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Tahini 3 Ways
Has this ever happened to you? You found an interesting new recipe to try and bought some ingredients that you hadn’t used before. The recipe called for a small amount and now you don’t know what to do...
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Home Economics: save $400. On hummus.
I have two kids, a full-time job, and I blog. And sometimes I actually like to have fun with Dan and the kids. So I’m not opposed to paying for convenience. When the markup is reasonable. One of the...
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Weekly Menu: Meals to Prep for Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is on Thursday. I bring this up because, if you’re like me, you may not be aware. It snuck up on me. I thought I had an extra week in there somewhere. Recalibrating… Ok, this week’s menu...
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Meat Loaf and meatloaf
New Year’s Resolution #2: Work out more. I’m going to need a little inspiration for that one. Who do I turn to? Pandora of course. Station: Meat Loaf. Really, you say? I don’t really even like Meat...
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Spaghetti Night: Turkey Meatballs Florentine
Featured Recipe: Turkey Meatballs Florentine Wednesday night is spaghetti night in our house. Well, not actually IN our house…our favorite pub down the street has a spaghetti special on Wednesday...
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Winter “BLT” Night: Grilled Gruyere with Salami Relish and Slow Roasted...
Featured Recipes: Grilled Gruyere with Salami and Cornichon Relish, Roasted Tomato Soup First, a tale. Then, winter BLT that is actually salami and gruyere. Our friend Steve owns a restaurant. It’s a...
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Spring Love: Shrimp & Pea Risotto
Featured Recipe: Shrimp & Pea Risotto Hey, East Coasters. Been enjoying the mild winter? You’re welcome. Oh, did I just take credit for the 50 degree sunny days in February? You tell me: 1. In...
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A bowlful of heaven: Ragu Bolegnese
Featured Recipe: Ragu Bolognese Featured Wine: Chianti I went out for a mommies night out with Linda from KidFriendlyDC* and some other cool moms from DC. Let’s pause. I. Went. Out. Can you say, wooo...
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Spring Fever: Asparagus!!!
Featured Recipe: Herby Asparagus and Leek Gnocchi with Scallops Yippeee! yahooo! It’s SPRING! Why am I so excited, you may ask? Well, you probably don’t ask–who doesn’t like spring? I am so excited...
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Skipping right to leftovers
A couple years ago, after making corned beef and cabbage for St. Patrick’s Day, I had some left over. This led to a great discovery – corned beef hash. With an egg on top. We like it so much that now I...
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The week in food
Once a week I usually lay out what I plan to make for the following week with a list so I can gather all of the ingredients in one go. Then I get completely distracted by farmers markets, sales at the...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving all! I am so thankful for my amazing family and friends and all the wonderful things that life has brought us. This year we’re keeping it low key at home since we have another...
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Kids Cooking: Spaghetti and Meatballs
Featured Recipe: Spaghetti & Meatballs Featured Pairing: Chianti (why mess with a classic?) There is nothing better than a big bowl of spaghetti and meatballs on a cold winter night, especially if...
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A legendary party
What do you put on the birthday menu for the guy that’s been kickin it strong for 70 years? Whatever the heck he wants. My father in law loves filet mignon. He loves shrimp cocktail. He loves all...
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Weekend roundup: Christmas Eve dinner, holiday side dishes, dessert for...
The last weekend before the holidays! How did that happen?!? Are you scrambling for anything this weekend? I just remembered that Santa is supposed actually bring presents for the children so I, uh,...
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