by Julie du Pont | Aug 6, 2012 | Main, Salad
So all the props go to Ina Garten for this recipe. But it is so good, it is worth writing about even if I had nothing to do with it’s creation. There is something about the combination of orzo, fresh basil, roasted eggplant, roasted peppers and feta that is so...
by Julie du Pont | Aug 2, 2012 | Main
Sometime about a year ago after we’d settled into life in the suburbs (sigh), we discovered cedar planks. You can find them almost anywhere these days — Costco, Home Depot, your local fish store. You just have to look for them. Now the key to cedar...
by Julie du Pont | Aug 2, 2012 | Salad
I opened my refrigerator last week to find that cucumbers had been miraculously multiplying in my vegetable drawer. I suppose that it was partly due to the fact that they just looked so inviting at the grocery store, so large and crispy looking, fresh and...
by Julie du Pont | Jul 23, 2012 | Side
A perfect addition to chicken, pork or steak (See e.g., Beer Butt Chicken Off!) is this incredibly easy roasted brussels sprouts recipe. My sister in law introduced me to this technique and it has become a go-to recipe in the du Pont household year round. It did not...
by Julie du Pont | Jul 23, 2012 | Salad
I’ve tasted a fair amount of watermelon salads over this summer. I’ve also been reading a variety of recipes on line to get the creative juices flowing. All of that information went into my brain and the below came out. It’s not all that creative...
by Julie du Pont | Jul 23, 2012 | Main
A couple of years ago, my sister and brother in-law introduced us to what they have coined “Beer Butt Chicken.” You can find a variety of recipes for this style of chicken online (boringly referred to as Beer Can Chicken) and Bobby Flay even sells his own...
by Julie du Pont | Jul 16, 2012 | Main
Flank steak is a consistent favorite in the du Pont household because it takes about 2 minutes to throw some olive oil, soy sauce, salt and pepper on it and another 8-10 minutes to grill. I am partial to a particular soy sauce that we find in a Japanese market on...
by Julie du Pont | Jul 16, 2012 | Salad
This arugula salad is a crowd pleaser. There is something about the combination of the blue cheese, arugula and toasted almonds that just works. I’ve served it to people who claim to hate blue cheese (I do recommend using a milder blue cheese) and they...
by Julie du Pont | Jul 16, 2012 | Main, Week Night
Sometimes cooking simple is the best –particularly on evenings where all you want to do is collapse into your couch. On exactly this type of evening, I grabbed a pork tenderloin at Trader Joe’s, opened my spice cabinet and invented my own special dry rub...
by Julie du Pont | Jul 16, 2012 | Main, Side
Quinoa (pronounced kiːnwɑ) and I have been having a bit of an issue. I think we might just not be suited for one another. For starters, for the life of me, I cannot pronounce the stupid word right. Despite knowing the correct pronunciation, I can not help but use...
