Farmers Market Bounty
Today's bounty from the Laguna Beach Farmers Market. I go pretty much every Saturday morning and buy almost all of our produce for the week. The market is an Orange County certified farmers market, which means that the vendors can only sell what ...
“Making do” dinner tonight
Another "make do" dinner tonight. Frittata with red onions, garlic, mushrooms, tomatoes, and a little parmigiano-reggiano. I let it partially set on the stovetop and then browned it up just a bit under the broiler. Garnished with fresh basil; served ...
Plan? What plan?
Sometimes we deviate from the plan, or there is no plan. Today being market day, the larder is somewhat bare, so last evening was supposed to be take-out night (at least in my feeble mind - did you know that communication is the bedrock of a ...
Salade Niçoise (sort-of)
Dinner yesterday was our version of Salade Niçoise: butter lettuce, arugula, haricots verts, baby potatoes, tomato, olives, hard-boiled egg, and tuna, with homemade mustard vinaigrette. Arugula is not usually found in a "classic" Salade Niçoise, ...
Tuesday Dinner: Favorite Chicken; Salad Notes.
Dinner on Tuesday: Grilled lemon chicken with lemon-caper sauce, grilled onion, steamed broccoli, and our usual salad. This chicken preparation is one of my wife's absolute favorites. I make it often - at least once every two weeks or so.
I ...
Cedar plank salmon
Dinner yesterday looks a lot like that from last week. This time the salmon is grilled on a cedar plank. The process is so easy: soak the plank in water for 2 hours or all day, place the plank on the preheated grill, when it starts to smoke place ...
Dinner last night
Dinner last night: Bison burgers, grilled corn on the cob, steamed broccolini, and our typical green salad with tomatoes, avocado, and mustard vinaigrette. I learned from Marcella Hazan's Italian cookbooks that in food preparation, like so many ...
Dinner a few nights ago
We eat so well in California. Grilled Copper River salmon with grilled lemon, grilled carrots, and steamed asparagus with mayo and chopped egg; mixed greens salad (arugula and two varieties of butter lettuce) with radishes, tomatoes, avocado, and ...
