Tag: dinner
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Ratatouille with homemade sauce and garden herbs
A slightly different take on this traditional French veggie dish —more herbs, more sauce.
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Easy Holiday Pork Tenderloin
A split second decision turned this mundane meal into a holiday masterpiece — the simple addition of cranberries created this easy holiday pork tenderloin.
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Chicken chili — an easy one-pot dinner
This chicken recipe was borne out of the need for an easy, fast dinner that also packed nutrition and flavor. The kids have had ear infections and I’ve been down with terrible allergy symptoms so we needed something requiring minimal work and even less cleanup, but it also needed to be warm and satisfying. I’ve…
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Ratatouille with homemade sauce and garden herbs
A slightly different take on this traditional French veggie dish —more herbs, more sauce.
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Salmon baked with Thyme with Corn Salad
Need a fresh salmon and salad idea for your summer menu? Try this corn salad I paired with baked thyme salmon: For four:Four ears of cornTen sprigs of asparagus1/2 red onion3 medium sized tomatoes1 avocado1 orange or yellow bell pepper1/4 c. Lime juiceHandful of fresh herbs (I used chives, thyme, cilantro and parsley)About ten balls…
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Tuna Tostadas: an Easy Dinner Idea
This is not your regular tostada. This is a piled-high chip-full of perfection. Fish tostadas are something I’ve made a lot over the years and it is always a crowd pleaser. And it’s sooo easy… it’s basically nachos. This one has feta cheese and seared tuna with a drizzle of Cholula. Recipe below: Makes four:…
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Corn Salad and Baked Thyme Salmon
Need a fresh salad idea for your summer menu? Try this corn salad I paired with baked thyme salmon: For four:Four ears of cornTen sprigs of asparagus1/2 red onion3 medium sized tomatoes1 avocado1 orange or yellow bell pepper1/4 c. Lime juiceHandful of fresh herbs (I used chives, thyme, cilantro and parsley)About ten balls of fresh…
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Stuffed bell peppers with an egg on top
These bell peppers make a nice light dinner on their own or can be served with pasta or risotto. They are also the perfect way to use an abundance of herbs if you have a garden! Ingredients: 1lb grassfed ground beef 1/2 cup chopped herbs (oregano, parseley and basil work well) Sea salt, to taste…
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Chicken chili—an easy, gluten-free, one-pot dinner idea
This recipe was borne out of the need for an easy, fast dinner that also packed nutrition and flavor. I’ve been down with terrible allergy symptoms since planting my garden last weekend and needed something requiring minimal work and even less cleanup, but it also needed to be warm and satisfying. I’ve made many different…
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Perfect Herbed Scallops with Butter and Garlic
Scallops are one of our favorite sea foods, but when we mess them up they are almost inedible. These take a very light hand on the spices and a precise cooking time, and then a big ol’ dump of butter at the end. We ate these with a baked red potato and a fresh garden…
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