I still get fish every Tuesday from H&H Fish here in Santa Cruz. I’ve been doing it for years and it’s wonderful every week. Black cod is a lovely, silky, ethereal fish. It’s almost creamy. I like just frying up fillets but this week I used most of it in ...
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I had no idea the trout we got from H&H Fish CSF this week was trout until I read the email from Heidi. I thought it was local salmon. It was absolutely gorgeous and fatty. It was also the end of my CSA week so I was down to one ...
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I don’t know why I didn’t make fried chicken for the first 40 some odd years of my life. Now it’s something I have to force myself not to make very often because I am over 40 now and do not want to get fat and die. LOL! I probably ...
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It was a rough one today. I went to sleep last night super anxious. Woke up pretty depressed. It was one of those days where I felt like I could cry at the drop of a hat and just wanted to crawl under a blanket. I woke up to the ...
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I got beautiful ono from my H&H Fresh Fish CSA/CSF and it just made dinner easy. A simple salad with some grated carrot and a bit of cilantro. A dressing of lemon juice, a little orange juice, and a minced garlic clove, salt and good Stonehouse olive oil. I seared ...
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I made a grilled salmon recipe from the Paley's Place cookbook a couple of months ago for a dinner party we had. The original recipe uses brown sugar, orange zest, salt, onion, garlic and basil. I took the same idea but with a Vietnamese flavor profile. In the end it ...
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Serves 4-6 Soup: 1 onion, minced 1 celery stalk, minced 2 lbs yukon gold potatoes, diced 1 cup cannellini beans, cooked 6-8 cups chicken stock Pesto: 1 cup parsley 1 clove garlic 1 lemon, juiced salt olive oil For serving: baguette, sliced and toasted arugula crispy fried pancetta crispy fried ...
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I first made this for Christmas at our neighbor's house. I served it on crostini that I toasted with a little olive oil. My son has been requesting it at least once a week ever since. I made it one night and put it on top of crab cakes. That ...
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Pork: 1 pork tenderloin Marinade: 1 stalk lemongrass 4 green onions 2T soy sauce 1T dark brown sugar 1T fish sauce Zap in food processor then pour over pork. Marinate for 1 hr or more. Dressing: juice of 3 limes equal amount of fish sauce 2t sugar 1 garlic clove, ...
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I thought I had nothing to make for dinner. I knew I had a leftover chicken breast from dinner last night. I dug through rest of the fridge. I found: A half bunch of sad, wilted, barely recognizable cilantro 1/4 of a small red onion a small, sad shallot tortillas ...
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