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My favorite risotto - dried porcini mushrooms with carnaroli rice. Served with an Italian Barolo (Cancello del Barone Riserva 2000).Porcini Risotto Baked mahi-mahi topped with grilled vegetable caponata. Served with oven baked fries.Mahi Mahi Fish and Chips More or less traditional Spanish paella for dinner tonight. Key ingredient is chorizo - a cured pork sausage made with dried, smoked red peppers. Grilled chicken, peas and saffron are added to this tasty rice dish.Spanish Paella
A few stoppers from the cork jar. Wine Corks Grape tomatoes, red onion and garlic are roasted in the oven and then mixed with mozzarella and parmigiano-reggiano cheeses. Pasta tonight was penne.Penne with Roasted Tomatoes This bruschetta is topped with broiled red bell pepper, havarti cheese, arugula and a dollop of goat cheese.Red Bell Pepper Bruschetta
Scallops go well with just about anything. Dinner this evening combined them with seasoned bread crumbs and fusilli pasta.Scallops and Fusilli Grilled salmon topped with sesame seeds. Served with white rice, asparagus and roast potatoes.Grilled Salmon and Potatoes Breaded frozen tilapia is baked in the oven and then topped with roasted garlic and cherry tomatos. Served on a bed of french cut green beans and carmelized onions.Baked Tilapia with Green Beans
Baked in a pie form, this giant ground turkey Kibe is served with yougurt, cucumbers and grilled onions and topped with diced tomatoes and green onions.Baked Kibe Chicken is cooked together with rice in the same pan for today's lunch. Lots of veggies in here too: peas, tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, and parsley.Chicken and Rice Flat bread is grilled and then topped with buffalo milk musarella cheese, fresh tomatoes and basil.Flat Bread Margarita Bruschetta
Shrimp, clams and fish combine in this semi-Italian style meal. Served with 7 grain rice.Cioppino Our favorite risotto is made with dried porcini mushrooms and Parmisiano-Reggiano cheese. Served tonight with a Chianti Classico Riserva 2006 from Banfi.Risotto ai Funghi Porcini Nice quick breakfast this morning. Havarti cheese, prosciutto, arugula, dried tomatoes and chopped olives.Prosciutto and Havarti Cheese Sandwich
Got back later tonight so threw a quick store bought roasted chicken together with some italian sausages on top of a bed of letttuce and some bell peppers. Served with a baked french baguette.Chicken and Sausage Goat cheese, eggplant and red bell peppers make up this flatbread California style pizza for today's breakfastGoat Cheese Pizza Sugar snap peas are still in season so we continue to take advantage of them. This salad has feta cheese and roasted red onions as well.Sugar Snap Pea Salad
Barbeque pork shoulder with green salad and white rice.BBQ Pork Shoulder Found some frozen red snapper at Costco so thought that we'd give it a try. Not too bad in this muqueca (Brasilian fish stew). Lots of carrots, red and green bell peppers, shrimp, and a little coconut milk.Muqueca Fish Stew Leftover BBQ pork is turned into a yakisoba for lunch today. Angel hair pasta, grated carrots, red bell peppers, peas, green onions, sesame seeds and sugar snap peas are mixed with a light sesame oil based tomato sauce that used the rest of the BBQ sauce.Pork Yakisoba
Cassava (Mandioc/yuca) flour and parmigiano-reggiano cheese go into these muffins.Chimangos French baguette is baked in the oven and then stuffed with tomatoes, arugula, olive tapenade and havarti cheese.Baguette Sandwich Assorted berries, nectarines and peaches are cooked in a foil pouch with a bit of apple juice. Topped with Greek yougurt and mint. Sunday breakfast.Fruit Pouch
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Porcini Risotto
Posted on: Saturday, August 21, 2010
Penne with Roasted Tomatoes
Posted on: Saturday, August 14, 2010
Wine Cork Still Life
Posted on: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Baked Ziti
Posted on: Sunday, August 08, 2010
Paella
Posted on: Thursday, August 05, 2010
Mahi Mahi Fish and Chips
Posted on: Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Chicken Parmigiano with Asparagus
Posted on: Monday, August 02, 2010
Scallops and Fusilli
Posted on: Sunday, August 01, 2010
Red Bell Pepper Bruschetta
Posted on: Sunday, August 01, 2010
Grilled Peaches and Fruit
Posted on: Saturday, July 31, 2010
Orzo Cassoulet
Posted on: Thursday, July 29, 2010
Baked Eggplant and Penne
Posted on: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Cassoulet
Posted on: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Grilled Salmon and Potatoes
Posted on: Monday, July 26, 2010
Fruit Plate
Posted on: Sunday, July 25, 2010
Goat Cheese and Red Pepper Bruschettas
Posted on: Sunday, July 25, 2010
Roast Lamb and Potatoes
Posted on: Sunday, July 25, 2010
Chimangos
Posted on: Friday, July 23, 2010
Pork Yakisoba
Posted on: Thursday, July 22, 2010
Muqueca Fish Stew
Posted on: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
BBQ Pork Shoulder
Posted on: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Chicken and Sausage
Posted on: Sunday, July 18, 2010
Sugar Snap Pea Salad
Posted on: Sunday, July 18, 2010
Goat Cheese Pizza
Posted on: Sunday, July 18, 2010
Risotto ai Funghi Porcini
Posted on: Saturday, July 17, 2010

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