Category: Dinner

Quick Shrimp with Lemon & Feta

Quick Shrimp with Lemon & Feta. In fact, this recipe is so fast and easy to prepare, it you can probably cook it in less time than it takes you to read this recipe. One

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Chicken with Sweet Plantains

Chicken with Sweet Plantains. Trust me, you need to stop whatever you are doing right now and go buy plantains. This recipe comes from Melissa Clark of the New York Times and was featured in the Taste

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Tropical Pork Tacos

Tropical Pork Tacos! To be more specific, Coconut-Lime Pork Tacos with Black Beans and Avocado. Don’t let that coconut-lime part fool you. Even though these have some unconventional taco ingredients (hello, pineapple juice), they are

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Roasted Vegetable Parmesan

Roasted Vegetable Parmesan. Here’s one dish where my total lack of food styling is probably not helpful in convincing you to rush out and make this recipe. However, if I show you the layers and

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Fish Cooked in Rice Paper

Fish Cooked in Rice Paper! What a funky, and incredibly delicious idea. I know why there was no photo of this in the cookbook though. It does look something like a blob in brown sauce.

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Baked Ham with Chutney Glaze

Baked Ham with Chutney Glaze might be just the thing you need to round out this festive holiday season. The holidays have stretched out nicely for us this year. My family celebrated early, Jim and

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Potato & Fennel Au Gratin

Potato & Fennel Au Gratin.  The folks at Google really need to get on with making some sort of smell-0-vision for the internet so you can get the full cheesy, creamy, potato-y glory in this

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Pozole Rojo – Mexican Pork Stew

Pozole Rojo – Mexican Pork Stew. Hello, my name is Claudia and I’m a pozole addict. Seriously. I love this dish. As promised on Monday when our little impromptu Pozole Festival began with the awesome Pozole

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Pozole Verde with Turkey or Chicken

Pozole Verde! Mexican Stew with turkey or chicken and SO many other good things! It’s Pozole Week here at Idiot’s Kitchen! I bet you didn’t know you needed to celebrate Pozole Week, but trust me

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Glazed Carrots

Glazed Carrots might be the perfect, quick, last minute side dish that you need for Thanksgiving. These are easy and simple to make but so tasty. One of the great things about making these for

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Braised Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta

Brussels Sprouts tend to be an all or nothing, love or hate kind of vegetable. I’m willing to bet that if you fall into the nothing/hate category, these Braised Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta will turn

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Cider Brined Pork Roast

Cider Brined Pork Roast.  Hello, the holidays are coming on fast. First Thanksgiving, then Christmas, then New Year’s Eve/Day. We’ve got some cooking to plan. Some serious eating to do! I was talking with my

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