Kitchen

Pan-Roasted Pheasant with Carrot Purée and Watercress Salad

March 1, 2011

Every Valentine’s Day, Neil and I make the effort to try something completely new. Something way out of left field. A new ingredient or genre, something that we can learn and experience for the first time together. Last year, we mastered our sushi-making technique. This year, someone else had an idea for us, and it [...]

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Brown Butter Butterscotch Banana Bread …with Greek Yogurt?

February 25, 2011

It’s official. My Greek yogurt obsession is out of control. It’s become almost a game. “Can I put Greek yogurt in this?” The latest challenge was born out of Neil’s insistence that I find a use for the two black bananas in our freezer. We have only our tiny refrigerator freezer and it is stuffed [...]

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Because Beer + Bread = Awesome, No-Knead Crusty Pale Ale Bread

February 23, 2011

It was only a matter of time before beer found it’s way into the mix of my bread making obsession (evidence here, here and here). And this weekend I just happened to have one lonely Sierra Nevada Pale left that begged to be used for a loaf of crusty pot bread. Well it didn’t beg, [...]

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We’re Outgrowing Our House: A Pantry Story

February 10, 2011

Eep! (Before) It’s a testament to our growing “foodie-ism” that we’re very quickly growing out of our kitchen, particularly the pantry. Stuffed to the gills with appliances, staples and canning supplies, every new “must try” over the past year has quickly depleted storage space in our already tiny kitchen. Because we hope to move in [...]

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Spicy Vietnamese Lemongrass Tofu Inspired by… Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods?

January 27, 2011

For the most part, our food inspiration comes from what I would consider pretty places. Beautiful pictures on blogs or in magazines, or cooking shows with a host that has excellent taste and uses brightly colored seasonal ingredients. This dish however was the completely opposite. It came to us while we were watching the third [...]

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Spicy Chicken Tortilla Soup and Snow Daze

January 20, 2011

We woke up this morning to 8 inches of snow. Everything was and still is completely covered, including the roads. I don’t think I’m ever going to get used to Missouri’s idea of snow removal. Just because people drive on it and does NOT mean it’s clear! If we didn’t have the Jeep, we’d be [...]

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Chunky Vegetarian Stew

December 29, 2010

From the moment I opened my new dutch oven (my Christmas gift from Neil), I’ve been making lists of all the different things I can make with it. If you don’t follow me on Twitter, you’ve been spared the annoyance of my pining for one for the past year. I’ve been wanting one Fore-VER! And [...]

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