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Copyright: Copyright 2012
Link: http://simplyrecipes.com
Description: A family cooking and food blog. Healthy, whole-food recipes and cooking tips for the home cook. Photographs and easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions.
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Strawberry Oatmeal Muffins
Published: Wednesday May 16th 5PM
Link: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/strawberry_oatmeal_muffins/
Description: Are you an oatmeal lover Recently I started adding strawberries to my breakfast oatmeal and thought the combination would make a pretty good muffin too. Several experimental batches later I now have a strawberry oatmeal muffin that I'm proud to share with you. Here's the deal, you don't just want to toss some chopped strawberries into an oatmeal muffin batter. You can if you want, but they won't turn out as well as they could. Macerate the strawberries first in a little sugar with some balsamic ... read more »
Spring Pea Hummus
Published: Monday May 14th 5PM
Link: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/spring_pea_hummus/
Description: My mother has always taken delight at the patches of mint that thrive along the edges of her house. "It keeps away the ants " she insists. I have no idea if this actually works, but having her advice firmly imprinted into the core of my being, I too cultivate patches of mint here and there. Which means, that right about now, mid to late spring, we have lots of it. Good for tea, good for jelly, and awesome in a agua fresca with lime and cucumbers, mint also pairs perfectly with peas.Con... read more »
Happy Mother's Day
Published: Sunday May 13th 3PM
Link: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/happy_mothers_day/
Description: Los Angeles, 1961When I look at this picture of my mom and me, words fail me. So let me just wish you all a very happy Mother's Day, for our mothers, our grandmothers, and for everyone who mothers.Continue reading "Happy Mother's Day" read more »
Cajun Chicken Salad
Published: Saturday May 12th 4PM
Link: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/cajun_chicken_salad/
Description: This little chicken salad went to the market. This little chicken salad stayed home. This little chicken salad took a tour through Louisiana and ran off with some cheeky spicy remoulade sauce and who knows where they'll end up Continue reading "Cajun Chicken Salad" read more »
Seared Sugar Snap Peas
Published: Tuesday May 8th 5PM
Link: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/seared_sugar_snap_peas/
Description: Sugar snap peas are a garden staple in the spring. At least around here you plant them in November or December and see them poking out of the ground late February to early March, depending on how warm or cold a winter it has been. In my garden they snake their way up a loosely put together bamboo trellis and if I'm not paying attention, climb over the fence into my neighbor's yard. As soon as it really starts to get hot, usually sometime in May, the pea vines dry up, telling me it's time to plan... read more »
Crema Di Limoncello
Published: Sunday May 6th 3PM
Link: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/crema_di_limoncello/
Description: With the warming weather, our lemons are practically falling of the trees. Here's a lovely way to use them, homemade limoncello from guest contributor Garrett McCord. Enjoy EliseLimoncello is a traditional digestif a drink served after the meal to theoretically aid in digestion, but also an excuse for another nip served throughout Southern Italy, particularly in the area surrounding the Gulf of Naples. It's produced by infusing a strong alcohol with the zest of plenty of lemons and then adding s... read more »
Smoked Salmon Hash
Published: Friday May 4th 4PM
Link: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/smoked_salmon_hash/
Description: Try this one for breakfast. A reader from Alaska recently mentioned to me that instead of fried with corned beef or ham, the way he likes his potatoes in the morning is as smoked salmon hash, potatoes cubed and fried with onions and mixed in with flakes of hot smoked salmon. Uh, yes, please I love them with a runny egg and extra sour cream. Continue reading "Smoked Salmon Hash" read more »
Japan 2012
Published: Wednesday May 2nd 3PM
Link: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/japan_2012/
Description: Shimogamo Jinja, Kyoto, JapanForgive me please, for a brief diversion from our usual posting of recipes. I recently took two weeks off from cooking and blogging to travel to Japan, my first extended vacation in the nine years or so that I've been publishing this site. For those of you who might be interested in a peek at our adventure, I thought I might post a few photos of some of the highlights of the trip. If you aren't interested, just ignore, there will be a new recipe soon enough. Continue... read more »
