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Saturday, January 28th, 2012
This weekend – and the past few weeks – is/has been a big push to get out post-tornado kitchen reconstruction DONE. Well, not quite done-done … we won’t have the lumber for the cabinet faces and doors for a while, and those will take some serious time to make … but functional.
I haven’t had a functional kitchen since we bought this house, a year ago. The kitchen, as we bought it, was only barely functional – you may have seen the “before” pictures and description on twitter. Don’t worry, I’ll be posting the awful “befores” when I can finally post the “afters”!
This weekend is all about building the cabinetry to surround the slide-in oven, which has been free-standing since we moved in. By Monday, I should not only have the base cabinets, but tiled counter AND backsplash there, also. *CANNOT WAIT*. I’m not being facetious there, either. We’ve been discussing all of the great foods I haven’t been able to make in a long time, as well as the recipes I’ve been mentally designing ever since losing my kitchen. All of this takeout food… ugh.
| So, we went to the store to pick up groceries for the first couple of meals I’ll be able to make, and I used one of my new counters – and my freshly-installed sink area! – to make Cod au Gratin on Friday night. Aw yeah.
Cod au Gratin is a traditional Newfoundland dish, and one of my all time favorites. Generally speaking, it consists of cod, Béchamel sauce, and cheese / bread crumbs on top… but – of course – I started bastardizing it the first time I made it. Béchamel because a hearty cheese sauce, filled with tons of sharp cheddar. I’ve made this with dill, with asparagus, with bacon, and with other seafood involved. It’s just one of those recipes that I make by “feel”, and I’ve never written down measurements or anything as I’ve gone. Til now.
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
When it comes to matters of food, marrying my husband has been an interesting experience.
He’d been raised by a single father, on a diet consisting of things like Rice A Roni, canned soup, and Hamburger Helper. Not too long after he’d moved out on his own, he became deathly ill and learned to hate food, as eating made him even more sick. Though he eventually had life saving surgery, he wasn’t the biggest fan of food.
| On my end, I’d grown up with a single mom. Money wasn’t always there, sometimes we had to live on donated army ration packs… but whenever she’d have a little money, she’d cook amazing meals, being very creative with what she had. We ate some GREAT food, growing up.
When I met my husband, I’d just come out of a long relationship with the pickiest eater I’ve ever met, and I hadn’t been *allowed* to cook many dishes in the house – chili, lasagna – because he hated the smell. I was dying to get back to cooking something other than meat and potatoes.
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I must say, he adapted nicely to having someone cook for him. He got over his hatred of food, and has come to love trying new things. I’ve actually kind of created a bit of a monster  . He’s a sushi fiend. He loves all kinds of ethnic foods, and I can make almost *anything*, and he’ll love it. He does have a few sticking points, though… which brings me to today’s recipe.
The man doesn’t like cooked fish! (more…)
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Saturday, July 17th, 2010
Everyone’s heard variations on the saying “The cobbler’s kids go barefoot”, and it’s not all that different around here at times. Sure, we have great meals on a regular basis.. but when things get super busy, we tend to lose all creativity and drive, and slap together one of our go-to meals. Easy, little effort, and very satisfying. In winter, that usually ends up being chili.. but in summer, we love our low country boil.. not a common thing here in Minnesota, but it is SO freaking good! It’s also pretty much the ideal meal for getting together – and would be great for a rehearsal dinner or small, casual wedding dinner.
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Tags: celebration, Celebration Generation book, corn, crab, frogmore stew, gathering, Low country boil, party, recipe, Seafood, shrimp, southern
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
I LOVE jambalaya! Actually, ever since a trip to New Orleans back in 2005, I have a particular affection for most cajun and creole food in general. It’s always full of flavor, and very, VERY satisfying!
This recipe makes a ton of Jambalaya. With flavoring the stock as I do, and with all of the chopping involved, it is a bit more labor intensive than the average dinner recipe. I like making a huge batch of this on a weekend, then pretty much living on it for a week or two – it makes GREAT leftovers! It freezes fairly well, but never lasts long enough to make it to the freezer (more…)
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