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Recent Recipes: Stuffed Poblanos, Festive Treats and Summertime Eats!
I just wanted to post a few of the recipes that I’ve made recently. I’ve tried a couple of my own and found a couple online that I’ve tried for the first time. Let’s start with the holidays, because that always brings out something fun and festive! We spent time with family around the 4th…
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Cooking with Swiss Chard
I decided to grow Swiss chard in my garden this year. I’m not exactly sure why, but I think this is what happened: I went to the farmer’s market sometime last summer and was lured in by the bright stalks of the multi-colored Swiss chard one of the vendors was selling. It was so pretty…
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Tetris Brownies
Here’s my first attempt at Tetris shaped brownies! I was charged with an interesting challenge tonight. Tom somehow stumbled across this picture of brownies that were shaped like Tetris pieces (and appropriately colored/frosted), and asked if I would make him Tetris brownies. Um, sure. I mean, why not? I didn’t really have anything planned for…
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Freezer Meals – Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake
I’m trying to get into the whole idea of freezer meals — where you make larger batches of whatever you’re making and freeze some as an easy meal to reheat at a later date. I’ve been doing some of these for friends who have babies as an easy way of providing meals for them even…
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Chicken with Mango Jalapeno Salsa and Couscous
Sometimes I go to the grocery store with all of my meals planned out for the week and an organized list of ingredients that I need. This week’s grocery shopping trip was not one of those times. I had a vague idea of what I had in the pantry, but not really any clue what…
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Valentine's Day Recipes
Valentine’s Day was this week. Did you do anything fun to celebrate? Tom doesn’t celebrate Valentine’s Day because he says it’s just a “Hallmark holiday”. Me, I like any excuse to celebrate, and anything that provides extra inspiration for creativity in the kitchen. So, this year I decided to play off the Valentine’s heart theme…
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Tasty Tostadas
We’re going out of town this weekend, so we’re running a little low on groceries and I needed a dinner recipe that wouldn’t make too much food, since we won’t be around to eat the leftovers. I was thinking of making tacos tonight, because they are one of my favorites, and because I remembered that…
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Chicken Parmesan
I asked Tom what he wanted for dinner tonight, and he responded: Chicken Parmigiana. That’s unusual in that whenever I’m looking for dinner inspiration he doesn’t normally have any for me. I was reluctant at first, but decided: why not. I make Chicken Parmesan on occasion and it had been quite some time since I…
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Cheesy Vegetable Soup
I’m not a huge soup person but when the days grow short and the temperature drops, it does sound good. I wanted to make broccoli cheddar soup the other day; I couldn’t remember which recipe I had used last time, but I remembered liking it. As it turns out, I somehow failed to find the…
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Cheesy Pasta Deliciousness
I was trying to decide on what to make for dinner tonight, thinking through what I had just purchased at the store. Without an exact recipe in mind, I asked Tom if he wanted some “cheesy pasta deliciousness” – and got a pretty favorable response. Next step: defining what that meant. I have a rough…
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