Meps original
Cilantro brown rice
2 C brown rice 3-1/2 C water 2 T olive oil 2 T lime juice 1 t grated lime rind, or 1/2 t Key Lime oil 2 t sugar 1 t salt 1 C cilantro, […]
Month: October 2007
Cajun
Creole chicken breasts
1/4 C onion, diced fine 1/4 C red or green bell pepper, diced fine 3 cloves garlic, minced 14 oz can diced tomatoes, not drained 2 t Worcestershire sauce 2 t apple cider vinegar 2 […]
Meat
Savory stuffed pork chops
Serves 4-6. 6 thick pork chops 2 C Progresso seasoned bread crumbs 1/2 C celery, finely diced 1/2 C onion, finely diced 3/4 t poultry seasoning 3/4 t salt 1/8 t fresh-ground black pepper 1/2 […]
Cakes
Sparkling pear cupcakes
Makes 12 moist, scrumptious cupcakes. 1/4 lb butter 1 C sugar 2 eggs 1-1/3 C flour 3/4 t baking soda Dash salt 1 C club soda, 7-up, or champagne (anything clear and sparkling) 1 tsp […]
Tried and tested
Appetizers
Roasted eggplant with dried apricots
These came out awfully dry — in the future, I plan to simply roast the eggplant with olive oil and then serve it with some sort of apricot, lemon, and chicken stock-based sauce. 1 lb […]
Beverages
Pear Smoothie
For those times when all the pears ripen at the same time, and you’re out of fresh milk and yogurt. Makes two large servings, or four small ones. 4 ripe pears 1 C water 1/4 […]
Articles
A few of my favorite things, part two
I recently wrote about my favorite kitchen gadgets, the small ones (see A few of my favorite things, part one). The following short list has my favorite big things, the ones that don’t fit into […]
Cookies & Candies
Icebox Cookies
1 C butter, at room temperature 1 C sugar 1 C brown sugar 1 egg 2-1/2 C flour 1 t baking soda 1/2 t salt 1/2 C chopped walnuts 1 t vanilla Combine flour, baking […]
Cakes
Pear and almond tart
This is an alternative to an upside-down cake…it’s a “rightside-up” cake. 3/4 C butter, softened 1/2 C sugar 3 eggs 1 C ground almonds 1/4 C flour 4 medium pears, perfectly ripe To prepare the […]