Gourmet Girl Cooks

Greetings friends... Unfortunately I will be taking a brief absence. I lost my best friend Spike on Wednesday. He had turned 16 on Monday. He was my best friend, my baby, my shadow and my hea...

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Happy Monday! It was a nasty, dark and dreary day here today and it rained on and off most of the day. I spent all day yesterday taking down our Christmas decorations (yeah, I know it's kind of l...

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Happy New Year!  My first New Year's resolution is to get back to the things that I love. So, I am beginning with that here.  Long time, no see...right? I'm not going to lie, it has been a to...

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This evening I decided to take a chance and grill steak in between forecasted rainstorms and I lucked out! I planned to grill them last night but the weather didn't cooperate. I also made a half-...

https://www.gourmetgirlcooks.com/2018/08/grilled-steak-yellow-cheddar-squash.html

This evening we enjoyed a delicious "Greek style" meal. I made Greek Style Chicken w/ Roasted Tomatoes and Feta Cheese and served the chicken over top of Mashed Creamy Cauliflower. It was full o...

https://www.gourmetgirlcooks.com/2018/08/greek-style-chicken-w-roasted-tomatoes.html

This evening I made my pizza with my CHEESE HEAD PIZZA CRUST . I had a large container of multicolored grape and cherry tomatoes that I picked up at Costco this past weekend (by Mucci Farms). I a...

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This evening I made one of my favorite meals because each of the 3 items I prepared are my faves (PESTO ROASTED SALMON , CAULIFLOWER MASH , and Roasted Brussels Sprouts). I picked up a couple of ...

https://www.gourmetgirlcooks.com/2018/08/pesto-roasted-wild-sockeye-salmon-w.html

This weekend we found fresh Wild Alaskan Salmon on our Costco trip. I was so excited to see it again. I picked up a single large 2-pound fillet. This time it was priced at $9.99/lb which is a GRE...

https://www.gourmetgirlcooks.com/2018/07/grilled-wild-alaskan-salmon-w-orange.html

This evening I was in the mood to grill a few of the frozen turkey burgers that I had in the freezer (I buy these frozen from Costco). You grill them frozen for about 6 to 7 minutes per side (I s...

https://www.gourmetgirlcooks.com/2018/07/southern-turkey-burgers-w-vidalia.html

Tonight I am finally sharing my bagel recipe. I began working on it last summer...1 year ago (June 2017). I have been tweaking it and have made at least half a dozen different recipes, tweaking ...

https://www.gourmetgirlcooks.com/2018/07/best-grain-free-bagels-low-carb-gluten.html

This evening I made the most delicious roasted salmon (yeah, I know I've said that many times before), but it really was! We went to Costco again this past Friday evening and low and behold they ...

https://www.gourmetgirlcooks.com/2018/07/roasted-sweet-mustard-glazed-salmon.html

This evening I made Poached Salmon with Pink Moscato Butter Sauce. It was absolutely delicious and so very simple to make. If you don't have that particular wine, you can use whatever wine you ha...

https://www.gourmetgirlcooks.com/2018/06/poached-salmon-w-pink-moscato-butter.html

Friday afternoon, I found the first fresh wild Alaskan Salmon at Costco. I was so excited because its the first I've seen it in our area this season. It's definitely coming in later than usual th...

https://www.gourmetgirlcooks.com/2018/06/grill-roasted-wild-alaskan-salmon-w.html

This evening I made a delicious grilled summer vegetable lasagna using the bounty of fresh zucchini, yellow summer squash and eggplant that I had on hand. I had 2 medium eggplant, about 2-1/2 pou...

https://www.gourmetgirlcooks.com/2018/06/grilled-summer-veggie-lasagna-easy-low.html

Earlier this week I made a 2-pound Mexican Style Chicken Meatloaf using ground chicken breast. It was so very easy to mix together with ingredients that I had on hand. We actually ate that meatlo...

https://www.gourmetgirlcooks.com/2018/06/mexican-style-chicken-meatloaf-easy.html

This evening I created ANOTHER pizza crust (as if I don't have enough versions already). I wondered if I could make one that combined my CHEESE HEAD PIZZA CRUST with my CHICAGO STYLE DEEP DISH P...

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Tonight we enjoyed poached Wild Alaskan Copper River Salmon for dinner (these are what I had frozen last year). I placed sliced Vidalia Onions and lemon slices in the bottom of a large nonstick...

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This evening I was looking forward to preparing the remaining 3 fillets of fresh Wild Pacific Halibut. First of all, I really, REALLY love halibut; second of all, it only took 6 minutes to cook (...

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This evening I prepared the beautiful piece of wild Pacific halibut that I picked up at Costco on Saturday. I went there looking for wild Copper River Salmon but sadly, they had not received a sh...

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We awoke to a sunny and very humid morning. The sun was a complete surprise and probably won't last long because there's actually no sun whatsoever in our forecast until next Saturday! The humidi...

https://www.gourmetgirlcooks.com/2018/05/sundays-spanakopita-omelet-spinach-feta.html

Happy Friday before Memorial Day! Hubby and I took off to make our weekend longer and had hoped to spend it in a little cabin in the mountains but the weather here has been awful the last 2 weeks...

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This evening I made the best pizza ever using my Cheese Head Pizza Crust. After baking the crust, I topped it with Paesana's White NY Style Pizza Sauce, sautéed diced boneless chicken breast (se...

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This evening I made one of my favorite things for dinner...Pan Seared Copper River Salmon. I took 5 fillets out of the freezer before going to bed last night and placed them in the fridge. Three ...

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This evening I didn't have any meat thawed for dinner so I grabbed a bag of burgers that I had made several months ago, double wrapped and froze (raw). I added them to a skillet with some olive o...

https://www.gourmetgirlcooks.com/2018/05/burger-parmigiana-over-non-watery.html

This evening we were in the mood for pizza. I usually make one large rectangular pizza using my Cheese Head Pizza Crust recipe. If hubby and I are in the mood for different toppings, I usually ju...

https://www.gourmetgirlcooks.com/2018/04/cheese-head-pizza-night-to-each-his-own.html