Menu of the week: Potatoes!
I love potatoes! I grew up on a potato farm (cherries and apples too) in Leelanau County MI. We ate a lot of potatoes. My dad married a southern gal who liked to cook the occasional rice dish. While we were happy for the variation my dad would usually […]
Appetizer of the week: Smoked salmon blinis
Even though creme fraiche is good enough on it’s own, I added chopped fresh dill and minced shallots and a dash of fresh cracked pepper to the mix. If you can’t find creme fraiche or don’t want to spend that much, you could use sour cream, but it won’t be as rich, however it […]
Wild Ginger
While in Seattle I thought I would see if we could get into Wild Ginger for dinner. For some reason everything I had read lead me to believe that one must have a reservation long in advance. Turns out that is not the case, at least not on a Monday night. We […]
Menu Swap for the St Patty’s Day week : special ingredient coconut; Cocktail of the week: Hard Cider
Finally, it is the day I wait for all year long: St Patty’s Day. You might think that I gave up partying hard for this day in my twenties (like most) or in my thirties (like the rest) but no! I still plan to do a pub crawl today (albeit with only […]
Poached Salmon with a tarragon cream sauce and wild rice
This one is pretty self explanatory. It was a great quick easy meal. I guess the wild rice took about 50 minutes and I cooked it in broth and herbs. For the salmon, I put a couple of cups of wine in a pot with a bay leaf, cracked pepper, some onion […]
Menu of the week; Cocktail of the Week: Ginger lemon fizz Feb 18th
I figured out my menu plan before knowing the “secret ingredient” butternut squash, so I will see if I can fit it in somewhere, perhaps some butternut squash curry soup for lunch on a day when I am working out of the house this week. This week’s menu is hosted by Gluten Free Sox! […]
