Sunday, September 28, 2014

Grilled flank steak with cucumber-yogurt sauce

Fine Cooking - online here.

Delicious, storage-friendly and easy to make ahead in increments, which is an excellent feature for when you just don't have the spoons to spend the whole night cooking. Gluten free as long as you're careful about the brand of soy sauce.

Salmon seared on bacon with balsamic vinegar, honey and rosemary

Fine Cooking, online here.

Fast, swanky, delicious. Think I will just get skinless salmon fillets next time, though, otherwise I just end up scraping fish skin off the bottom of the pan, which, bleah.

Kale salad with cranberry vinaigrette

Fine Cooking - online here.

Careful with the ginger, it packs some heat when used like this. Nice tenderizing effect on the kale, though. Double the oranges next time, I think.

Beef tenderloin with mushroom-dill sauce

Fine Cooking, online here.

Insanely delicious and pretty fast-cooking. $$$ for the cut of meat, though, holy crap.

Beet, orange, and watercress salad

Canadian Living - online here.

Used mixed greens instead of watercress to no ill effect. Would probably be nicer with the beets warm, though, so make-ahead capability is limited.

Slow-cooker apricot chicken

Fine Cooking - online here.

Make-ahead is further assisted by putting this in the fridge and reheating - doesn't suffer for it. Pretty scrumptious. I made waaaaayyy more than we needed, though; will see how it takes freezing.

Slow-cooker pomegranate wine brisket

Fine Cooking; online here.

Super delicious and helpfully should be made a day or two in advance, and the slow cooker makes it an easy during-the-day or overnight proposition. Pomegranate garnish is a particularly nice touch.