Risotto

Scalloped Edges

May 7, 2011
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After a crazy week of unpredictability, Matt and I settled into a really fancy dinner! And one we cooked ourselves too. This afternoon I biked over to Seamane’s and then to the bakery. We had a malfunctioning label printer that I fixed after an hour (turns out Matt had SKIPPED a step of installation!!) We [...]

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Let There Be Light!

March 13, 2011
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Ahhhhh!!! The sun was still out for dinnertime. No more dark dining rooms!!! Hello beautiful dining room What’s for dinner? A pantry staple creation:     Smoked Goat Cheese Risotto with Sherry Mushrooms Los ingredients The frozen bean & greens blend is from Whole Foods. Nice time saver! I only wish there had been more greens [...]

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Craving Karen

July 10, 2010
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Back at Hotel Karen!! After that small lunch today, I was sure craving carbs this afternoon!! Karen was too! We both had small bowls of cereal upon my arrival home. Kashi Vanilla Island and Quaker Oatmeal Squares – Then we shared a banana a few hours later before we all went to exercise   Matt, [...]

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Celine + Vin

November 2, 2009
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I feel like I don’t cook much anymore. Sure we throw together dishes for dinner everynight, but it’s usually pantry + freezer based and I don’t enjoy it. So I decided with my test over with, I’d devote tonight to cooking and enjoy every minute. Of course that means sipping a little Black Box Wine [...]

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We Have A Winner!

April 8, 2008
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Steel Cut Oat Risotto with Butternut + ‘Shrooms WOW. wow!! This was SO GOOD!!! I don’t think I have ever made such a flavorful recipe. And I think I owe it all to the Imagine Brand Vegetable Broth. I used this guy because we were out of our homemade, but it had SO much flavor [...]

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Sunlight Dinner

March 9, 2008
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Crazy that it was still light out when I took my dinner photos at 7:30!! It makes them look less formal Butternut Squash + Mushroom Risotto with Parmesan, Saffron and Thyme Delicious! For this dish we cooked 2 servings of arborio rice in a little less than 2 cups of homemade chicken stock (until the [...]

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Brandied Shrimp

January 23, 2008
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    Brandied Shrimp with Risotto + Swiss Chard   Thanks goes out to the husband for pulling this together while I yelled at my stats homework!! Ugh. It’s getting hard again.   I found this recipe in Fitness Magazine. It’s Ingrid Hoffman’s – see it here. We didn’t use the exact proportions (basically cut [...]

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