Dinner

Greek-Style Spaghetti Squash Salad

August 31, 2010

I’ve had a spaghetti squash from my CSA sitting on my counter for over a week now and figured it was time to use it.  Last night I cooked it in the microwave to make tonight’s dinner prep a snap.  First I microwaved the entire squash for 2 minutes to make it soft enough to [...]

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Ode to a 2 Pound Eggplant

August 29, 2010

In the CSA this week, there was a 2 pound eggplant.  I don’t think I have ever seen an eggplant this big.  Matt was supposed to make eggplant parmigiana yesterday but ended up being caught at work.  Thinking back a few months, we made a recipe by Hungry Girl – Supremely Stuffed Pizza-fied Eggplant.  Very [...]

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Personal Pita Pizza

August 26, 2010

Matt had to stay at work late to get some things done so instead of making our planned dinner, I realized I was a party of 1 tonight.  I scoured the fridge for something to make – debated mac and cheese, tuna sandwich, grilled cheese.  Instead I found a whole wheat pita bread, some pizza [...]

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Tomato Pie

August 25, 2010

I neglected to mention, but last week Matt and I probably had close to 10 tomatoes on our counter.  His mom gave us a bunch from her garden plus we got a few in our CSA share last week.  Result: lots of tomato recipes.  On Saturday, I made Summer Squash Gratin which I have been [...]

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Clean Out the Fridge Quinoa

August 23, 2010

Tonight we made a good effort to clean out the fridge – with a simple quinoa dish Quinoa, Corn and Tomato Salad with Chive-Infused Oil.  This is a simple dish that helped us clean out the remaining ears of corn and most of our cherry tomatoes!  I served my salad over a bed of Olivia’s [...]

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A Tale of Two Pies

August 22, 2010

Matt and I decided on pizza for dinner tonight – we typically make homemade dough and then divide it in half.  His and Hers pizzas as we can’t agree on the best way to make pizza.  I typically take my pizza dough and further divide it in half and make two meals out of my [...]

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Scallops and Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato

August 21, 2010

Are you familiar with the Wheel of Fortune Before and After.  That was the thought process of our dinner tonight. I wanted to enter the Olivia’s Organics Summer Harvest Recipe Contest so I have been thinking of interesting combos the last few weeks.  After some deep thinking I decided I wanted to use scallops (because [...]

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