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Beef Satays over Thai Salad
Tonight’s recipe comes from Food & Wine Magazine’s Quick from Scratch Herbs & Spices Cookbook, and is a great quick, light summer meal. Cubes of sirloin are marinated in lemon, salt, pepper, and lemongrass, quickly grilled, and served over a simple salad with a nuoc-chom-like dressing. We were lazy and served it with a quick […]
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Thai Chicken Burgers
This chicken burger recipe comes from Fitness Food. Ground chicken is mixed with breadcrumbs, cilantro, chili sauce, and spices, and formed into burger-size patties. It’s served with ribbons of cucumber and carrot, and a sweet cilantro-vinegar sauce. Chris says: I got bit by the time-bug on this recipe, too! Lisa says: What do you mean? […]
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Fee, Fi, Faux Pho
Sometimes you know a recipe’s just not going to be anywhere near authentic, not going to be nearly as good as you could get in a restaurant, but could still suffice for a quick weeknight meal. This is one of those recipes, from the cookbook How to Eat Supper. Should you really expect a full-flavored […]
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Tacos de Carnitas
Wow. Just, wow. I’ve been meaning to make carnitas tacos for at least a year now, and can’t believe how wonderfully they turned out. I started with a recipe from Elise’s site and made some modifications based on some of the comments, and changed the toppings to suit our tastes. Moist, spicy, fall-apart pork, crisped […]
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Ugly But Delicious: Summer Squash Veggie Enchiladas
Lisa wanted to make dinner tonight, and we had a ton of vegetables to use up from our CSA box, so we came up with these vegetarian enchiladas, filled with summer squash, spinach, and mushrooms, and topped with a green chile enchilada sauce. Photogenic? Not so much. Healthy, full of veggies, and quick? Absolutely! Lisa […]