Archive for Squeaky Peanut
Pugilistic Soup, Wine Jello, & Some Other Food
Menu No. 34: Blender Gazpacho; Grilled Steak and Blue (sic) Cheese Potatoes; Spinach and Grilled Corn Salad; Blackberry -Red Wine Gelatin In which my tongue was assaulted and not in friendly ways…. Gazpacho: I don’t like gazpacho. It’s usually like eating liquefied salsa without the fun of the tortilla chips. I thought I was the only one, but [...]
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Amour Wine Bistro
This post is to alert the locals about this new-ish place in Carytown. The Husband decided that he wanted to celebrate the end of his birthday month (yes, month) last night by going out for a drink after work. We popped into Secco for a glass of wine, then moseyed down the street, on the [...]
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FiddlyDee
This week’s meal was full of fiddly-ness. It turned out pretty well, considering a major component was somewhat disastrous. Meal No. 33: Grilled Striped Bass; Corn and Clam Chowder Sauce; Oyster Biscuits; Watermelon and Raspberry Salad from Martha Stewart’s Dinner at Home. Menu and recipes available online here. Grilled Bass: Martha says you can substitute a [...]
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Ohio Saves the Day!
As it is wont to do… Meal No. 32: Avocado and Lemon on Toasted Rustic Bread; Seared Tuna in Tomato-Basil Sauce; Green Beans with Lemon Butter; Peaches in Honey Syrup Gee, it all sounds so fancy! Toasts w/Avocado: It is only within the last few years that I learned to like/love avocados–they used to make [...]
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Awful Offal
This past weekend was Mr. Squeaky Peanut’s birthday, and he wanted to celebrate with a series of road trips. And offal, but more on that later. Naturally, this means there was no Martha cooking again, but I plan to remedy that later in the week. I think I have about 5 more summer recipes to [...]
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Happy Birthday, Julia!
This week we tell Martha to suck it! Actually, today would have been Julia Child’s 98th birthday, so to celebrate her legacy we cooked several of her recipes, along with some other French food, for some friends. The Husband made two breads: Julia’s pan de mie, which I topped with Boursin cheese and radish slices, and two loaves [...]
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Blackberry Almond Shortbread Squares
It seems like it’s been forever since I made one of the Martha Meals. We were out of town again last weekend so I didn’t get to cook anything. I can’t say that I missed it! (I got a new camera in the interim, but was having some technical issues, so there are no photos [...]
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Eviscerated Squab, Part 2
Today we have a guest reviewer! Miss Pooch has dined on one of Martha Stewart’s new line of dog toys. Here is her review: ******* 1). Act bored on walk around the neighborhood the night before so human will take you to the PARK! in the morning 2). While at park goof off long enough, [...]
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News You Can’t Use
I have started a second blog, with what I hope will be daily snapshots (crappy, natch) of things Miss Pooch and I see as we are out and about. We’ve come across opossums in trash cans, blue herons, and more vomiting homeless women than I care to remember, so who knows what could happen. http://tarryandtoddle.blogspot.com/
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Non-Pork Un-Kabobs
Pardon my absence; I was on vacation with family on Cape Cod, enjoying lots of gin and seafood and gin. When I came back there was nothing to eat, so I dove right back into MarthaLand. Meal No. 30: Pork Kabobs with Thyme; Fennel and Red Onion and Parsley Salad; Toasted Bulgur with Almonds; Cantaloupe Granita [...]
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And Another Thing…
You know what else irks me about this menu? The broiled tofu calls for one and a half packages of tofu, for 4 people. Why not just use two, Martha?! Why not just be generous and give your family or friends an extra slice? Or be stingy and use just one container? Because what am [...]
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Never mind
Martha done lost her mind! Broiling and baking! Hello, IT IS SUMMER! God. Meal No. 29: Broiled Black-Pepper Tofu; Lemon Soy Dipping Sauce; Soba Noodles; Baked Apricots This meal has already ticked me off and I haven’t even made it yet. The grocery stores don’t seem to carry soba noodles, although I swear I used [...]
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Cheeseburgras and Cuppycakes
This was our Independence Day menu, and, as in any democracy, we were split along party lines. Meal No. 28: Pancetta Cheeseburgers; Balsamic Mushrooms; Tomato, Basil and White Bean Salad; Coconut-topped Cupcakes (Again, this menu and all recipes are available on Martha’s website here) Burgers: Grilled Polyface Farm ground beef! Pancetta crisped in the oven! Melted fontina cheese! [...]
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Tomatoes and okra and corn, oh my!
This week’s menu (available online here) was plucked from the Fall section. It calls for fresh corn, tomatoes and okra, which we bought from the local produce stand, so I am not sure why she thinks I should be making this later in the year. Menu No. 27: Grilled Lamb Chops; Corn and Couscous Salad; [...]
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Pasta Verde and Cherry Ice
Meal No. 26: Mushroom and Goat Cheese Crostini; Grilled Pork Paillards; Pasta Verde; and Cherry Ice The entire menu is, once again, available online. Why, exactly, did I spend money on this cookbook? Number 26! This means I am halfway through the book! I know I said BBQ was next up, but we deviated from [...]
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Floundering
Meal No. 25: Spicy Stuffed Celery Sticks; Baked Flounder with Lemons and Onions; Saffron-Tomato Rice; Bread and Butter Pudding with Strawberries I put this off as long as I could, hoping that there would come a cool day when I could cook some lemons, onions, fish and dessert in the oven. The forecast says it’s [...]
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Lemon-Thyme Spoonbread Is My New Friend
Meal No. 24: Pan-Roasted Chicken; Lemon-Thyme Spoonbread; Wilted Dandelions; Raspberries in Buttermilk The theme for this meal was dishes from a Southern pantry. Well, I happen to have a Southern pantry, so how perfect! The only thing the recipe called for that was from an actual pantry-type structure, however, was corn meal, which I have. It was [...]
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Well, well.
I thought this meal was going to be half-assed. I barely even tried, only made half the dishes, didn’t buy the best ingredients, and yet. AND YET! It was delicious! Meal No. 23: Fontina and Herb Flatbread; Prosciutto-Wrapped Pork Cutlets; Wilted Escarole; Amaretti-Ricotta Sandwiches (from Martha Stewart’s Dinner at Home) I wasn’t looking forward to making this [...]
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Clevelandia
So, no new Martha post yet. This time my excuse is that as soon as I recuperated from Detroit, we went to Cleveland to see my favorite niece, Miss Emma, graduate from high school. She was the co-valedictorian and is one smart cookie! Also, we returned home to find our refrigerator had died, and we lost all our [...]
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DEEEtroit!
Hello, my little shallots! I have no new Martha recipe to review yet. Last weekend we spent five days in Detroit at Movement, the electronic music festival. This weekend we’re home but it is a billionty degrees here, and I couldn’t find a Martha meal that didn’t require some amount of stove/oven time. The first Summer [...]
