A Hungry Bear

acorn squash lasagna

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

I love making a big lasagna on Sunday so I’ll have something to heat up during the week. This is a great recipe that I found on Serious Eats, when I was searching for ways to prepare all the acorn squash we’ve been getting from our CSA the past couple of months. The [...]

jamie oliver’s spaghetti tetrazzini

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

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When I first purchased Jamie Oliver’s cookbook, Jamie’s Italy, I seriously considered making every recipe in the book. I’m not sure why I slowed down with that quest, since I picked it back up again the other day and found another 10 things I want to cook right away. This particular recipe [...]

green bean salad with prosciutto and radishes

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

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This is a great way to mix up your standard green bean side dish - toss with a red wine vinaigrette and thin slices of prosciuotto, radishes and shaved Parmesan. The green beans are cooked in boiling water first, so the salad can be served warm. Adapted from June 2009 Bon Appetit. Ingredients: one pound of [...]

carb up: pasta with parmesan and pepper

Thursday, June 11, 2009

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I’ve been trying to not cook as much pasta for dinner lately, per A’s request (he takes his plate cleaning seriously around here, and he thought it was starting to show). But a few days ago, when A had left for school, I couldn’t take it anymore. I just wanted pasta, with no [...]

foster’s market mac and cheese

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

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It’s about time for a new MAC recipe right? Foster’s Market is quintessentially Chapel Hill NC - a place where hippies and yuppies both get along, for good coffee, amazing pastries and sandwiches, comfy seating where you can sit and read a paper for hours, etc. I haven’t been for years, since I [...]

asparagus & mushroom salad with parmesan dressing

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

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I found this simple recipe for roasted asparagus with sauteed mushrooms and a Parmesan reduction dressing (described as a warm “salad”) in Food & Wine a couple of months ago. The torn-out page has been in my food ideas binder for a long time, until I made it, and I think I accidentally tossed [...]

pasta with asparagus, peas & bacon

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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I should try to play this off as an intentionally designed menu, to celebrate spring with new fresh produce etc… But actually I realized I had nothing planned for dinner, a bunch of asparagus and a few mushrooms in the fridge that were about to go bad, and half a slab of bacon. [...]

forget resolutions: eat more fettucine alfredo

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

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Leave it to Marcella Hazan to finally clear it up for me: this famous pasta is actually called "all-Alfredo" after a restaurant owner in Rome. She simply calls it "cream and butter sauce" in her Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking.

broccoli parmesan gratin

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

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I make at least one vegetable side with every meal. A lot of the time, the effort goes into the main dish meat, and I have no time or inspiration leftover for the side. (We eat a lot of steamed asparagus and steamed broccoli around here.) I saw this recipe in February [...]

football food: creamy spinach artichoke dip

Monday, October 20, 2008

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A and I don’t really have “date night” since he’s in grad school, but we do have “date football” on Sunday afternoons. If both our teams (Panthers & Steelers) are on at the same time, we bring the second TV down from the bedroom and set both up side by side. We’ll make [...]