Dinner
Fresh Salmon Cakes
This recipe makes a lot of salmon cakes. We love fishing in the Puget Sound and every other year salmon is in season, with pink salmon being plentiful. Pink salmon fillets don’t freeze as well as coho or king so we make pink salmon cakes instead. The frozen salmon cakes freeze great once we vacuum…
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Crab Risotto
This is a great side dish, which we sometimes serve alongside beef. I like to make alarger batch with fresh crab and freeze for a quick side dish, appetizer or light meal. We’ve been vacuum packing our frozen foods so that everything has a longer self-life in the freezer.
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Chicken Gumbo
This is a traditional New Orleans gumbo so the recipe takes a while to cook. If you don’t have enough time, you can use a rotisserie chicken (for shredding) and store bought chicken stock.
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Asian Beef Short Ribs
When I spot beef short ribs at Costco, I buy a large pack. This recipe makes about eight servings and fits in my large Dutch oven (7-quarts). We have plenty of left overs to heat up the next day or freeze for a quick dinner on a busy weekday night. The entire family loves this…
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Cuban Black Beans and Rice
I love Cuban rice and beans, and it makes a yummy side dish to many Latin inspired meals. Isometimes add one seeded and diced jalapeño pepper to give this dish a little extra kick.
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Stuffed Poblano Peppers
When I go out to a high-end Mexican restaurant, I often times order stuffed poblano peppers, but don’t want to wait until we go out to enjoy. I like that this recipe doesn’t include rice, so that I can serve with a rice side dish. I’ve served with Cuban black beans and rice, but would…
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Pra Ram (Swimming Rama)
This is one of my Mom’s favorite Thai dishes and many Thai restaurants do not serve so,of course, I had to give it a try. My son even likes spinach now, thanks to the Thai peanutsauce!
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Chicken Satay
I love Thai food and this dish is served with Thai peanut sauce (or satay sauce), another of my favorites. Rich likes to grill, so this becomes an easy and yummy appetizer or even small meal that the entire family enjoys.
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Pot Stickers
I usually don’t buy many kitchen gadgets, but I read a lot of great reviews about the Philips Pasta Maker, and so finally decided to give it a try. It’s a bit pricey, but we like home made pasta and the manual machines are too time intensive. It takes a couple of tries to get…
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Beef Stir Fry
This is an easy beef stir fry dish with snow peas and mushrooms that comes together quickly for a busy weekday evening.
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