67 Days of Gourmet: Day 58 I’m really embarrassed to admit that tonight was the first time I’ve cooked with quinoa. Bad foodie, especially given my love for all things healthy, whole grain and nutrient packed. And I’ve had it from the hot bar at Whole Foods and Earth Fare, just haven’t cooked with it [...]
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68 Days of Gourmet: Black Bean and Quinoa Salad
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Ethnic, Healthy, Mexican, Rice, Salad, Side Dish, Tried and True, Vegetarian, tagged beans, black beans, gourmet magazine, grain, Healthy, Mexican, quinoa, Side Dish, Vegetarian on April 13, 2010 | 8 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Kefta and Zucchini Kebabs
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Ethnic, Greek, lamb, Vegetable, tagged gourmet magazine, Greek, ground lamb, kefta, lamb, meatballs, middle eastern, tzatziki, yogurt, zucchini on March 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 51 Part two of our Greek feast – check out my homemade pita bread here. This dinner has been on the list since I first began researching recipes for 68 Days of Gourmet. I thought Kefta and Zucchini Kebabs with homemade tzatziki sounded great. Unfortunately, the kebab thing was not [...]
68 Days of Gourmet: Pita Bread
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Bread/Yeast, Ethnic, Greek, Sandwiches, tagged bread, flat bread, gourmet magazine, pita bread, yeast on March 11, 2010 | 20 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 50 This was my first time making pita bread and it was a huge success. I followed the recipe directions exactly and the dough was a breeze to work with. I can’t even explain to you how much better this is than any store bought pita bread. It’s so soft [...]
68 Days of Gourmet: Chicken Hawaii
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Chicken/Poultry, Ethnic, tagged braising, chicken, coconut, curry, gourmet magazine, pineapple, poultry on March 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 48 I hope you didn’t think I’d disappeared. My sore throat ended up morphing into laryngitis and a bad upper respiratory infection and we were out of town. I’m just now starting to feel normal again. To give you any indication of how bad I’ve been feeling, I haven’t worked [...]
68 Days of Gourmet: Thai Beef Noodle Soup
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Asian, Beef, Blogging Events, Ethnic, One Dish, Pasta, Soups and Stews, tagged Asian, Beef, Ethnic, flat iron steak, ginger, gourmet magazine, green curry, noodles, One Dish, soup, thai on February 25, 2010 | 4 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 47 This is going to be short and sweet. I am sick for the first time in almost two years and need to get to bed! My throat is so sore but luckily no fever. I made this Thai Beef Noodle Soup on Monday night when the sore throat was [...]
68 Days of Gourmet: Lamb and Eggplant Pastitsio
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Cheese, Ethnic, Greek, One Dish, Pasta, Tomato, Vegetable, tagged eggplant, Ethnic, Feta, gourmet magazine, Greek, lamb, One Dish, Pasta, Tomato on January 28, 2010 | 6 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 37 It’s Wednesday night…which means I’m on my own! Brandon is in a bowling league (seriously) on Wednesday nights so I get to enjoy a night of eating whatever I want and watching what I want on TV. Glorious! Tonight I had leftover Coconut Red Lentil Curry, a salad and [...]
68 Days of Gourmet: Coconut Red Lentil Curry
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Ethnic, Healthy, One Dish, Vegetarian, tagged coconut, curry, gourmet magazine, Indian, lentil, Rice, Vegetarian, zucchini on January 25, 2010 | 5 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 36 This vegetarian goodness was warmly welcomed after a weekend of splurging for Charlotte Restaurant Week. Friday night we went to BLT Steak and Saturday night we went to Sullivan’s. Both meals were delicious but very indulgent! I taught BodyPump on Saturday morning and was very excited to have a [...]
68 Days of Gourmet: Teriyaki Chicken
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Asian, Blogging Events, Chicken/Poultry, Ethnic, Healthy, Quick and Easy, tagged Asian, chicken, easy, gourmet magazine, Healthy, poultry, quick, soy sauce, teriyaki on January 12, 2010 | 4 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 31 I hope everyone had a nice weekend. Mine was full of cooking, house hunting, cleaning and working out. Saturday morning started off with a bowl of oats full of apples, peanut butter, raisins and ground flax while I updated my blog with the seared scallops from Friday night’s dinner. [...]
68 Days of Gourmet: Portuguese Kale and Potato Soup
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Ethnic, Healthy, One Dish, Pork, Quick and Easy, Soups and Stews, tagged gourmet magazine, Healthy, kale, kielbasa, Pork, Portuguese, potatoes, Sausage, soup, winter food on January 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 29 I feel terrible that I’ve been such a bad blogger this week. I started in the hole since I didn’t get to make my weekly menu and grocery shopping trip. It was a major pain to scramble every night to figure out what to have for dinner. Now we’re [...]
68 Days of Gourmet: 3 Ingredient Pot Roast and an Announcement
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Beef, Blogging Events, Ethnic, Italian, One Dish, Soups and Stews, Tried and True, tagged Beef, comfort food, garlic, gourmet magazine, Italian, pot roast, tomatoes, winter food on January 5, 2010 | 20 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 28 Happy New Year everyone! The holidays have been busy for us with lots of family time and traveling. Since we spent Thanksgiving with my family this year, we stayed in Charlotte and celebrated Christmas with Brandon’s family. We rang in the new year in Asheville with The Avett Brothers [...]
