Dinner

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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On Top of Old Smokey…

August 19, 2010

all covered in cheese…I lost my poor WHEATBALL…when somebody sneezed.  Last night Matt and I made a batch of wheatballs.  The recipe makes two meals worth for us.  Half the meatballs were consumed tonight, the rest are going to spend the next few weeks chilling in my freezer.  Here is the recipe – from the [...]

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One of My Favorite Fish Dishes

August 18, 2010

Let me tell you…this is one of my favorite ways to cook fish.  It couldn’t be simpler.  In less then 20 minutes you have a delicious fish dish in the oven.  Here’s how to do it. Ingredients: Tomatoes – a few depending on their size; if you have big ones, you probably only need 2-3 [...]

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Moving Into Fall?!?

August 16, 2010

Last week, as part of our CSA, we got our first non-summer squash.  I am not sure of the variety but it was definitely more of a fall/winter squash.  I was left with no other choice – make my favorite Twice Baked Summer Squash a la Heather. I cooked the squash (while I was roasting [...]

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Marinating Chickpeas

August 15, 2010

Matt and I made it home – including a stop at the grocery store – a little after 5 pm today.  Perfect amount of time for me to get started on 3 loads of laundry, dinner and some dinner prep for tomorrow.  A few weeks ago, I saw a recipe for Chickpea Tacos on Mama [...]

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