Category Archives: Mains

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Recipe: Monterey Tuna Salad

My best recollection of the sweet tuna salad served at the Fountain Court Café in the Monterey, CA Community Hospital. This cafeteria is so popular that perfectly healthy people from nearby communities flock to eat here; priority seating is given … Continue reading

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Recipe: Overnight Pizza Dough

Adapted from Jeffrey Hamelman at King Arthur Flour. Unlike Pizza D’oh, overnight pizza dough a classic Neapolitan crust with nothing but flour, water, salt and leavening. Makes four individual pizzas (approximately 8 inch diameter). Ingredients: 500 g all-purpose flour 340 ml … Continue reading

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Recipe: Peanut Butter Sandwich with Cheese and Onion

Bored with PBJ? Try this peanut butter, cheese and onion concoction that was introduced to me by my college roommate Elliot. It’s filling, gives you lots of protein and fiber, and the tastes complement each other surprisingly well. Ingredients: 2 slices … Continue reading

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Recipe: Korean Fried Chicken

Sweet, sour, spicy, greasy: so good and so so good for you (not). This was my contribution to the neighborhood Super Bowl party. Makes 6-8 appetizer portions using one of the 2.5 pound Tyson bags I found at my supermarket; … Continue reading

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Recipe: Chicken in a Pot

Foolproof way to make perfect poached chicken as a base ingredient for other recipes. Actual prep and paying-attention time totals under 10 minutes. Ingredients: One whole chicken Water, about 5 quarts or to cover the chicken 1 T Kosher salt … Continue reading

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Recipe: Curried Chicken Salad

Makes 4 curried chicken salad sandwiches or entrée-size salad portions. Ingredients: 1 ½ c cooked chicken, skin removed, cut in ½ inch dice ½ c chopped celery ½ c chopped apple (peeled) 1 t curry powder (sweet if you have … Continue reading

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Recipe: Easy Chicken Cacciatore

Easy Chicken Cacciatore is a variation of the easy pasta technique in which we undercook the pasta, then let it absorb the sauce. Serves 4. Ingredients: 1 ½ c cooked chicken, diced 1 T Kosher salt 12 oz dry pasta 12 … Continue reading

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The secret to cooking pasta

The secret to cooking pasta for good tasting Italian dishes is to undercook it, then finish in the sauce so it absorbs lots of saucy goodness. For an easy twist on this, dump a can of chopped clams with the juice into … Continue reading

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Recipe: Baked Ziti with Clams alla Diavolo

Portions: Entrée to serve 4 Ingredients: ½ lb ziti or penne or similar pasta salt 16 oz marinara sauce (I use Casa Visco, an upstate New York brand) ½ onion, finely chopped 2 T olive oil 2 T lemon juice … Continue reading

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Recipe: Thai BBQ Chicken

The addictive Thai chicken you have been craving. Adapted from the long out of print Thai Home-Cooking from Kamolmal’s Kitchen (Plume) 1/4 c chopped cilantro bottoms (see photo) 2 T chopped garlic 2 T fish sauce (I use Tiparos) 2 T sugar … Continue reading

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