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Category Archives: Special occasion
Scallops and braised leeks, mashed potatoes, and asparagus with beurre blanc. 2/29/24
Why a fancy dinner tonight? It is Leap Day! It seems if a day only appears once every four years, it deserves a special dinner. There are a lot of moving parts to our fancy dinner but none of them … Continue reading
Posted in French, Methods, pescatarian, Recipes, Shellfish, Special occasion, Uncategorized, Vegetables
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Valentine’s Day dinner. 2/14/23
Who wants to spend mega dollars eating out in crowded restaurants on Valentine’s Day? We don’t. Instead we opted for a prime cut of beef with a couple of tasty sides followed by two dark chocolate Dove candy hearts. Originally … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Methods, Special occasion, Vegetables
Tagged asparagus, ribeye steak cap
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Shrimp with braised leeks, mashed potatoes, and asparagus in a beurre blanc sauce. 1/26/23
This dish is an adaptation of one that our son makes when he is doing a “fancy dinner” night. Normally he makes it with scallops but I was looking to lower the price point. On the bottom layer are braised … Continue reading
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Party hors d’oeuvres. 12/9/23
On Saturday we attended a joint birthday party for my friend, George 12/9, and me, 12/8. We have been doing this for many years. The table was laden with many delicious treats- latkes and sour cream, chips and guacamole, shrimp … Continue reading
Scallops with braised leeks, mashed potatoes, asparagus, and mushrooms in a beurre blanc sauce. 12/8/23
Friday it was my birthday so we made a special meal. We tried to duplicate our son’s fancy meal which we last had a couple of weeks ago when we were in Utah. It is a delicious combination of leeks, … Continue reading
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Kenwood shrimp with rice 11/23/23
The eponymous Kenwood shrimp from the now defunct Kenwood Restaurant is my company shrimp preparation. Once you have everything chopped up and all the components assembled it takes less than a half hour to make. Luckily I like to chop … Continue reading
Posted in American, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Shellfish, Special occasion, Vacation cuisine, Vegetables
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Thanksgiving three days early. 11/20/23
I will bet that this does not look like your Thanksgiving plate! But with the exception of mashed potatoes all these foods were available in some form to the Pilgrims. According to Wikipedia, Atlantic scallops were being gathered from the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Holidays, pescatarian, Shellfish, Special occasion, Vacation cuisine, Vegetables
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Ethiopian fare. 10/29/23
Our daughter has had her best friend visiting from Belgium for the last several days so we have been eating out a lot. Her friend is originally from the Los Angeles area and when he comes to visit she and … Continue reading
Posted in Dining out, Ethiopian, Grains, Lamb, Legumes, North African, Poultry, Salad, Special occasion, Vegetables
Tagged Ethiopian, injera, lentils
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Roasted salmon with tarragon sauce, succotash/maque choux, and steamed new potatoes. 10/23/23
This was a pretty fancy dinner for a Monday night! This is our first time trying Atlantic farm raised salmon and we liked it a lot. John seasoned the fish and cooked it in a 400F oven for 12 minutes. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Fish, Legumes, Methods, pescatarian, Special occasion, Vegetables
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Light shrimp scampi with rice and broccoli. 10/20/23
We have not made this in quite a while and we were pleasantly surprised at how good and easy it was. Since we are not strictly on our diet regimen we added 2 teaspoons of butter to the sauce at … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Shellfish, Special occasion, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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