October 2009
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Five Ways to Eat Goat Cheese →
September 2009
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Ginger Citrus Sake Spritzer Cocktail Recipe →
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Snow Crab and Garlic Wine Sauce Pizza →
This pizza sounds fancy and expensive, but if you purchase premade pizza dough from your grocery store’s bakery and one set of crab claws from the fish counter, you can have a fancy pizza for not that much money!
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Apologies for Erratic Posting
I know that I have been erratic in my posts here, but I promise to do better. I was studying for and then recovering from taking the Florida Bar Exam. I learn next week whether I passed or not. Hopefully, it will be good news.
In the meantime, I have some really fun recipes in the works, such as chorizo and smoked cheddar pizza, indian-spiced sliders, and I am starting cake decorating classes...
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Recipes for Oven Roasted Vegetables and Roasted... →
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Saffron-Scented Basmati Rice with Cumin and Clove →
April 2009
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Beef au Poivre Stroganoff Hybrid
This recipe is something of a hybrid between Beef Stroganoff and Beef au Poivre. I was looking for a lighter alternative to a nice Stroganoff with a slightly upscale take. That being said, this was way too yummy to waste the time to photograph it. The original recipe was on Epicurious, but with some modifications, it was very tasty. I would recommend adding a little flour to the recipe as stated...
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Basic Basmati Rice with Cumin and Saffron
This is the basic basmati recipe that I make to go with my paneer masala. Again, I am attempting to approximate the local Indian restaurant in Orlando. I have found that obtaining a high quality, aged basmati will give you tremendous flavor. Also, if you can get your hands on (or make) desi ghee, that will also enhance the flavor of your rice.
Ingredients:
2 cups aged basmati rice 3 1/2...
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Paneer Masala (paneer in a mild tomato gravy)
Sorry that it has been so incredibly long since I last posted. I am finishing up law school in a few weeks and graduating, so I have been consumed with class, bar preparations, etc. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been cooking, however. I have continued on my quest to learn to cook decent Indian and Moroccan food. I have also tracked down a great Indian market in Orlando with the most...
March 2009
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February 2009
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100 Japanese Foods to Try [I've had 43!]
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heyangels:
100 Japanese Foods to Try—bold what you’ve tried, cross out anything you don’t plan on.
Properly washed and cooked, top quality new harvest white rice (shinmai)
Freshly made tofu, as hiyayakko or yudofu
Properly made misoshiru and osumashi
Properly made homemade nukazuke
Very fresh sanma (saury), sizzling hot from the grill, eaten with a drizzle of soy sauce and a mound...
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Mahi Mahi on Saffron Risotto with Mango Lime Sauce
Last night’s dinner…
Ingredients for mango lime sauce:
1 mango (preferably during mango season… which it is currently NOT) :) 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar 2 small cloves garlic, roughly chopped 1 teaspoon ginger root, roughly chopped 1 ounce water 1/4 cup canola oil 1 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard 2 tablespoons lime juice 2 tablespoons orange juice (especially good if your...
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Baked Stuffed Lobster Tails
So, we were originally going to go vegetarian tonight with just the couscous, but as I was picking up some ingredients at my local grocery store, I saw that they were having a post-Valentine’s Day sale on lobster tails. I had never prepared a lobster tail, but $10 was too good of a price to pass up, so I grabbed a package and headed home with them. Surprise! So, I looked for something...
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Curried Fuji Apple and Raisin Couscous
Tonight, I decided to make a nice, light dinner for my boyfriend and I (until I got to the grocery store and saw lobster tails on sale, but that is a story for the next post). So, I whipped up this curried apple and raisin couscous. The recipe originates at 101 Cookbooks, but I made some modifications to the spices and added raisins. I also used a fuji apple, because it’s slightly tart but...
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Mini Oreo Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
So, for the other half of my Valentine’s Day present to my boyfriend, I made some mini oreo cupcakes with a cream cheese frosting. Again, my decorating skills leave something to be desired. I think that if I’d put more sugar into the frosting, it might have held up a little better and kept its peaks, rather than kind of getting melty looking. Either way, I thought it tasted great, so...
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Chocolate Orange Mini Cupcakes with Orange Glaze
I apologize for my poor decorating skills. They have not progressed much from 5 year old me. Also, note my fabulous Mister Donut collector’s plate that I lugged all the way back from Japan. I had to eat a ridiculous amount of donuts to get that baby. ;)
So anyway! For Valentine’s Day this year, I decided to bake my boyfriend some mini cupcakes. We had a blood orange and chocolate...
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Pulav (Seasoned Rice)
This is the rice I served with the curry lamb meatballs and keema. I am giving you the directions that my basmati rice provided, but modify depending on your rice. Also, because I was feeding a lot of people, I tripled this rice recipe, but that makes a huge amount of rice.
Ingredients:
1 cup basmati rice 1 3/4 cup water 10 whole cloves 3 cardamom pods sprinkle of cumin seeds
Directions:
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Keema (Seasoned Ground Lamb)
It was a lamb kind of night. This recipe was slightly spicier than the curried lamb meatballs, so, if you aren’t into spice, reduce the amount of garam masala and curry (I’m a wimp, so if you like your food spicy, add more and maybe throw in some chili powder as well).
This meal is also extremely easy to make. It requires minimal prep work and comes together very quickly. It should...
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Curry Lamb Meatballs
Tonight, I made a veritable Indian feast for my friends. Sadly, I took no photos, because everything was devoured too quickly. Each recipe is listed in a separate entry.
The first dish was curried lamb meatballs. This was the biggest hit with my friends. It’s a mild curry sauce with spiced lamb meatballs, served over pulav (spiced rice). I originally found the basic idea for this recipe on...
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Tagine M'Hammar (Couscous Stuffed Cornish Hens)
I wanted to add something new to my Moroccan repertoire, so I decided to make a new tagine for dinner tonight. The word tagine applies to the both the cookware and the stew cooked in said cookware. This tagine takes two cornish game hens and stuffs them with a saffron couscous and simmers them in a sauce with paprika, cumin, parsley, onion, and cilantro. It turned out incredibly tender, but next...
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January 2009
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Omu-raisu (オムライス) as Promised!
So, I made some omelet rice on Friday night. Omelet rice is a form of food that the Japanese refer to as yoshoku, or western food that the Japanese have appropriated. I kind of liken it to fast food here. It’s quick, cheap, comfort food. I would maybe put it in the same category as takoyaki, katsu curry, even some street vender versions of okonomiyaki, and anything called “pizza”...
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Omu-raisu (オムライス) coming soon...
This time last year, I was living in Tokyo and eating tons of omu-raisu… yummy. I’ve been severely craving it lately, so I will be getting my butt in gear and modifying a recipe to suit my needs soonish… so, look for that!
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Indian Lamb and Rice Soup
I made this soup tonight, because it has been really cold out lately (even for Florida), and I wanted something warm and spicy. This soup really hit the spot. Below, I have the recipe as written, but I will say now that I did not have cayenne pepper on hand, so I subbed some creole seasoning. Also, I could not find cumin seeds in my local grocery store, so I ground the poppy seeds with the...
