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Pasta à Ceci
There are a million recipes for this classic dish. This one came about when I asked Gemini to provide a recipe that met some pretty specific dietary needs. It’s simple and really quick to make. I used homemade stock that was made with chicken backs and feet. The result was really rich and delicious. For…
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Pan Cooked Salmon
This recipe is quick and delicious. It does splatter a little on the stove. I used grape-seed oil in a 12″ cast iron skillet. I preheated the skillet over a medium flame for about five minutes, or until water evaporated right away when sprinkled in the pan.
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Shrimp & Polenta
Quick (really quick), easy, and delicious. This recipe uses Bob’s Red Mill polenta. Other brands may have different cooking instructions.
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Pasta With Tuna, Capers and Scallions
This is an easy recipe from New York Times Cooking, by Melissa Clark. It’s nice when you need something fairly quickly. Although the recipe suggests spaghetti, it also says you can use whatever pasta you want. We typically use rice farfalle. If you use gluten free pasta, then the recipe is gluten free. One night…
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Seaweed Soup
Simple, fast and one of Alli’s favorite dishes. She demanded the recipe when she was probably about 12 and started making it herself. Adding more ingredients just ruins it.
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Sesame Paste Sauce
Great Asian sauce to put on pasta, chicken, eggplant, or anything else you’ve got a mind to.
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Red Cooked Chicken
I don’t remember which Chinese cookbook I got this from, but it’s easy, unusual, and delicious. Your guests won’t have tasted anything like it and you’ll get lots of compliments.
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Roast Chicken
Easy roast chicken. We make this regularly, year after year after year.
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Four-Spice Salmon
Delicious & easy, like so many Bittman recipes.
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Baked Polenta with Greens
This is a Mark Bittman recipe from his discontinued iPhone app, “How to Cook Everything”. I would pay again to have the app back, but it’s gone.
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