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Archive for July, 2008

Spiced Rubbed Salmon on a Cedar Plank

Posted in Grilling, Recipes, seafood, tagged , , , , , , , on July 31, 2008 | 12 Comments »

I’m a bit behind on writing this post because I’ve been pretty busy the last few days. Monday night my refrigeration guy was able to come by and I didn’t get home until 7:30, which was a 13 hour day for me. I’m not complaining though because he is always fun to talk [...]

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Strata with Spicy Italian Sausage & Gruyere

Posted in Breakfast, Eggs, cheese, tagged , , , , , , on July 27, 2008 | 11 Comments »

Wow, what a weekend and what a day last Friday was. We prepared food for two catering events, one, a 150 person wedding and the other an upscale boxed lunch for 200 people. On Friday I had quite a day and a ton of fun. I did a large amount of prepping [...]

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Low Calorie Chicken Curry with Yogurt Sauce

Posted in Chicken, Low Calorie, Recipes, tagged , , , , , , on July 23, 2008 | 10 Comments »

Well things are going well. The restaurant has been super busy with the great weather and we are catering two large events this weekend, both high-end events, one a wedding and the other a big lunch for one of the non-profits here in Reno. I think the count is at a bit over [...]

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Caramel Ginger Shrimp

Posted in Recipes, seafood, tagged , , , on July 20, 2008 | 14 Comments »

I love shrimp. Especially with red chili flakes. They are low in calories, low in fat and taste great. They do have a good amount of cholesterol though. We make shrimp with rice or pasta once every few weeks in the summer. Sometimes we grill them and other times we saute them on [...]

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Baked Gnocchi with Prosciutto & Gorgonzola

Posted in Grilling, Pasta, Recipes, cheese, tagged , , , , , , on July 16, 2008 | 23 Comments »

First off, let me start by saying one word, “WOW”. Okay, one more word, “GREAT”. These are the words that sounded off at the table last night!
Being Italian I’ve made multiple versions of gnocchi in the past few years. In fact it was one of the first things I attempted to cook [...]

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Low Fat Chicken Tacos

Posted in Chicken, Low Calorie, Recipes, cheese, tagged , , , , , on July 14, 2008 | 15 Comments »

I started this post last Wednesday. The past few days have been a bit rough. The restaurant has been very busy and we were down one person for the past few weeks. This changed today though, as we had someone start who worked for us in the past and she was able to [...]

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Summer Fruit Parfait

Posted in Dessert, Recipes, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 8, 2008 | 13 Comments »

In May of this year Nancy and I were able to actually take a day off together from the restaurant. Most of the time, one of us takes a day off and the other goes to work. It’s great to own your own business, but it has its moments… moments when I would [...]

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Bacon, Cheese and Spinach Frittata

Posted in Breakfast, Eggs, Recipes, tagged , , , , , , , on July 6, 2008 | 7 Comments »

For the many of you who read the blog religiously I wanted to fill you in on the further outcome of the pulling of my tooth. (For those of you that haven’t ready about it, check out the polenta entry by clicking here.)
I feel pretty good, I really didn’t need to take the pain [...]

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Grilled Tri-Tip Steak w/ Black Olive Aioli

Posted in Grilling, Meat, Recipes, tagged , , , , , , , on July 4, 2008 | 19 Comments »

Tri Tip is one of my go-to’s when I want meat for dinner and leftovers to make sandwiches or put on a salad the next day. You can prepare it in under an hour with limited hands on time, and have a very filling and satisfying meal. Best of all, you can usually [...]

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