Protein Posts
Garlic & Spinach Parmesan Rice
This is fast food, Mouse House style. We eat a lot of rice. It’s almost always our starch of choice over pasta. This rice is bursting with fresh spinach flavor. It’s salty, garlicky, and laced with a heavenly amount of freshly grated Parmesan cheese. And hey, with a little bit of fresh garlic and all [...]
Rib of the Week: Tasty Honey Cinnamon Beef Ribs
We’re in serious winter hibernation mode at The Mouse House. Baking bread. Roasting meat. Flouncing about in all manners of fleecy attire. The whole happy and delicious nine yards. Since the last storm, Boston is basically frozen over. The snow’s long been shoveled, but it’s still too cold for it to melt. It’s just hardened [...]
Sauteed Cod with Garlic-Shallot Butter and Drunken Spinach
When you start with fabulously fresh ingredients, it’s easy to make a delicious meal in no time flat. The main thing to know about cod is that you don’t want to overcook it. (Don’t worry, I’ll explain how.) For this dish, fresh cod is coated in rubbed sage, salt, and white pepper, then browned quickly [...]
Tangy Buttermilk Blue Cheese Dip
Packed with sour cream, buttermilk, and blue cheese, this dip is a perfect creamy companion for spicy, hot wings or a crunchy, cold crudite platter. I served this as one of the sides for my Crispy Sesame Chicken Nibbles at our recent Fight Night Feast. It’s thick, satisfying and just a bit packs a lot [...]
Toasted Pecan Rice Pilaf
This is a quick and easy rice dish you can whip together on a weeknight in short time. It’s packed with buttery, toasted pecans and bits of fried ham. A fresh bay leaf and pinch of clove give it a distinct and warm spiciness. I used the same absorbtion-cooking technique that I use to cook [...]
Rib of the Week: The Angry Chef’s Maple-Asian Fusion Pork Ribs
I’ve said it before: My husband can work absolute magic with the barbecue. When he made these mouthwatering pork loin chops for us the other night, I asked him if he could do something similar with pork spare ribs—inside, in the oven. (You know how we love ribs at The Mouse House.) He kindly obliged, [...]
Smokey Black Bean Soup with Orange & Cilantro
It’s been freezing here in Boston for the last week or so, which has put me in serious comfort-food mode. I’ve had a few days off, and have been able to flit in and out of the kitchen, tending to hearty, slow-cooking dishes. (Hehe…Hooray for vacation! I’m just sad it has to end.) This is [...]
Goat Cheese & Black Pepper Truffles
Looking for an extra, last-minute appetizer for New Year’s Eve that’s easy and delicious? These goat cheese & black pepper truffles fit the bill—and then some. The combination of tangy goat cheese and green herbs is fresh, filling—and at least a little decadent. (I mean, come on, it’s literally a bite-size ball of cheese.) Freshly [...]
Rib of the Week: Fig & Ginger Glazed Pork Ribs
You all know that I’m one of those folks who loves pork and fruit together. Now, you have to like figgy-flavored things for this one to work. But man, if you do…the combination is absolutely heavenly. These ribs get the perfect amount of earthy sweetness from fig preserves. A heaping dose of ginger gives them [...]
Panko-Crusted Thin-Cut Pork Chops
OK, so this isn’t diet food. This is a fried pork chop. And it’s just about one of the best things I’ve had in a long time. These pork chops are dipped in a mixture of garlicky buttermilk and egg, coated in fluffy, Japanese panko breadcrumbs, then shallow-fried in a bath of pure olive oil [...]
