27. December 2012

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Spinach Ricotta Lasagna

It’s been a while since I’ve been hard at work in the kitchen.  I moved this past summer and my new place has a much smaller kitchen and I have truthfully been just a little too busy to enjoy a meal.  But that all changed yesterday.  We celebrated our family Christmas (I know, I know… [...]

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3. April 2012

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Thai Chicken Noodle Salad

One of my first outings when I moved back to the city was to Chinatown.  Living in London, the Thai options were limited to food courts in the Mall.  I eagerly headed downtown for a feast for the tummy!  This chicken noodle salad is based on one of the dishes I enjoyed. Thai Chicken Noodle [...]

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13. March 2012

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Mmm…Muffins: When A Mix Just Won’t Do!

It’s rare that I head into the kitchen and think “What am I going to bake today?“  Other than the occasional cheesecake or loaf of banana bread, I guess you can say I’m not much of a baker. I do get inspired every once in a while as you can see by the recipes in [...]

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8. March 2012

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Happy International Women’s Day!

Today is International Women’s Day. For the past few years, I have been participating (as a listener, not a speaker) in a special summit designed by women, exclusively for women. The summit is the pet project of a dear friend of mine, Tera Warner, who though we may not always have time in our schedules [...]

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21. February 2012

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Mmm… Buttermilk Pancakes

Happy Shrove Tuesday! I just happened to catch a tweet about Mardi Gras starting soon and realized that Lent is almost upon us… which meant that buttermilk pancakes would soon be gracing my table for dinner. While I admit that I often make pancakes from a premade mix, occasionally, I go the extra step of [...]

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17. February 2012

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Intermittent Fasting: The Eat Stop Eat Way

I’ve always been interested in nutrition and health.  It started back in high school, long before I ever picked up a pot or pan and started experimenting in the kitchen.  My mom had a subscription to Prevention magazine which I would read cover to cover the minute it arrived. The health section of the newspaper [...]

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14. February 2012

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From My Heart To Yours

Happy Valentine’s Day! I know I’ve been absent from the kitchen for a while and thought it would be great to come back today and share a few recipes that will be emerging from my kitchen today. What I love about preparing food on Valentine’s Day is that it’s one of the rare times of [...]

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7. January 2012

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Food Gifts: Made With Love

For personal reasons, I wasn’t much in the Christmas spirit this year.  I didn’t send out Christmas cards, didn’t really do much Christmas shopping (just for the kids) or even put up lights outside the house.  I just didn’t feel like celebrating though I did keep up a few of our family traditions. As Christmas [...]

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28. December 2011

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A New Tradition: Korean BBQ Short Ribs

I don’t know about you but I get all turkey’d out over the holidays.  So when I passed one of the local restaurants when I was Christmas shopping and recalled the yummy dinner that my friend had the last time we dined there, I knew what I’d be making for dinner on the eve of [...]

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24. December 2011

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Gnocchi Verdi: An Accidental Chef Christmas Eve Tradition

This is the first Christmas Eve in recent memory where I will have the entire day to prepare dinner.  The past few years, Christmas Eve has fallen during the work week and I’ve had to rush through dinner prep in a few hours (which isn’t easy when you’re planning for 20!).  Luckily, I work from [...]

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