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Indian-spiced Chicken thighs with Yogurt Sauce

Posted by: Thursday on: June 22, 2008

Recipe found on page 242 of the June 2007 Cooking Light.  It’s listed as one of their superfast recipes and it really is.  Simply rub on the spice, bbq the thighs, and while you’re doing that, couscous takes all of five minutes and same with the yogurt sauce, which only contains three ingredients.  Serve with [...]

Swordfish Tikka Kebabs

Posted by: Thursday on: June 22, 2008

For the Swordfish, follow these steps.
Ingredients:
1 lb of fresh swordfish (boneless and skinless), cut into 2″ cubes
2 garlic cloves, finely minced
1″ piece of ginger, finely minced
1.5 cups of good quality yogurt
2 tsp ground cumin powder
1 tsp ground coriander powder
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp red chili powder, to taste
salt & pepper, to taste
juice of [...]

Razor Clams

Posted by: Thursday on: June 22, 2008

Fairly simple method to this madness.  Simply combine Old Bay seasoning with flour in one dish, two eggs in another dish, and then panko or breadcrumbs in the last one.  That’s for a pound of clams.  Rinse well and pat dry, then dredge in flour, then egg, then bread crumbs or panko.  Deep-fry in hot [...]

Lime-Garlic Sea Scallop Kebabs w/Hearts of Palm salad

Posted by: Thursday on: June 18, 2008

6 cloves of garlic (minced)
2 tbs lime juice
2 tbs olive oil
2 tbs fresh parsley
1 tsp basil
1lb sea scallops
We marinated these for about an hour before putting them on wooden skewers and grilling for perhaps 20 minutes.  Just until scallops are opaque.
The salad can be found on page 132 of the June 2005 issue of Sunset.  [...]

Alright, not your average steak and potatoes, lol.  The recipe for the steak can be found on page 235 of the June 2007 Cooking Light.  We used flat iron steak instead of rib-eye and did not follow through to the pasta, simply bbqing it and serving it with the potatoes.
The potato recipe can be found [...]

Copper River Salmon part deux

Posted by: Thursday on: June 12, 2008

Alright this time we decided to do it Japanese shioyaki style. This involved creating a sauce that went like this:
Ingredients:
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup sake or dry white wine
1/4 cup mirin
2 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoon fresh ginger — chopped
In a small saucepan, combine the soy sauce, sake, mirin, sugar, ginger and about a couple of [...]



  • Kens soup recipes: Sounds like a delicious chinese soup, I haven't tried one quite like this before so it's on next weeks schedule.
  • Emily: Sounds great and I agree with the simplicity - you don't want to pay the big bucks for quality wild salmon just to cover it's flavor! We're having a s
  • kyletowle: Oh yeah that agave tequila is what its all about!

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