“White Spaghetti”

This was an oddly common Frederick Family side dish growing up. I just had some to use up an odd 1/3 cup of leftover pasta in the fridge as a snack, which made me think of it for the challenge. Barely a recipe.

John’s Antipasto Salad

John made dinner for me when I got back from New York. He went with sausage and peppers, as well as this satisfying antipasto salad (which is super easy given so many ingredients are pre-made – we’ll do this again, as it’s less involved than my hoagie salad, that has a similar flavor profile). He didn’t really measure ingredients, but I’m listing at least what he included.

Recipe in Progress: Skate with Capers

I was excited to see skate at Wegmans, which isn’t a fish I remember cooking with before. I tried to do kind of a picatta-ish preparation, but I had issues with the delicate skate falling apart and sticking to the pan. Still tasted good, but needs some finessing next time I make it to avoid this. We served this with some leftover antipasto salad John made for dinner the night before (recipe to follow).

Mom and Dad’s Fajitas

Fajitas were a later addition to the Frederick dinner lineup (I feel like high school, maybe?). My parents used the seasoning packet. I did so as well to make this recipe and they turned out quite delicious. I don’t really remember if this was a Mom recipe or a Dad one (I think Mom?), but it was definitely a favorite of my sister Mandy.

Miso Salmon (Nobu-Style)

I’ve done variations on this dish before but I think this turned out the best (at least in recent memory). I decided to make this after catching the “Cook’s Country” episode featuring it.

Paleo Pressure Cooker Stew

I had some issues with burning with this recipe. I’m not sure what went wrong – I did half the recipe, which might have been part of the problem (I’m including here as written). We thought it had potential and liked the flavors, so I am saving to tinker with – maybe add more liquid?

Karahi Chicken

John and I have been doing a fun challenge this year where I pick out a cookbook for him to make a recipe out of every two weeks. This comes from a Chicken cookbook I bought in college and we quite enjoyed it.

Pot Sticker Stir Fry

This didn’t strike me as all that different from some of the other ground meat stir fries we’ve made over the year, but we still enjoyed it.

Dad’s Grilled Chicken #3: Italian Dressing Version

We’ve now made it through all of Dad’s grilled chicken variations.

Tandoori Fish

Nice simple fish dish from Nom Nom Paleo. I couldn’t find the brand of coconut yogurt she recommended, so used half the brand I had and half Skyr for thickness. I used monkfish here.