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Really Simple Peanut Butter Dog Treats

I made these for Saul on Sunday. Yes, I baked cookies for my dog. I didn’t feel like driving to Petco and he was out of treats so..
 
Ingredients:
2 cups whole-wheat flour 
1 tablespoon baking powder 
1 cup natural peanut butter 
1 cup skim milk
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a bowl, combine flour and baking powder. In another [...]


Olive Curing Recipe

I just realized that I never did post the instructions/ recipe for olive curing on here.. So here’s the way I did it.
 
You’ll need a crock or jar or plastic bucket big enough to hold the olives and water.
Before you start you need to crack the olives. You can do it either by placing a [...]


Braised Pork with Rosemary

We had this on Tuesday night. It was so good!
 
needles from 1-2 rosemary sprigs
2 1/4 pound loin of pork
2 Tbsp butter
6 Tbsp olive oil
1 garlic clove crushed
1/2 onion chopped
3/4 cup dry white wine
1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp Dijon mustard
salt and pepper
Push half of the rosemary needles into the meat and tie neatly with kitchen [...]


Summer Spaghetti

We eat this a couple times a month in the summer.
5 large ripe tomatoes diced
1-2 cloves of garlic peeled and finely chopped
5 or 6 fresh basil leaves coarsely chopped
1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
4-6 ounces of fresh mozzarella cut into small pieces
1 pound of spaghetti
Salt & Pepper
In a medium bowl combine tomatoes, garlic, basil, salt & [...]


Stir-Fried Chicken w/Radishes, Chipotles & Lime

I keep forgetting to post this recipe. Last week we went to the Wicker Park ‘Farmer’s Market’ and got a couple things (not really a farmer’s market more like 3 tables with a so so selection of random things). But we did manage to find a few things that looked really great. One of [...]