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Monthly Archives: December 2007
40 Minute Family Meal – Tilapia with Green Beans and Herby Tomatoes
Like most of the Christmas celebrating world our family is craving fairly simple fayre after a week of measured gluttony. This is where this super-quick and easy fish bake comes into play. You’ll need: Three or four tilapia fillets garlic … Continue reading
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Tagged family meal, green beans, kids food, tilapia, tomatoes
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Chalk it up to the holidays
Over the five days following the eve of Christmas eve (when I started prepping the 14 hour 20 dollar pork roast), on our new gastrokid gastropub-style kitchen chalkboard, I wrote down just about everything we ate over the holidays, and … Continue reading
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A Gastrokid’s Christmas
This year we are entrusted with providing the menu at a Christmas eve gathering and have settled on an entree that is frugal, efficient, celebratory, and capable of feeding 15 people with ease, which is ideal during this cash and … Continue reading
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40 Minute Family Meal – Chicken, leeks and mushroom tagliatelle
This is one of those "Oh it’s Saturday lunchtime and what are we going to feed the kids?" special. We didn’t want to eat out and we didn’t want to go through the normal weekday soup and sandwich ritual. So … Continue reading
40 Minute Family Meal: Seared Scallops, Broccoli Puree, and Beet, Arugula, Goat Cheese, Tangerine Salad
Scallops are the rich convenience food of the millenium. While the big, wild ones (like the luscious U-10s) are not so great for the environment, the smaller farmed bay scallops are a good bet. They’re protein. They’re rich. You can … Continue reading
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Stokke – High chairs that grow with your child
For months when we had our youngest in a traditional high chair, she would stare jealously during meal times over at her older brother who we had ensconced in a fun, new wooden adjustable high chair. Soon brother wanted out … Continue reading
Kid Friendly Restaurants – Giraffe in London
We were in London this weekend….and a wet, soggy experience it was as well trust me. The highlight of the trip was a ride on the London Eye but after that we all needed a good dinner. And that’s where … Continue reading
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Tagged dining, gastrokid, giraffe, kid friendly restaurants, restaurants, salmon
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Farmer’s Market Report: More Sunday Stock
Our favorite produce stand at our neighborhood farmer’s market was fresh out of the classic, Bugs Bunny-style orange carrots we’re accustomed to buying, so I resorted to the red carrots, thinking the novel color would appeal to the kids. Three … Continue reading
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Blue Cheese and Bacon Chicken Kinda Cordon Bleu
We’ve all been there – you’ve got to throw together a tasty meal in 40 minutes and all you’ve got is a few chicken breasts to play with. That was our predicament this week but, luckily, we’d had a dinner … Continue reading
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Tagged bacon, chicken cordon bleu, cooking with kids, gastrokid, kids food
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Thou Shall Shallot
You’ll find no shortage of shallots at the farmer’s market around this time of year. They’ve got that nice kind of like an onion, kind of like garlic quality to them. My bright (no, brilliant) wife suggested we fry some … Continue reading
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