...

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