Avgolemono Soup
Published: Tuesday May 1st 3AM
Link: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/avgolemono_soup/
Description: Please welcome Hank Shaw as he shares his quick and easy version of the Greek classic avgolemono soup, a chicken soup with lemon and egg. EliseThe mixture of eggs, lemon and hot broth is a classic combination in Greek cooking. And if there is a classic dish that highlights this combination, it is the chickeny avgolemono soup. Avgo-wha Ah-vo-LEMEN-o, or at least that's how I remember the Greeks at the local diner in New Jersey saying it. The "g" isn't always pronounced.Continue reading ... read more »
Buttery Tomato Pasta
Published: Thursday April 26th 4PM
Link: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/buttery_tomato_pasta/
Description: About once a week, for my entire upbringing, my mother would prepare a very simple side of pasta with a sweet, buttery tomato sauce. Usually she used elbow macaroni pasta, because usually a small bowl of tomato pasta would be served alongside tuna macaroni salad, our standard Catholic fish-on-Fridays family meal. Mom would just make extra macaroni and stir in the tomato sauce for it. She did this because my dad requested it, and he wanted it because that's what his mother in Minnesota used to ma... read more »
Saffron Rice Pilaf
Published: Tuesday April 24th 7PM
Link: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/saffron_rice_pilaf/
Description: When my friend Kerissa Barron first told me about this buttery rice pilaf, I couldn't wait to try it. Then she told me it had saffron in it. Uh oh. For some reason, saffron is a spice that sort of tastes like soap to me. Not a big fan. But, I'll try just about anything once, and in this case, thank goodness. I couldn't stop eating this rice. Browned in clarified butter, with cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves, cooked in a saffron infusion, and tossed with nuts and raisins, this rice is the bomb. Con... read more »
Creamy Asparagus Soup
Published: Friday April 13th 10AM
Link: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/creamy_asparagus_soup/
Description: Here's another recipe from the archives while I'm on vacation. Enjoy EliseSpring here means strawberries and rhubarb, sweet peas and asparagus, and dreams of the summer bounty to come. Asparagus are everywhere, big, fat, and fresh. And yes, although we can get them all year round, I'm especially happy to eat them in Spring. Not only are they likely to have been grown in the same Hemisphere, and could even be local, their very abundance signals the renewal of the season and a good-bye to Winter. ... read more »
Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
Published: Saturday April 7th 8AM
Link: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/lemon_poppy_seed_muffins/
Description: I'm on vacation for a couple of weeks and away from our kitchen. So I will be posting a few recipes from the archives, like this lemon poppyseed muffin recipe, originally posted in 2007. Hope everyone is having a fabulous Easter EliseI love lemon poppy seed muffins. This recipe is based on the same Cook's Illustrated master muffin recipe on which I based our blueberry and lemon ginger muffins. The balance of flour, leavening, eggs and yogurt results in a light and fluffy muffin. The important th... read more »
Green Gumbo
Published: Tuesday April 3rd 4PM
Link: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/green_gumbo/
Description: Another hearty stew from Hank Shaw. Enjoy EliseGreen gumbo, or gumbo z'herbes, is a Lenten tradition in Louisiana. Ironically, it is not always vegetarian, as this hearty stew is often served on Holy Thursday to fortify the faithful for the Good Friday fast. Our version includes a ham hock and smoked andouille sausages, but you can leave them out to make a vegetarian gumbo.The tradition for gumbo z'herbes is to include many different kinds of greens in the gumbo and to always include an odd numb... read more »
Spinach Gratin With Hard Boiled Eggs
Published: Sunday April 1st 1PM
Link: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/spinach_gratin_with_hard_boiled_eggs/
Description: My father recently celebrated his 82nd birthday. In our family, we aren't big on presents or cards, instead we honor the occasion with a dinner and family gathering. For dad's birthday, we prepared a wonderful Provencal fish soup recipe to come later and this spinach gratin with hard boiled eggs dotting the surface. Certain foods I associate with my dad, beets for example, or sauerkraut, and then of course spinach. When we were kids, we always had cans in the pantry Popeye . Later, he turned to ... read more »