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About this blog…
I use this platform to share things that are of interest to me or things I'll want to reference later. Occasionally other people like these posts, hence "Shared Interests".
What might you find here?
- Problems I've solved (mostly computer- or network related).
- Recipes and cooking-related posts.
- Hobbies and projects.
- Our remodeling experience.
- Local (Sacramento) information.
- Anything that strikes my fancy.
Category Archives: Recipes
General Tso’s chicken
I made one of my wife’s favorite dinners last night–General Tso’s chicken, known and loved by everybody who dines at our house. This was the first serious cooking I’ve done since we moved into our “new” house with the retro … Continue reading
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Tagged chicken, chinese, martin_yan, the_well-seasoned_wok, tofu
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Macadamia nut chicken
Yummmm, macadamia nut chicken for dinner tonight! We got this outstanding recipe from our friend Barbara several years ago. She lost her copy a while back, and happily we were able to get a copy back to her! Several people … Continue reading
Tabasco chicken
One of my wife’s co-workers asked for our recipe for Tabasco chicken. Here it is. > Ingredients: > > – 3 lb chicken breasts (boneless skinless) > – juice of 2 limes (1/4 cup?) > – olive oil (same amount … Continue reading
Crock pot BBQ’d beef
My wife got this great, easy recipe for BBQ’d beef from Judy Shields, one of her co-workers. Ingredients: – 2.5 lb beef roast (a pot roast worked very well for us) – 12 oz bottle of beer – 1/2 onion, … Continue reading
Blueberry bars
My wife and daughter just made this recipe from “Sacramento Magazine”, July 2005 issue. It was excellent, especially as it was still warm from the oven! Ingredients: – 1/2 c butter, softened – 2 c sugar – 4 eggs – … Continue reading
Spinach salad
A few days ago, we got some lunch at JD Willow’s in Galt where my wife had this awesome salad. Here’s our attempt at reverse engineering it. Greek spinach salad Ingredients: – spinach leaves – red onion, thinly sliced – … Continue reading
Grilled potatoes
We had these at Barbara’s & Reggie’s last week. Very tasty! Grilled potatoes Ingredients: – potatoes (“new” potatoes are better, leave skin on), cut into quarters or eighths depending on size – olive oil – rosemary – kosher salt – … Continue reading