For his birthday dinner, Nate requested my parmesan-herb crusted chicken tenders, twice-baked potatoes, tomato pie, and a blueberry-peach pie for dessert. It was a delicious meal! The biggest hits were the two homemade pies. For each, Nate made his mother’s pie crust and I made the fillings, using the fresh South Carolina tomatoes and peaches [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Delicious birthday dinner with two pies
Posted in Recipes, Recommended Meals, tagged asparagus, birthday, blueberry, chicken, peaches, pies, potatoes, tomatoes, zucchini on July 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sushi-making party
Posted in Asian, Party food, Recipes, Recommended Meals, tagged Shrimp, snow crab, sushi, tuna on July 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It was another busy weekend in the PeanutButterMilk kitchen. On Saturday night we hosted a sushi-making party for a few friends, and on Sunday we celebrated Nate’s birthday with a Southern cuisine feast.
Making sushi at home is a lot of fun. My stepsister, Michelle, gave us a sushi kit for Christmas, and it included all [...]
Crazy for Crepes!
Posted in Farmers Markets, Uncategorized on July 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have mentioned before that I have a bit of an obsession with crepes, and I believe I even posted about the time when I got on my crepe kick — making crepes for breakfast in the morning and dessert in the evening for several days in a row. It was a problem! And yet [...]
Banana Chocolate Pecan Cake
Posted in Recipes, tagged bananas, cake, chocolate, pecans on July 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been in the domestic spirit this week, as Nate has gone off to start the new job and I’ve been at home doing summer reading. I felt like baking and, with three over-ripe bananas sitting on the counter, I decided to give this recipe a try. I had it circled in the February 2008 [...]
Chicago-style dogs, Part II
Posted in Quick bites, tagged chicago, hot dogs on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A couple Saturdays ago, we were at the beach, soaking up the rays, watching the waves roll in, when I started to get a hankering for a Chicago-style hot dog. I’ve never really been a hot dog person, but in the past few years, I’ve come to appreciate the value of the hot dog as [...]
A Lowcountry Birthday
Posted in Uncategorized on July 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday was Devin’s birthday and per his request I put on my chef hat rather than racing around to overpriced fancy restaurants (which, let’s face it, are also fun).
Devin wished to have Lowcountry Shrimp & Grits followed by Strawberry Rhubarb Pie (his favorite dessert growing up). Now, I have never made Shrimp & Grits nor [...]
Fourth picnic side salads
Posted in Recipes, tagged black beans, feta, Peas, picnic, Quinoa, Radishes, Recipes on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a look at two of mom’s sides for our Fourth of July picnic feast:
Quinoa and Black Bean Salad (Gourmet, July 1994)
Recipe here.
Pea Salad with Radishes and Feta Cheese (Bon Appetit, April 2007)
Recipe here.
