Main Dish-Meat/Poultry

 

New Year’s Dinner: CityMama’s Slow-Baked Brisket

I just posted a lamb recipe for another New year’s dinner idea, but if beef is more your thing, read on! We always eat black eyed peas for New Year’s…

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New Year’s Dinner: Butterflied leg of lamb with feta and olives

For Christmas, my sister gifted me a boneless leg of lamb (yes, we’re that kind of family) and instead of my usual rosemary-garlic treatment, I decided to Greek it up…

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How to: Improvise when you don’t have a Crock-Pot [NaBloPoMo Day 12]

Throughout my cooking life, I have had a love/hate relationship with slow cookers. Even with the help of two slow cooker cookbooks, I have never been bowled over by anything…

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Chicken and Fresh Thyme Dumplings

I need to sneak in a shot of this dish because I promised a dear reader I would. Plus, for those that are tired (already) of looking at kitchen gadgets,…

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Cooking with Kids: Thin Crust Pizza

Bunny was delighted to learn that her new first first grade teacher was known throughout her school as “The Cooking Teacher.” Never mind that her school has all sorts of…

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Pork Belly-Shiso Skewers

The pork belly-shiso skewer about to be grilled. If you’ve been reading this blog regularly, you’ve probably figured out that my surreptitious goal is get everyone out of their regular…

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Yogurt-marinated chicken and spiced potatoes

This summer, I’ve committed to learning more about cooking Indian food, a cuisine I seriously love and could not live without. I am using Madhur Jaffrey’s iconic cookbook, An Invitation…

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The easiest Chile Verde (Green Chili) ever

Okay, this is not as authentic as making it yourself (not by a long shot), but when you’re in the mood for tender pork goodness, this’ll do. This is for…

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