Monthly Archives: April 2012

Balsamic Italian Dressing

Posted on April 25, 2012 by | 5 Comments

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Here is a great dressing that we’ve been using on salads lately.  We just mix up a quick batch right before dinner is ready, and it’s just enough for a couple of side salads.

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Lemon Pepper Pork Chops

Posted on April 23, 2012 by | Leave a comment

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The other night, I was looking for a quick weeknight recipe to take advantage of the warmer weather we are finally starting to experience here in the Pacific Northwest.  Rather than fall back on the standby of using a pre-mixed herb blend from the spice drawer, I decided to try something using fresh ingredients instead.  The resulting lemon pepper marinade was great with pork chops, and would be equally tasty with chicken or fresh shrimp and scallops.

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Homemade Greek Yogurt

Posted on April 18, 2012 by | 1 Comment

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I was recently lucky enough to speak with Dr. Allison Siebecker for a few minutes about gut health.  You can check out her website on SIBO (Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth) here.  She mentioned to me that she makes her own Greek yogurt.  It is a very simple process although prep to finish takes about a day.

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Garlic Fiddleheads

Posted on April 16, 2012 by | 2 Comments

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Last week, Karen brought home something from the Farmer’s Market that neither of us had ever tried – fiddleheads.  The tightly-wound young growth of a specific variety of ferns, these silver-dollar sized greens promised to be something new and interesting.  After reading up a bit on methods for prepping and cooking them, I got to work turning them into a tasty and unique new side dish for our meal that night.

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Pork Ribs with Homemade Barbecue Sauce

Posted on April 5, 2012 by | 1 Comment

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Ribs always remind me of summer barbecues.  I’m not a fan of your typical barbecue flavor, however.  I came up with this tasty combination for a barbecue sauce that did not disappoint.  This is some great stuff! I used rum, but you can  use water instead and it will still turn out great.  The alcohol evaporates out as the sauce simmers.  I baked the ribs in the oven, but they can also be grilled and personally, the next time I make these I am going to slow cook them and the pork will fall right off the bone.

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Garlic Mint Shoulder Roast

Posted on April 2, 2012 by | Leave a comment

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With me working lots of long hours the past six months, we seem to have had a bit of a pattern emerge with our weekends – Sunday has become “roast day.”  It turns out to be the one day where we seem to have enough time to get a large cut of meat fully thawed (starting the night before) and cooked on the grill or in the oven.  This past Sunday was no exception…

With spring finally “officially” here, and with a mix of weather that certainly shows promise of an end to the gray and gloom, we also see the trees, flowers, and herbs showing signs of new life.  Among those herbs is mint – whose flavor is traditionally paired with lamb this time of year.  Rather than lamb, I decided to give mint a twist and try it with one of the elk shoulder roasts we had in the freezer from this past fall.

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