May 2013
4 posts
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Challenge - Recipe 5 - Crunchy Slaw Salad
Cookbook: Super Natural Cooking
Heidi Swanson cooks like I wish I could eat everyday. Her books and website are full of healthy, yummy, whole vegetarian foods. Her books are beautiful to look at. The photos and the quality of the paper are like therapy. She does use kind of obscure ingredients, but her book does come with a list of places to get everything she uses.
Grade: B+
For some...
Challenge - Recipe 4 - Shaved Asparagus Pizza
Cookbook: the Smitten Kitchen Cookbook
Another good one from Smitten Kitchen. Did I mention I love this cookbook and the blog. I’ve got at least one more recipe from this book I’ve already made and am planning on posting in the near future.
Grade: A
The book has a pizza dough recipe in it that I’ve used a bunch. I really love making homemade pizza because it’s...
April 2013
2 posts
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Challenge - Recipe 3: Ratatoille Sub
Cookbook: the Smitten Kitchen Cookbook
This recipe comes from one of my favorite food blog writers. I think I like her so much because her blog (and cookbook) have a really great balance between food to impress and everyday dinners that taste terrific. It also doesn’t hurt that she seems to share my need of sweets.
Grade: A
Mark and I both really...
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March 2013
14 posts
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Cooking Challenge
I really love cookbooks. So much that I have collected quite an array of them. I love going through each book and marking all the recipes that I have to try, and then putting them on my bookshelf and never looking at them again.
So, I’ve charged myself with a challenge: I will make at least one recipe from my cookbooks each week. I’m also going to count my food magazines as part of...
100 Things to do with Meyer Lemons →
I love me some meyer lemons!
Had an amazing maple latte the other day at Happy Badger and now I can’t stop thinking about it. Espresso, fresh, local milk, and maple sryup, YUM!
Fruit tacos with chocolate tortillas →
Holy noms!
http://www.marthastewart.com/967968/tuscan-kale-ore... →
Made a fun variation on this for dinner this past Monday. Had to substitute Tuscan kale for a red kale and a purple flowering kale, also added in some asparagus and peas to the mix. Definitely don’t skimp on the goat cheese!
February 2013
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September 2012
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Afghan Sweet and Savory Pumpkin (Borani Kadoo) →
Sounds extra yummy for fall!