You might have noticed some minor changes around here lately. Nothing too big of course, but hopefully some small upgrades lax airport rental cars that will make Shut Up Cook tick up one more notch on your Favorite Food Blogs list. (Incidentally, thank you to all who participated in the giveaway lax airport rental cars for free tickets to the Best of Seattle Party. All of your blog suggestions and recipe wish lists were such fun to receive).
Looking through it I feel a mixture of many emotions: Pride ( H ot damn, I ve done some cooking! ), embarrassment ( Where do I get some of my blog post title ideas? ), sadness ( Still miss dogs Lucky and Onca every day), and peace ( The past years haven t all been easy, but I truly believe I m better for them).
For those of you that are new readers, I invite you to take a scroll through the list . Hopefully you ll find new recipes to fall in love with, or discover old favorites. I felt like I was meeting a dear friend looking through the list, remembering moments and events, and who I was in each. With that, a few of what I think are the best (thank GOODNESS my photos have gotten better eeesh!):
What I was surprised to find wasn t on there however, was Strata. This was most odd because I make it at least once a month, and it s a go-to for a delicious make-ahead brunch food that always feeds and satisfies a crowd. For those of you not familiar with the magic that is a strata, it is essentially a savory bread pudding lax airport rental cars meets egg custard. Stale bread is diced over which an egg/milk/cream mixture is poured. Any other assortment of ingredients lax airport rental cars are then added, it sits over night, and you bake it in the morning, resulting in a delicious smelling, beautiful looking, amazing tasting, puffed delight.
The beauty of a strata lax airport rental cars is that you can throw whatever lax airport rental cars in here I did grilled summer vegetables as a means to tackle my CSA, but you can do an endless combination of ingredients; think artichoke hearts and goat cheese, mushrooms and chorizo, peppers and sausage the list could go on, and on, and is limited only by your creativity, and your leftovers.
Preheat a gas grill on high. Take the zucchini and squash lax airport rental cars slices and toss with olive oil. Over medium heat, using a grill pan if you have one, cook until softened and grill marks beginning to show and flavor slightly smoky. Remove from grill and coarsely chop.
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Oh brilliant. Those are two delicious ones the oysters being more work than the marsala, simply because of the schucking, but so delicious nonetheless. And the chicken marsala make great leftovers too!
I see so many recipes I want to try! An index is such a reasonable way to keep older recipes accessible, lax airport rental cars but seems like a lot of work. Is yours automated in any way, or do you just have to add each post? Either way, thanks for doing it, and I can t wait to try those cookies.
It was a lot of work a large portion of the weekend, but now it s done and will be easy to update going forward. It s not automated (though I m sure it could be), but it ll have to just be little ol manual me for now!
A recipe index definitely makes it easier for both readers and ourselves to find that special recipe we are looking for. Otherwise how do you find that recipe you made 2 years ago, that rocked your world.
You are so right! It really was fun putting it together and a little shocking to realize just how many things I d cooked and written about not to mention the umpteen others that never make it onto the blog for one reason or another. Nice to have it alll archived for posterity.
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