Author: Holly Figueroa O’Reilly
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Grill-Smoked Salmon
Brine: 1/4 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup brown sugar 3 tsp smoked paprika 1/4 cup of salt lots of course ground pepper 3 T olive oil Combine all of the ingredients, and cover the salmon. Brine for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight. Remove from brine, pat dry, and put on cedar planks soaked in water…
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Tahini!
I didn’t know that tahini was just sesame seeds and olive oil. ZOMG! I had some sesame seeds hanging around, so I thought I’d give some tahini a shot. It was the easiest thing to make ever. 1/2 cup sesame seeds (Because that’s all I had. Some recipes call for up to three cups. I…
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Slow Roasted Tomatoes With Garlic and Basil
I used the rest of my garden tomatoes for chili the other day, and was really bummed that I didn’t freeze or can any for the winter. Darius came home with two ziploc bags full of fresh tomatoes that a patient gave to him. Just because. Divine intervention? Providence? Almost makes me want to go…
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Veggie (or not) Chili, and Slow Cooker Apple Crisp
Now that it’s autumn, Darius has been hinting about how great it would be to have an apple dessert (“a strudel or something”) sometime in the near future. He’s gone so far as to buy all of the ingredients of a dish, set them up on the counter, and say: “I don’t want you to…
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Tandoori Chicken Kabob
For some reason, this recipe turned out way better than I expected, and this chicken just kind of disappeared. Fast. 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 yellow onions, diced 3 cloves sliced garlic 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/3 teaspoon turmeric 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin 1/4 teaspoon ground mace 1/8 teaspoon dry mustard…
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Fresh Roasted Tomato Salsa
We’ve had all kinds of tomatoes in the garden this summer, and I’ve made this salsa a few times. A bunch of tomatoes (this is about 2 1/2-3 lbs. The best ones to use are Romas.) 2 white onions (or purple if you are feeling adventurous) 3-6 jalapenos (or whichever peppers you like best. I…
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Calas
It’s national rice month! Like I need month dedicated to rice to remind me to eat some rice. I heard about this on “The Splendid Table” last weekend. The story that Poppy Tooker told was just as good as the calas. This is copy/pasted from Poppy’s FB page, photos are mine. The recipe said to…
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Black Eyed Peas, Artichoke and Garlic Chicken Sausage, and Kale Soup
After making calas last night (having them for dinner, and wholly regretting it this morning), I decided to make something relatively healthy for dinner. I started this morning by cooking some dry black eyed peas, (BEPs from here on out), but you can use canned BEPs, too. To cook them from scratch: Rinse 2 cups…
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