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Pork Fried Rice

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Fried Rice

Ahhhh summer time and the living is easy. Summer has been kind to us so far. Not too many days with extreme heat and yet plenty of heat for the herbs and garden. It still seems a sin to heat up the oven for dinner so we find many of our meals involve the grill. This is great and we enjoy the herb grilled meats and fish. The downside when our family grills is that we always tend to grill too much. Yes, leftovers are good to a point but then you need to repurpose them or “recycle” as my mom would say when I was growing up.

Last week, pork tenderloin was on sale for 5 bucks. [Read more…]

Basil Pesto

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Basil Pesto

Summer evokes food rituals and traditions. Once such memory that always surfaces is the abundance of fresh basil and fresh mint from the garden or from the farmers’ market. If you do need to purchase basil or mint the price is reasonable and can’t be beat during the summer months. Now is the time to make pesto and make pesto again and make pesto again! Yes, think back to the icy, cold winter. Nothing says warmth on a cold February day like pesto from the freezer. So get out the food processor and start making batch after batch of pesto. Stock your freezer with natures’ bounty.

Read the article that I wrote for the Kansas City Star’s Chow Town Blog for inspiration on ways to incorporate more basil and mint into your menu. [Read more…]

Chicken Pesto Dinner

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Chicken Pesto 2

 

The move is behind us and the boxes are beginning to dwindle just a bit. We are back to normal and enjoying our schedule which includes weeknight dinners at home.

Years ago when our daughter was in her macaroni and cheese mode, we slowly weaned her away from that side dish and converted her to enjoying pesto pasta. [Read more…]