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Bacon, Egg & Pepper Jack on Toasted Ciabatta
Uncharacteristic trait of a food blogger number 982: I don’t really like eggs. Clearly, I eat my fair share of them in baked goods, and I even enjoy quiche. Plain old eggs, though, I can’t really get behind. Runny yolks? Don’t get me started. (But why? Why would you eat runny yolks? Help me understand!)
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Easy Creme Brulee
I won’t make you listen to any more stories about my rough week. If you remember from a recent post, my daughter starts 1st grade tomorrow. And since I don’t have a time machine or (apparently) the ability to will time to slow down, I have put on my best happy face and hopefully hold back tears until I’m out of the school parking lot. OK, one more story. But technically, this isn’t a story, it’s really just information that you need to know…
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Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Spice Bars
This is my version of a rain dance. I’m going to make a whole bunch of warm, spicy, fall-flavored treats until Mother Nature gets the hint; pumpkin breads, banana breads, soups, stews, casseroles – you name it. I’m breaking out my scarves, my afghans, and my fuzzy socks, and I’m planting Mums and decorating with gourds. If summer wants to hang on for a couple of months, so be it – but at our house, fall is here. I’m pretty sure that won’t work, but…
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Honey Beer Bread
I’m kind of a beer snob. I have a very short list of beers that I’ll even drink. So, when I saw this recipe I wasn’t totally excited about it. I know that beer does wonderful things for chocolate cake and batters for deep frying, but bread? For some reason though, I kept coming back to this. After further consideration, I decided that beer would probably lend a great, malty flavor to this bread and that it was worth a try. Turns out I was…
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Honey Dijon Grilled Chicken
I make my weekly grocery store runs on Saturday or Sunday mornings, and every week, without fail I call my husband at work (he works funky hours) and ask if he has any special requests. The answer I get is usually something like, “Um…maybe some Salmon, Cod if they have it, um…chicken breasts…club soda, bananas…salad stuff…you know…whatever…the usual.” I’m not really sure what’s more frustrating, the fact that I get the same (unprepared) answer every single week, or the fact that I continue to call…
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Quick and Easy Doughnuts
I’ve never posted this recipe, but only because it isn’t really a recipe. You don’t have to mix anything. You don’t have to knead, proof or tip-toe around rising dough. These are totally no-sweat, easy-peasy doughnuts. You buy a can of biscuits. You pour some oil into a pan. You drop the biscuits into the oil, and watch them sizzle for a couple of minutes. Then you burn your tongue because you can’t wait 2 blessed minutes for them to cool. And then, you feel guilty for…
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Stuffed Crust Pizza
This has been an extremely busy month for my little family. Between my husband’s work schedule, birthdays, graduations, anniversary parties and my oldest daughter’s last days of Kindergarten (and all that comes with it), T-Ball, dance class and gymnastics, we’ve been running in a million different directions. Dinner has become almost an afterthought lately…let’s just say there have been a lot of turkey sandwiches and cereal for dinner this month. I know, I know. Bad food blogger. Today, I noticed we were on the same…
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Gnocchi with Roasted Red Pepper Cream Sauce
As I’ve mentioned in {previous posts}, I’m not a big seafood fan. But being desperate to not pass that on to my girls, my husband makes some kind of seafood for dinner at least once a week. I would really hate to deprive them of the health benefits of fish, so I don’t mind that they eat without me every once in a while. It’s usually on those nights that I get to whip up my own dishes that the rest of the family would…
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Penne with Broccoli
Ok, so by now you know how much I love pasta. I could go the rest of my life without eating meat again, as long as I have pasta. And this recipe is one my favorites. I saw it on the Food Network ages ago and my husband was the first one to make it, and I fell in love. It’s good hot or cold, but I think I prefer it warm. I’ve adjusted the recipe depending on what we have and I’ve never been…
