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Our 2015 Christmas Menu

  Stress to Impress … Making a fancy supper for lots of guests is such a rewarding experience. Since moving into our new place we’ve only really just started to entertain as home-owners but we’re slowly getting the hang of it and the routine of hosting for large groups is finally becoming familiar to us. […]

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Crab Cakes on Spinach Salad with Rice & New England Cream Sauce

Overview … My weekly menu plan for this Sunday called for: Protein: Crab meat Starchy Side: Rice Vegetable: Spinach When I visited my fishmonger Jimmy last week I turned up my nose at some VERY expensive frozen lobster meat, which I later regretted quite sincerely after trying frozen canned lobster from my local grocer instead. This […]

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Hearty Vegetarian Lasagna with Mixed Green Salad

Overview … My weekly menu plan for this Sunday called for: Protein: None! Starchy Side: Lasagna Vegetable: Things that go in lasagna Many years ago we had a serious lasagna craving, and we satisfied it a little too well. We ate so much lasagna that we kind of turned ourselves off of it for a little while. Now […]

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White Fish Croquettes with Mushroom & Spinach Cheese Sauce and Lemon Quinoa

Overview … My weekly menu plan for this Tuesday called for: Protein: White Fish Starchy Side: Quinoa Vegetable: Kohlrabi When I say white fish what I really mean is, on week 4 of the menu plan I had no idea what seafood to serve besides salmon, trout, tuna, shrimps or scallops. Grasping for straws I spent […]