Crouton’s Fettuccini Alfredo
This is a great side dish for richly-flavored meat dishes, like scallopini al limone, veal marsala, or grilled Italian sausage. Notes You can use half-and-half if you prefer, but plain milk is IMHO too thin. It’s easier to use dried…
Ditalini’s Linguini w/White Clam Sauce
Ditalini made her version of linguini with white clam sauce tonight, based on a Food Channel recipe that has long been one of our favorites.
Poulet Throws a Party
Our friend Poulet en Crote put on a dinner party Fathers’ Day Eve. As a dad, I was one of the honored guests. This isn’t a recipe entry — it’s a cookblogging entry, just for fun. Here’s Poulet with her…
Crouton’s Green Curry w/Chicken & Lime
Tonight’s Thai curry experiment was a green curry over rice. I based it on a couple of recipes I viewed online, but modified to our own tastes and available ingredients, so I think I can call this dish a Crouton…
Ditalini’s Pork Medallions
Crouton’s Chicken Satay w/Cucumber Salad & Frites
When we lived in Holland we discovered satay, the Indonesian/Thai peanut sauce served with skewered pork and chicken, even as a dip for pommes frites (French fried potatoes). We still love satay, and occasionally make it with chicken and our…
Crouton’s Easy Gumbo
Gumbo’s hard, right? Not if you use a package roux/gumbo base — then all you have to do is doctor it up. Cajun Crouton is way into easy! Notes Serve in bowls over rice with good crusty bread on the…
Crouton’s Kaeng Phed Cai (Red Chicken Curry)
Update (4/10/10): I prepared this dish again last night, trying another brand of red curry paste and adding shrimp. Since the curry mixture can be soupy, I decided to serve it over rice in bowls — it was much prettier…
Crouton’s Scalloped Potatoes
What to do with that leftover Easter ham? Ummm . . . scalloped potatoes!
Crouton Cooks Keo
I recently dug out Keo’s Thai Cuisine, a cookbook that’s been sitting on our shelf, unopened, since 1992. What got me off my ass, Thai-cooking-wise? Shame. Evil Jungle Prince with Chicken (& Shrimp) You see, I admitted on Facebook to…