Pan-Seared Steaks with Garlic, Rosemary & Whiskey Pan Sauce

When we were in the throes of a Gordon Ramsey YouTube bender a while back we happened across this video:

We don’t eat Beef very often. Mostly we just can’t afford it since really good Beef is significantly more expensive than really good Chicken (and we deserve the best, goldurnit!). Thus, more often than not – and in spite of multi-million dollar ad campaigns to the contrary – its actually Chicken that’s “what’s for dinner” in our house (sorry, Beef). Continue reading

Whole Wheat Penne with Italian Sausage

We’ve probably made a thousand variations of this awesome sauce. This sauce is ridiculously easy to make and usually we just enjoy the vegetarian version with heavy doses of Parmesan Cheese. This time, however, we thought the addition of some richly flavorful Italian Sausage would make it nice and hearty and the Whole Wheat Pasta gave it a nice ‘bite’. Continue reading

Scallop & Shrimp Fettucine with Parmesan and Basil Cream

This picture really needed a garnish – or something – but we think you can tell what you’re looking at, anyway. Creamy, Basil-y (Basil-esque? Basil-ish?), Shrimpy, Scallopy Parmesan goodness on Fettucine with fresh roasted Zucchini on the side (that is what you were thinking, right?). It’s like supermarket alfredo-from-a-tub on Fettucine only delicious, not at all crappy, and highly elevated. Continue reading

Fresh Summer Green Bean Salad

So, we were supposed to bring a salad to dinner and Mom & Dad’s. The bummer was that we didn’t have any lettuce or greens of any kind. What we did have, though, was bunches of fresh beans from our trusty CSA. And we knew they were delicious because we’ve been getting them for a couple of weeks. We threw in some of the fresh Basil we’ve been getting and had the start of a rockin’ summer salad… Continue reading