Birthday Crab Cakes

Happy 26th birthday Tyler!  To celebrate I made Tyler a tasty dinner of crab cakes, pecan crusted salmon, asparagus, and couscous.  No dessert however, we are both completely burned out on sweets and still have lots of Christmas candy floating around if we need a fix!  I’ve been wanting to make crabcakes forever, but finding [...]

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Apple-Stuffed Tenderloin

Tyler has been exploring pork tenderloin recipes in recent months and this was last night’s dinner.  It was less labor intensive than I imagined it would be and so delicious!  It may not look very attractive, but believe me, it was good! Apple-Stuffed Tenderloin with Praline Mustard Sauce (from Southern Living) Ingredients 1/4  cup  raisins [...]

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Beef Stew with Red Wine

Tyler found this recipe online that made use of many of the leftover ingredients we had from the bolognese the other night (needed to use up that red wine since we don’t really like to drink it).  This stew took just over an hour to make and was delicious!  Next time we will definitely add [...]

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Vegetarian Bolognese

Yeah that is Tyler’s portion, not mine I am swamped with schoolwork now that the end of the semester is in sight (2 days, yikes!)  Tyler planned the meals, did the shopping, and the cooking this week.  It is rare we cook with red wine, but this was worth the extra trip to the liquor [...]

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