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Mission Not So Impossible – Salmon with Soba Noodles

19 Sep

A few weeks ago my husband mentioned that we don’t have enough fish in our diet. Being the dutiful wife that I am, I of course assured him that I would make sure that we’d have fish for our next dinner.

Next dinner fell on a Monday night, and I had to keep to my promise. Not an impossible mission, but definitely a difficult one. I had about an hour and half to prepare dinner, so the dinner had to be tasty and fast to make. On the way home from work I stopped at the local Ranch 99 Market, and picked up some salmon fillets and honey garlic sauce.

To prepare the meal, I placed one salmon fillet on the baking sheet, seasoned it with some salt , black pepper, lemon zest, as well as freshly squeezed lemon juice from half of a lemon. I baked the salmon fillet for about 25 minutes at 375 degrees.

In the mean time I cooked soba noodles per the packet directions. Once cooked, I drained the noodles and tossed them with soy sauce and honey and garlic sauce.

I placed the soba noodles on a plate and topped with half of the baked salmon fillet. Viola…

Salmon & Soba Noodles

…dinner is served. Dinner turned out to be a success, and the mission…very much possible.

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Latkes…a little late for Hanukkah

21 Dec

I know I am a little late for Hanukkah…well let’s be honest a lot late…but I finally had time to prepare potato latkes. Might I add, this is my very first time making latkes. I am happy to report that this endeavor was a thorough success. See for yourself…

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Along the way I found out that unlike myself, most people use a meat grinder to shred potatoes for latkes. I on the other hand…did it all manually…with a regular grater…yep, pretty proud of myself. Although, I think it’s time to look into a food processor. Any suggestions for a food processor would be welcome!

Now let’s get to the task at hand, the recipe. I recently acquired an iphone (very cool toy). With this acquisition I discovered the world of recipe apps. At this point I have about 3 or 4 recipe apps, and mind you, I’ve only had the phone for a couple of weeks.

The recipe for these latkes came from the Epicurious app. This recipe can also be found on the original website. The recipe for these delicious latkes can be found here. I will avoid rewriting it as I didn’t divert from the original.

Here is one more look at these delicious puppies…

Latkes

Hope you take the time to try out these latkes (they are worth it).

Happy Holidays!

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Asian Pear and Arugula Salad

15 Nov

You’re probably wondering why I haven’t been around for a while. With the kitchen remodel and the change of seasons it’s been difficult to get any day light time. My friend V, and occasional food contributor was very kind to gift me a subscription to Food & Wine magazine. I am loving my new subscription. I’ve a made a couple of things based on the recipes from F&W already (unfortunately didn’t get a chance to photograph them). Finally I was able to capture my latest dish.

This is a super easy salad to throw together. I was flipping through my first issue of F&W magazine and came upon the Asian Pear and Arugula Salad with Goat cheese. I threw this together for a refreshing lunch for my husband and I.

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I very slightly modified the original recipe. Here is what I did:

Ingredients:
Baby Arugula
1 Peeled, cored and thinly sliced asian pear
Slivered Almonds
Extra virgin olive oil
Honey
Chopped fresh thyme
Lemon juice
Salt and black pepper
Crumbled goat cheese

For the dressing:
Whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, honey and chopped thyme. Season with salt and pepper.

In a separate bowl, toss together arugula, asian pears, and slivered almonds. Add the earlier mentioned dressing and toss well. Top with goat cheese and serve.

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