Valentine Salmon

Recipe: Valentine Salmon // How to Cook Everything

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Seth first made this for me on Valentine's day two years ago. I have been making it ever since. It's a tasty mix of carrots, onions & garlic in a red wine sauce. It's really wonderful. We had it with roasted broccoli. 

Mushroom Bourguignon

Recipe: Mushroom Bourguignon // Smitten Kitchen via Serious Eats

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I really wanted to love this recipe, but I think it was just too mushroom-y for me. We used shiitake & white mushrooms in addition to portabella. Perhaps we needed more seasoning, and we only had one garlic clove. Seth says he would like to eat it again, but I'm not convinced.

Update: I lowered the rating to two kitties. Edible, but I don't plan on making it again.

Man Pleasing Chicken & Roasted Broccoli

Recipe: Man Pleasing Chicken // Witty in the City
Side Recipe: Roasted Broccoli // Cook's Illustrated

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We found this recipe on Pinterest. It was quite good! We used bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs, but the recipe called for boneless, skinless thighs, which I would have preferred. That's the only thing I'll change in the future. 

It was nice with the broccoli, which we've made before. 

Tomato Basil Soup with Rösti

Recipe: Tomato Basil Soup // Serious Eats
Side Recipe: Crispy Potato, Onion & Mushroom Rösti // Serious Eats

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We liked this meal very much! The soup has a nice texture and was easily put together with ingredients we had on hand. We used half & half instead of heavy cream. My mom recently gave me an immersion blender and I used it to mix the soup right in the pot. It was fabulous--thanks mom!

We tried making the rösti in our cast iron skillet, but it must not be seasoned properly. It got stuck and we had to mush it all up to get it out, so ours wasn't layered as intended. It still tasted great, and reminded us of latkes. We ate it with sour cream! Definitely tasty.

Chicken Parmesan

Recipe: Chicken Parmesan // How to Cook Everything (pg 388)
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This was a nice chicken parmesan. The chicken got crispy on the stovetop and the cheese was bubbly and melty in the oven. We used linguini noodles because I am not fond of spaghetti noodles. We've made this before, and we'll definitely make it again.

Omelette: Yesterday's Breakfast

Recipe: Tomato Mushroom Onion Cheese Omelette // Seth's creation
Side Recipe: Crispy Sautéed Potatoes with Rosemary // How to Cook Everything (pg 597)

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Seth is a master omelette maker. Yesterday he also treated me to crispy potatoes. We had it with home made toast. Weekend breakfasts are the best!

Broccoli Cheddar Soup

Recipe: Broccoli Cheddar Soup // Mangio da Sola

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I have made this soup before and enjoyed it again tonight. I added an extra can of chicken broth when my base looked too thick, but I think I should have just added one cup of water. I didn't add any extra salt, but this still tasted salty to me (we used low sodium broth). It's still a nice soup, and I expect we'll make it again.