From the monthly archives:
When it’s 100 degrees in the shade, I have a hard time getting excited about standing over the stove to make dinner. Enter the genius that is salad. You see, you don’t have to cook a salad, you just sort of arrange it.
My take on Salad Nicoise
Traditional nicoise salad has tomatoes, nicoise olives, tuna, haricots [...]
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So today I decided that I need to become the top brownie baker in all the land. I want to test out recipes and techniques until I am confident that my brownies are the absolute best. It’s kind of scary where my mind goes with a day to myself isn’t it?
My first attempt at mastering [...]
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Last Saturday I picked up some of the most gorgeous mushrooms I’ve ever been associated with from Pearl Farmers Market. They were picked on Friday and in perfect condition. Sometimes grocery store portobellos are all sad and wilty by the time you get to them, they have slimy gills etc. But not my gorgeous portobellos!
I [...]
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I love Indian food. LOVE. Love it I say.
I have lots of fond memories of going to Indian restaurants with my family growing up, so an Indian themed father’s day seemed appropriate this year.
For Father’s Day I made Chicken Tikka Masala for the first time. Ohh goodness was it tasty.
You see I grew up in [...]
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No soup for you!
…because I ate it all. But trust me, you would have really enjoyed it.
Curried Zucchini Soup – From Martha Stewart Everyday Food
I served this soup as the first course of my Father’s Day Feast, and I’ve been enjoying it for lunch every day this week. It is SOOO simple, so healthy and [...]
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