Last night we dined at the Izakaya Den (owned by and located across the street from Sushi Den). It was fabulous. You can order the exact same sushi as is served across the street, and they serve additional contemporary meal options as well.
Here’s what I recommend if you go there:
Drinks:
-Pink Blossom – Hangar mandarin [...]
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I spend countless hours in the kitchen quite frequently cooking up some pretty amazing dishes for my friends and family. I love to cook, try new recipes, but recently I discovered a little “short cut” in making a fantastic dish–homemade pizza made so easy, anyone can make this and it’s virtually impossible to screw up.
Starting [...]
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Modified from the recipe in the Simply Colorado cookbook. I’ve made a few recipes from this cookbook–they tend to be healthy, easy to follow, quick and well explained.
Ingredients
2-3 T flour
1 lb eggplant
3 egg whites
3 T milk
6 pieces of dry bread
butter
1 jar (26 oz) spaghetti sauce
1 1/2 c (6 oz) mozzarella cheese
Parmesan cheese
Directions
Preheat oven [...]
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Well, it’s that time of year where the leaves are budding on the trees, the sun is up longer and we want to spend more time outside. Which means it’s a great time to fire up that grill. This year, you should seriously consider purchasing cedar planks to enhance the flavor of your grilled dishes. [...]
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On my birthday a couple of days ago, I had the heavenly experience of dining at Frasca in Boulder, an Italian “neighborhood” restaurant inspired by the farms and fields of Friuli-Venezia in northeast Italy.
We started with appetizers (a selection of house-cured meats and Frico Caldo — described coarsely but aptly as “hash browns on crack” [...]
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Most dishes I make are gluten-free and contain less than 10 ingredients. As a designer I typically believe that less is more and I believe that approach may also apply to food. I try to always pair a wine that I really feel goes best with the dish so that if you are entertaining or [...]
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Last night I treated some new friends from LA to one of Denver’s finest restaurants, Sushi Den. We dined on spicy firecracker rolls and Bincho (seared tuna) accompanied by chilled sweet plum wine and ice cold Kirin. Our tuna appetizer was drenched with a light and tasty Ponzu-like sauce — yum! Nat & Rob suggested [...]
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One of our favorite recipes during the cooler months is my roasted new potatoes recipe. It’s simple, healthy and can be prepared quickly and best of all, everybody loves it. I serve this as a side dish to grilled cherry-chipotle chicken breasts and fresh from the garden steamed asparagus.
Roasted New Potatoes
1lb small red potatoes (may [...]
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In my quest for quick and easy dinners, I decided to stock up on Tasty Bites. Tasty Bite is a brand of prepared Indian and Thai dishes. They come in single-serve microwave-able portions (not for me! too much packaging!) or meal size boxes like below.
According to the Tasty Bite web site, these are the Tasty [...]
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Time for another quick & easy dinner! This is an old stand-by that feels like comfort food to me. My mom often made tuna casserole for me as kid. This is my “adult” version.
Ingredients:
1 cup frozen peas
small can of tuna
parsley or sweet pea sprouts
1-2 tbs mayo (I use safflower mayo which is dairy [...]
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