A Hungry Bear

mexican spice-rubbed ribeyes with garlic lime butter

10. May 2008

When we eat steak around my house, it’s always tenderloin. Being somewhat obsessive about healthy food, A and I only buy the leanest cuts of red meat. When I saw this recipe for spice-rubbed ribeyes (from the April issue of F&W), I knew I had to try it, especially when I noticed the availability of local grass-fed ribeyes at WF this week (a grass diet produces leaner meat than grain diets). (more…)

mexican rice with cilantro sauce

10. May 2008

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For our belated cinco de mayo celebration, I decided to try this recipe for mexican spice rubbed ribeyes I set aside from the April issue of Food & Wine. To go with it, I decided to make a simple mexican rice. Or, more accurately, I *had* planned to keep it simple, until I saw this recipe on Epicurious. The cilantro sauce that you stir into the rice at the end was so amazing, and only required a tiny bit more effort. (I’ll cover the rib eyes in the next post.) (more…)

easy pesto

7. May 2008

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With the grilled chicken and vegetables the other night, I made a quick side of pesto pasta. I realized I didn’t cover that in the recipe, but it’s so simple and delicious and basil is starting to be so abundant right now, I figured I should blog this… There are a million ways to make pesto, but this is my standard. (more…)

grilled chicken and vegetables: seve’s summer spectacular

4. May 2008

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A’s dad (Saverio, Ver, Sev, or Seve) has perfected a method for grilling vegetables in the summer: sprayed with olive oil and worcestershire sauce. Nearly every night in the summer he grills up vidalia onions, red peppers, zucchini, and more - it’s really a treat. Since I finally broke down and bought a grill this weekend, I decided to christen it with these grilled vegetables, plus grilled chicken marinated in teriyaki-ginger. (more…)

salmon with agrodolce sauce

2. May 2008

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Why have I never heard of this before? A rich syrupy balsamic sauce ready in 15 minutes, served over perfectly cooked salmon fillets? Healthy, delicious, and I can make it in 30 minutes - my dream recipe. I found this in Gourmet magazine (April 2008), and hung on to it because I’ve been saying for a while I’m going to start eating salmon more often. A is quite the carnivore, and has been diligently trying (and liking, much to my surprise) different white fish recipes, but he has sworn he hates salmon. Last night I made the salmon for me, and a pitiful little baked barbeque chicken cutlet for him, in the hopes that my dish would be so tempting he’d convert. He tried it, and while he claims it’s the “best bite of salmon” he’s ever tasted, he says he still hates it. Oh well, at least this dish is simple and fast enough I won’t feel bad making it just for one… (more…)