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Archives for May 2009

Copywriters’ Kitchen Cocktail Hour: West Indies Lime Mint Rum Punch

By Lorraine Thompson5 Comments. Leave another...

It’s Friday—time for Cocktail Hour at Copywriters' Kitchen. Today we're serving West Indies Lime Mint Rum Punch, inspired by my Trinidadian mother-in-law. Trinidadians need little no excuse to gather together friends and family for “fêtin’”—partying. West Indies Lime Mint ... [Read More] [5 Comments. Please leave another.]

Filed Under: Beverages, Recipes Tagged With: Caribbean cocktail, Copywriters' Kitchen Cocktail Hour West Indies Lime Mint Rum Punch, lime mint punch, rum punch, summer cocktail, West Indies Lime Mint Rum Punch

Comino Chili con Carne

By Lorraine Thompson2 Comments. Leave another...

This hearty slow-simmered chili includes comino—cumin—and other spices in addition to chili powder. The recipe below is spicy: adjust or eliminate red pepper and jalapeno for less heat. Comino Chili con Carne is great served with rice and corn bread or tortillas. Kids love to ... [Read More] [2 Comments. Please leave another.]

Filed Under: Legumes, Meat, Recipes Tagged With: chili and beans, Comino Chili con Carne, hearty chili, slow-simmered chili, spicy chili

Copywriters’ Kitchen Weekly Menu May 24, 2009

By Lorraine Thompson1 Comments. Leave another...

Need menu ideas? Here's what we're cooking this week at Copywriters' Kitchen. Monday Memorial Day cookout: Cabo San Lucas Lime and Cilantro Grilled Grassfed Chicken, grilled grassfed burgers, Old-Fashioned Cold Slaw, Smitten Kitchen Potato Salad with Sherry Mustard ... [Read More] [1 Comment. Please leave another.]

Filed Under: Weekly Menus Tagged With: Copywriters' Kitchen Weekly Menu May 24 2009, dinner ideas, Dinner Recipes, fast frugal weekly menu, recipes

Toss-in-the-Bowl Lemon Garlic Dressing

By Lorraine Thompson2 Comments. Leave another...

You can throw the ingredients for Toss-in-the-Bowl Lemon Garlic Dressing right on top of your salad greens and toss. No clean-up! This quick dressing delivers powerful salty lemony flavor—delicious on mesclun, baby spinach or just about any other salad. Toss-in-the-Bowl Lemon ... [Read More] [2 Comments. Please leave another.]

Filed Under: Dressings, Recipes, Salads Tagged With: fast fresh salad dressing, Fast Lemon Olive Oil Dressing recipe

From-Scratch Sloppy Joes

By Lorraine Thompson15 Comments. Leave another...

My son, Noel, recently returned from a semester’s study in Europe. A food lover, he enjoyed wurst in Berlin, canard au printemps in Paris, blini and caviar in St. Petersburg, bouillabaisse in Marseille and pasta—what else?—in Rome. So for his first dinner at home I wanted to ... [Read More] [15 Comments. Please leave another.]

Filed Under: Meat, Recipes Tagged With: burger recipe, delicious homemade Sloppy Joes, From-Scratch Sloppy Joe recipe, grassfed beef, real Sloppy Joes

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