Posts Tagged by easy
Crab “Neptune” Salad
| July 15, 2011 | Posted by Cheeks under Appetizers, Leftovers, Main Course, Make-ahead, Recipe, Salads |
Oh, how I love this salad. It’s a staple of my favorite, favorite, best-ever summer dinner (or at least the favorite of this here moment): COLD SUPPER. Sounds good, don’t it? Despite a boring name, and a totally adaptable and non-consistent definition, cold supper were my favorite words growing up. OK, some of many favorite…
Chipotle-Lime Grilled Chicken Breasts
| July 2, 2011 | Posted by Cheeks under Grilling, Main Course, MEAT, Recipe |
An easy summer recipe I pulled from Epicurious.com, a nice resource for people who like to browse big collections of recipes when seeking brief moments of escape during long stretches of time spent in front of computers….. Especially those of us who often face the connundrum, “WTF am I going to do with chicken again tonight…”
Old Bay Scallops with Summer Succotash
| June 23, 2011 | Posted by Cheeks under Appetizers, Main Course, Recipe |
For those who don’t know me (and there are probably exactly zero of you reading this blog), I’m not what you would call delicate. Not in terms of grace, having none of which makes me clumsy, ungainly, and prone to dropping, breaking, and spilling all manner of items exactly where they should not go. Nor…
Peach-Glazed Pork Chops with Feta Salad
| May 19, 2011 | Posted by Cheeks under Grilling, Main Course, MEAT, Salads |
Like the dinner itself, this post is quick. What with an impending summer thunderstorm heading in and a vintage motorcycle to sell before the Bulls playoff game on Tuesday (seriously), I didn’t have time to waste. So, the pork chops that were going to either be brined with herbs and brown sugar, or teriyaki-marinated and…
Seared Scallops with Asparagus and Asian Noodles
| May 16, 2011 | Posted by Cheeks under Main Course, Recipe |
Let me tell you a little secret: sometimes I don’t want to cook. Yes, that’s right. No matter how much I love to cook, how much I love to eat, and how much joy I get out of feeding people (this is true, actually, one more check in my “nerd” column), sometimes I just can’t…
Quick Shrimp Risotto
| April 20, 2011 | Posted by Cheeks under Appetizers, Main Course, Recipe |
Risotto. Risotto presents me with a conundrum. On the one hand, it’s not that difficult a recipe. Garlic, rice, wine, stock, butter, cheese. You saute aromatics and raw rice in butter, add stock, and stir stir stir, adding hot broth one spoonful at a time, stirring to release starch and make the dish nice and…
Ravioli with Peas and Creamy Tomato Sauce
| April 1, 2011 | Posted by Cheeks under Main Course, Recipe, Vegetarian |
This is the only, ONLY, time in my life you’ll ever hear me say this: the sauce is better withOUT bacon. Yeah, I said it, and I meant it. The bacon flavor DOMINATED the sauce. Perhaps it’s because I was supposed to use prosciutto….or perhaps it’s because the ravioli I had on hand were sausage-and-broccoli-rabe,…
(Relatively) Skinny Meatloaf
| March 28, 2011 | Posted by Cheeks under Leftovers, Main Course, MEAT, Recipe |
Food confessional time: I’ve never had meatloaf. “What!?” you say, in shock, “You’ve never feasted on the most American of American foods, besides the cheeseburger, never eagerly anticipated Sunday meatloaf-and-mashed potato dinner, never boasted that your mom’s meatloaf was the best of them all?!” No. I’ve never had meatloaf. I mean, I’m sure I came…
Asian Meatball Stir-Fry with Brown Rice
| March 15, 2011 | Posted by Cheeks under Main Course, MEAT, Recipe |
The meatball. Had you asked me on the street this morning what I thought about meatballs in general, I probably would have given an answer along the lines of meh. Yet some introspection has given me pause – for someone who claims to feel not strongly about them, I sure make a lot of them. Of…
Glazed Chicken with Soba Noodle Salad
| March 9, 2011 | Posted by Cheeks under Main Course, MEAT, Side Dishes |
Or, how I stopped worrying and learned to accept that, sometimes, I will make a bad recipe. Well, you can’t say it’s not pretty. Perhaps that’s why I was drawn in by Real Simple’s Sweet & Spicy Chicken with Soba Salad recipe. And, truly, it wasn’t that bad. But, I did discover one thing vis-a-vis this…
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