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5/24/09:
Basic Pizza Dough
Pizza Sauce
Risotto with Dried Porcini
Slow Roasted Chipotle Salmon

5/30/09:
Artichokes with Mayonnaise Mustard Dip
Bread Soup (using homemade bread from the night before)

6/6-7/09:
Chicken Mulligatawny Soup
Rasedar Kumbi Aloo (Potatoes and Mushrooms)
Chana Dal (Yellow Split Peas)
Tandoori Cornish Game Hens (using a powder that was a gift; disappointing)

6/13/09:
Santa Fe Chicken and White Bean Soup
Mother’s Old-Fashioned Potato Salad with Cooked Dressing
Hamburgers (homemade burgers are at about three-to-five times better than fast food burgers because they aren't cooked well-done to a cinder to avoid lawsuits; I'll take my chances and enjoy a juicy burger...)

6/20/09:
Pisto Manchego (Spanish Ratatouille)
Spanish Rice with Shrimp
Vincent Price’s Roast Pork Castilian Style (yes, THAT Vincent Price...)

6/27/09:
Chicken Tomatillo Soup
Arroz Verde al Poblano (Green Poblano Rice) [Bayless recipe]
Frijoles Borrachos (Drunken Pintos with Cilantro and Bacon) [Bayless recipe]
Fish Tacos [a lower-fat prep recommended by the "Oregonian"...not as good as my standard recipe involving deep-fried, dark beer-battered fish...]

7/3-4/09:
Roasted Red-Pepper Butter with Thyme and Smoked Paprika (for corn on the cob...quite good)
Salada de Tomate (Brazilian Tomato Salad)
Brazilian Garlic Rice [meh; now I have excess pepitas in the freezer]
Brazilian Seafood Stew [highest rating]
Brazilian Stroganoff [weird, not as good as Russian Stroganoff]

7/11-12/09:
Cool and Creamy Macaroni Salad [Cook's Illustrated, using the same ingredients as their perfect tuna salad]
Spicy Eggplant [a new favorite eggplant recipe at http://www.jamaicans.com/cooking/vegetables/spicy-eggplant.shtml , very umani, and mushroom-like]
Special Jamaican Jerk Marinade (for baked boneless "country" pork ribs)

7/18-19/09:

Maryanne's Tian of Basil {sliced zucchini, basil, tomatoes, Kasseri cheese, baked]
Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes [yet another Cook's Illustrated recipe, but adapted to my reality]
Jerked Pork Gravy [the prior week's pork cooking produced 1.5 C of juice, and 3 T of fat. This matched the Magic Gravey Ratio of 2 T fat, 2 T flour, 1 C broth which influenced this day's cooking]
Pollo in Fricassea con le Mandorle (Fricasseed Chicken with Almonds) [Hazen] ($5)
Seared Line-caught Sockeye Salmon Fillets with Lemon-Caper Sauce ($18)

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