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I'm addicted to cookbooks, food writing, recipe collecting, and cooking. I have a lot of recipes waiting for me to try them, and ideas from articles, tv, and restaurants often lead to new dishes. I started losing track of what I've done. So now I'm taking photos and writing about what I've prepared—unless it's terrible in which case I forget it ever happened.

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Recent Posts Tagged With 'coconut milk'

May 21

Seared Salmon on Coconut Spinach

You know how food tastes better when you’re on vacation? I’ve had a lingering memory of a vacation meal for years now. It wasn’t even anything special or planned in advance or exotic. It was a meal at a restaurant we picked because it was the f (read full article)

coconut milk, ginger, off the shelf, salmon, sesame oil, Soy Sauce, spinach

Feb 15

Fresh Coconut Mousse Cake

This is the cake Kurt chose for his birthday this year. It wasn’t just any birthday, so the cake needed to be a little special. This cake was made to celebrate Kurt’s 40th birthday. We actually did quite a lot of celebrating for this momentous, m (read full article)

cake, coconut, coconut milk, greyston bakery cookbook, whipped cream

Nov 07

Curry of Tofu, Mushrooms, and Eggplant

As I was sorting last week’s CSA vegetables and making plans for them, I came upon a couple of eggplants that left me stumped. Although they were eggplants of the Mediterranean variety, I just wasn’t in the mood for ratatouille or eggplant parm. (read full article)

coconut milk, Eggplant, kaffir lime leaves, Peanuts, shitakes, vegetarian table thailad

Oct 02

Corn and Zucchini Simmered in Coconut Milk with Thai Basil

I kind of like ingredient-hunting through recipes. It’s become a fun, new hobby of mine when I have an ingredient and can’t decide how to use it. I start looking through the indexes of cookbooks, searching for whatever the ingredient of the day i (read full article)

coconut milk, corn, local flavors, thai basil, thai chile, tofu, zucchini

Aug 17

Redfish and Shrimp with Coconut and Lime Sauce

I think we skipped spring cleaning this year which may be why we’re now doing summer cleaning. And, really, re-organizing may be a better word for what is being done. Either way, it’s always interesting to find things that have been stored away f (read full article)

coconut milk, lemongrass, lime, redfish, serranos, Shrimp

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