Cinnamon Coffee Cake Loaf

March 11, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized

Muffin or Loaf Ingredients:
5 tablespoons butter, melted
2 cups All Purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 egg
1 cup milk, plus more if needed
Topping Ingredients:
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup chopped walnuts, pecans or cashews (optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Line muffin tins with paper liners...

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Spicy Shrimp Pasta

March 11, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized

Ingredients:

1 box of your favorite noodles (we enjoy Farfalle noodles – bowtie from Barilla)
1 can of green beans
1 can of artichoke hearts (Maria’s or Reese)
3 tablespoons of finely chopped garlic
1/2 cup of Olive Oil
1 tablespoon of crused red peppers (more if you really enjoy it spicy)
1 pound of medium or large shrimp (leave tails on or remove them)
Salt & Pepper
Grated Parmesan cheese
Sourdough bre...

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

February 20, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized

Recipe adapted from Ready for Dessert: My Best Recipes, by David Lebovitz (Ten Speed Press)

Yield: about 4 dozen cookies

·  INGREDIENTS

2½ cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup packed light brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs, at room temperature
2 cups ...
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Foil-Baked Fish with Black Beans & Corn

February 20, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized

Ingredients
·         4 skinless white fish fillets (6 to 8 oz each), 1-inch thick – we used Tilapia
·         salt and pepper (sprinkle of Ancho Chile pepper optional)
·         4 Tbs unsalted butter, softened
·         2 tsp minced chipotle chiles in adobo sauce or ROTEL
·         1 tsp grated orange zest
·         2 Tbs freshly squeezed orange juice
·         2 cloves garlic, minced
·  ...
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Garlic Cheesy Bread

February 20, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized

Ingredients:

1 cup Warm Water
1 Tablespoon Honey
1 envelope Active Dry Yeast (2 1/4 Teaspoons)
1 teaspoon Salt
3 cups Bread Flour
Olive Oil, For Greasing Surfaces

Directions:

– In a large bowl, stir water, honey and yeast together. Let yeast proof 5 minutes.

– Once you know yeast is active, stir in salt and the flour in 1/4 cup increments.

– If you are using a stand mixer, be sure to not increase y...

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Honey Garlic Pork Chops

February 20, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized

Ingredients
– 1/4 + 1/8 cup honey
– 3 tbsp soy sauce
– 6 cloves garlic, minced
– 6 pork loin chops, boneless, trimmed of excess fat, 4 oz each
Directions
– In a shallow dish, whisk together honey, soy sauce and garlic.
– Coat chops in mixture.
– Reserve left over honey mixture for basting.
– Place chops on greased grill over med high heat, close lid and cook. basting 2 times...
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Leek Chips

February 20, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized

Ingredients:
–          1 head of leeks
–          Olive oil
–          sriracha 
–          Salt and pepper
Directions:
–          Clean and cut leeks
–          Lay foil on a cookie pan and spread out leeks on foil
–          Drizzle leeks with oil oil, Sriracha, salt and pepper
–          Bake in the oven on 350 for 10 minutes or until leeks start to brown.
Delicious, Fun, and unique snack
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Carrot Wrapped Green Beans

February 20, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized

Ingredients:
–          1 pound of fresh green beans
–          1 carrot stick or buy the whole bunch for snacks
–          Olive oil
–          Red vinegar or sweet fig vinegar
–          Salt & pepper
Directions:
–          Clean green beans and carrot
–          Cut off ends of green beans and use a potato peeler to remove one layer from carrot
–          Slice long strips of carrot to wrap around ...
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Blind Wine Tasting

February 8, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized

Blake – Wine Buyer at Liquorama

My husband met our new neighbors who live a few houses down the street from us a couple months back. They invited us over for dinner by email. I had never met them. I only knew they were a young couple like us and have an 18 month old baby boy. I wanted to bring something, so they asked if we could bring the wine...

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Chateau St. Jean Recipe Collection – Beef Tenderloin Asturias

February 8, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized

I was visiting the Chateau St. Jean Winery in Sonoma, California in January 2012. They had a newsletter that included this recipe. I asked how I could get a copy and one of the Chateau Manager brought me a copy of the newsletter to take hom so I could make the recipe.

Served with 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Cinq Cepages
Ingredients:
·         ¼ cup olive oil
·         4 (6 ounce) beef tenderloin steaks (we us...
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