Saturday, October 22, 2011
Low in calories and fat, rich in flavor and cheap to make.
Three good reasons to consider Chicken Paprikash the next time you want to impress a crowd without busting your belt or breaking the bank: my unscientific calculations reveal these impressive stats, per serving: Need three more reasons before you’re convinced? It’s also nutritious, easy to make, and can be mostly made ahead so you can enjoy entertaining your guests instead of slaving away in the kitchen. For 4, easily doubled for 8: 8 bone-in chicken thighs (about 3 pounds) salt and ground black pepper 1 teaspoon oil 1 large onion halved and sliced thin 2 large red bell peppers, stemmed, seeded and sliced in ¼” strips 3-½ tablespoons sweet Hungarian paprika 1 teaspoon dried marjoram 1 tablespoon flour ½ cup white wine 1 28 oz. can diced …
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Three more hot sandwiches to warm the soul.
I just love sandwiches, especially a composition with lots of interesting flavors. I love them even more if they’re heated in the oven or on the griddle, the many forms of which are usually referred to, as a culinary category, as “toasty sammies.” I’ve already shared my love of Cuban sandwiches, as well as a Roasted Shiitake, Onion and Tomato Sandwich and a toasted version of Tyler’s Roasted Vegetable Muffaleta. Here are three more of my favorites. Grilled Cheese, Embellished at Times Every once in a while you bite into a sandwich where the choice of bread doesn’t just complement the filling; the bread itself makes a significant contribution to the success of the whole. Grilled cheese made with the Bavarian Rye with Onions baked daily at …
33.784501
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Your Dekalb Farmers Market
3000 E Ponce de Leon Ave, Decatur, GA
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1102394
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33.77561
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Sawicki's
250 W Ponce de Leon Ave, Decatur, GA
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1984656
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Saturday, June 25, 2011
Three burgers to try; shrimp, chicken or lamb.
If you think that a burger without beef is a sorry substitute for the real thing, I submit three that might change your mind. No beef-avoidance alternatives, these stand on their own (well, together with their accompaniments) as what they are: brilliant compositions of flavor and texture with a heap of eye-catching presentation. Shrimp Burgers with Slaw Maybe you know that I’m a Martha fan and that I have (almost) every issue of Martha Stewart Living since 1997 and some before that. My favorite regular feature is “Fit to Eat.” This column was a great resource for me when I was planning a reduced calorie menu, and I continue to refer to it. Each month there are 3-4 recipes on a theme and in the January 2009 issue, there is a recipe for …
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Focus on one of the Top 100 Healthiest Foods.
A couple years ago, I got interested in seeking out foods that were tasty and good for you. I had long held that fat equals flavor (which is true, of course), but I wanted to slim a bit without resorting to bland diet fare and I needed a reduced calorie count that afforded good nutrition. One of the resources I came across was the “Top 100 Healthiest Foods.” To be sure, there are several different lists out there making this claim, but they mostly have a lot in common and almost all of them mention mango. According to the National Mango Board, mangos offer you: In fact, mangos are so good for you, they scored 93 out of 100 on the recently introduced NuVal scoring system for overall nutritional quality. All this for just 100 calories per …
33.792422
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1363 Clairmont Rd, Decatur, GA
Bhojanic Restaurant
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33.792895
-84.30564
1369 Clairmont Rd, Decatur, GA
Bhojan Market
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Saturday, May 21, 2011
Green Fest, Kentucky Derby, live music and a tasty spread.
Big night on the Square! May 7 featured the Green Fest, a Kentucky Derby Party at Mac McGee, Nathan Beaver, and the season’s first Concert on the Square. This would clearly require a picnic. In my opinion, the picnic spread needs to convey a sense of abundance and of course, it must be easily portable. Yet, with just two partakers, I need to balance the need for abundance with the desire to avoid outright gluttony. Special sandwiches! Wait. Paradoxically, if we had just sammies, it wouldn’t seem like much abundance. Yet, a sufficiently stuffed ciabatta roll would probably amount to several servings and therefore gluttony. So, nix on the sammies. After much brainstorming, the solution reveals itself: a banquet of sammy-like tapas. I’ll …
33.77453
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111 Sycamore St, Decatur, GA
Mac McGee
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33.79167
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Intown Ace Hardware
1404 Scott Blvd, Decatur, GA
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33.777024
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4 Pine St Ste A, Avondale Estates, GA
Pine Street Market
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Nonie Ravenberg
8:59 am on Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Thank you! As with many recipes I research, I find dozens if not hundreds of variations. I based mine on one from Cook's Illustrated, mostly. Not a historical source, to be sure, but I was interested in the research they did to come up with their version. more ›