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| Brown rice with artichokes, roasted corn, chiles, pine nuts and goat cheese. |
Here's a favorite make-ahead rice dish recipe with Mediterranean flavors- artichokes, plum tomatoes, pine nuts and goat cheese. Entertaining made simple. And there are never any leftovers.
Having someone new over for dinner always sends me into a flurry of activity fueled by nervous energy and worry. I obsess over obscure details (like an iTune playlist), change my mind about the menu (wait- enchiladas or lasagna?), forget ingredients (dagnabbit! the green beans are still in the car). So I've learned (yes, the hard way) to always make a few key dishes ahead of time. Then dinner is basically done.
And I'm not stuck in the kitchen spilling olive oil on a new silk shirt.
And I'm not stuck in the kitchen spilling olive oil on a new silk shirt.
I can relax (well, sort of). And- goddess willing- I won't set the oven on fire because I'm too busy discussing the yummy Anderson Cooper
and sipping my second vodka martini to a Diana Krall
tune.
and sipping my second vodka martini to a Diana Krall tune.Continue reading