Tag Archives: Dinner
Southwest Quinoa Salad
Today was a long day. Gardner and I both stumbled in the front door (and were greeted by a lonely puppy) from work at about 8:30pm. We were hungry, tired, and had headaches. Normally when this happens, we look at … Continue reading
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Spinach Salad with Seared Tuna
Sometimes you eat too much. It’s a fact of life. Sometimes you eat too much for 246 days in a row. That’s sort of where we are. And whenever we feel like big, lazy lumps, we usually don’t crave salad. … Continue reading
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Skate Grenobloise
You’ve seen us use this same recipe with tilapia, but skate takes it to a whole new level of deliciousness. Skate really freaked me out at first – not only does it look funny, it’s the wing of a stingray… and that’s … Continue reading
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Updated Fondue
We were craving something fun and out of the ordinary for dinner recently, so we whipped out the ol’ Fondue pot, looked up our Fondue recipe on the blog, and then GASPED. We’ve come a looong way. Look at this … Continue reading
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Not Quite Blackened Black Grouper
As we’ve mentioned in other posts, New Orleans plays a heavy influence in some of our cooking. Particularly given creole and cajun food’s immediate influences from French cuisine, our culinary “education” borrows a lot from some basic techniques and ideas. … Continue reading
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Pizza and Malawi Sugar!
Whoops! I’ve totally ignored our blog for the last 2 weeks! I spent an amazing long weekend in NYC with high school friends, but other than that, my only excuse is laziness. Surely you didn’t think we’d stopped eating, right?! … Continue reading
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Poached Egg Salad with Warm Bacon Vinaigrette
You know what’s really fun? Knowing someone who own chickens. I work with a lady whose chickens produce a crazy number of eggs – so she brings the beautiful, brown eggs in to work by the dozen and lets me … Continue reading
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Authentic Chicken Tacos
One of the new staples in our kitchen these days is chicken tacos. We had them at a friend’s house recently and then tried to recreate the recipe at home. Simply put, you make a big pot of delicious chicken … Continue reading
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Sole Meuniere
Hello again! We apologize for the lack of posting recently. Life has been crazy busy. I’m in NYC right now for work, and am meeting up with Gardner in DC this weekend – busy, but so fun! Since our last … Continue reading
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Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs
Homemade meatballs! Gardner’s parents gave him a Kitchen-Aid meat grinder attachment for Christmas – and he has loved it. When he first told me he had asked for a meat grinder, I had daydreams about gourmet hamburgers…but meatballs never entered … Continue reading
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