Food Diary

It’s been a week full of good food, friends and lots of laughter, which is hopefully burning off those calories from the amazing cinnamon rolls and giddy up fries below. Hope everyone has a great weekend and cooks some yummy items!

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The artichoke omelette at Siena Tavern

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Giddy Up Fries at Bub City

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Cinnamon Rolls at The Social Table
A great venue for cooking classes for brunch, lunch or dinner.

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Ina Garten’s Chocolate Banana Crumb Cake

Roasted Broccoli
Cut up broccoli into florets, sprinkle with olive oil, salt and pepper and roast for 20-25 minutes in a 400 degree oven.

NY Times Miso Chicken

Weeknight Chicken

IMG_0650.JPGWhat do you make when you buy a whole chicken from Whole Foods because it was on sale and it’s sitting in your fridge?

Lemon Chicken with Croutons from ‘Barefoot in Paris’.

The easiest chicken to put together, you simply cut up some onions and lemons and stick it in a large oven-safe pan. Roast it for an hour and voila, you’re ready to eat!

In this case I left out the croutons, but it is just as delicious with them.

As Ina would say – “How easy is that?”

Also check out, Sweet Potato Hash and Fettuccine Alfredo for One

Sweet Potato Hash

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This recipe is a riff off of Bobby Flay’s Sweet Potato Green Onion Pancakes. My brother and I made this recipe one Saturday morning in January, but without a functioning food processor grater to properly grate the sweet potatoes, my pancakes turned into more of a hash.

To make this into a hash, throw the ingredients that are required for the pancake into a hot pan, preferably a cast iron skillet, and press them down into one layer. Allow them to get a golden crust by sauteeing them for about 5 minutes before you flip the hash in sections to do the same to the other side.

Warning: this makes a lot of hash with just one sweet potato.

This is a great recipe if you’re looking to impress your guests with the blend of flavors you get from the ham, pepper jelly, green onions and the egg yolk.

Enjoy!

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

It’s been a busy and exciting few weeks and I’m ready to kick off 2017 on a high note.

Here’s a little recap of the last few weeks:

Christmas Dinner

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I was in charge of our family dinner this year and made a traditional one. Spiral sliced ham with a delicious glaze from The Pioneer Woman….

A carrot cake complete with raisins, nuts, candied ginger and cream cheese mascarpone frosting…

Hasselback sweet potatoes, glazed carrots, and steamed green beans.

 

New Year’s

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Dress from Nordstrom and Vince Camuto heels

To recover from the night before, a much needed cup of coffee and Little Goat’s delicious omelette of the day – eggs, smoked salmon cream cheese, pickled red onions, arugula and fried capers.