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husband-is-away dinner #45

Mango and Sticky Rice — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:16:17 +0000

When he’s away I like to make dinners that he doesn’t care for. I say “doesn’t care for” because, really, he’ll eat anything I make. But fish is not high on his favorite foods list.

This is one of my favorites and is totally easy! I marinate the salmon in:

• soy sauce
• rice wine vinegar
• garlic
• ginger
• lime juice

Next, I grill it, skin side down. (let’s face it, I grill everything!) Meanwhile, I cook some jasmine rice. I quickly sauté some veggies in a skillet (sometimes I steam them by throwing them on top of the rice 1/2 way thru cooking.) This time I did broccoli, carrots and green onions — all from the farmer’s market.

When the veggies are 1/2 way cooked, I pour some coconut milk in the pan with them. While stirring, I add about 2 Tbs of curry. I usually toss in a few dashes of cayenne to my curry since it’s from the grocery store and doesn’t have much kick.

Last, but not least, I cover it with salt before I eat it. I’m not sure why, but I feel it needs it. mmmm, so good!!

will it work?

Mango and Sticky Rice — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:41:05 +0000

Welcome to the first edition of… will it work?

the issue: I had a pitcher of homemade stock that I needed to filter.

what I tried: wrapping cheese cloth around the mouth of the pitcher, securing it with a rubber band.

did it work?: scroll down below the picture to find out.

(I know the suspense was killing you) yes, it worked. no spills, even!

Minty Dessert Ideas: mint chocolate brownies and white chocolate peppermint bells

Bacon Is Good — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:00:17 +0000

Two of the desserts I made for the holiday season were inspired by a find at my local grocery store. Andes, the company that makes those thin mint rectangular wafers, makes two interesting dessert ingredients: Creme de Menthe (mint chocolate) chunks and Peppermint (white chocolate peppermint) chunks. I used these tidbits to top some of my desserts.

Mint Chocolate Brownies
The mint chocolate bits were sprinkled on top of chocolate frosted brownies.

White Chocolate Peppermint Bells
The peppermint white chocolate chunks were sprinkled on top of white frosted bell-shaped sugar cookies (with a few other red sprinkles for color). Here’s the sugar cookie recipe.

Both minty desserts are very tasty and festive for holidays and snowy winter days.

A couple of things to note: The color of both types of chocolate pieces was more dull than shown on the Andes packaging. (I heard the amusing comment that the white chocolate peppermint pieces looked like bacon bits.) I only used about 1/4 of the package for each dessert option — a little goes a long way with these minty chocolatey crumbles.