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Book Review: Burgers – 52 Easy Recipes for Year-Round Cooking

May 23, 2008

Summer grilling will soon be upon us, so I was excited to receive this cookbook for review. I love a good burger and enjoy interesting ideas on how to mix up the flavors to make unique, gourmet-style burgers.

Title: Burgers: 52…

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Healthy spring rolls with peanut sauce

May 7, 2008

I always forget how much I enjoy these easy to make spring rolls. The last time we made them was for a party at our house, everyone loved them. I came across a partial package of spring roll wrappers while…

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Citrus Quinoa with Roasted Vegetables

May 4, 2008

I’ve been meaning to cook with quinoa for quite some time. I bought a small amount of it in the bulk bin at Whole Foods a few weeks ago and hadn’t gotten around to trying it out. With my recent…

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Strawberry Beet Green Salad with Roasted Tofu

May 2, 2008

Thank you to everyone for your recent kind words of support! I’ve been a mopey and grumpy person since learning of my high cholesterol and am starting to snap out of it. Today’s weekly produce delivery gave me much needed inspiration…

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Braised Pork Chops & Granny Smith Apples

April 25, 2008

I rummaged around in my freezer to see what sort of meat might be lurking in the chilly bin. I found a package of pork chops which I don’t remember buying recently, which meant it was time to use them…

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Empanadas with Beef Picadillo

April 11, 2008

Last night, dinner wasn’t planned and in all honesty I anticipated reheating leftover pasta. As I finished up my work day, a StumbleUpon friend from Uruguay twittered that he had just eaten spicy empanadas. My stomach grumbled as my eyes lit…

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Spinach & paneer, a healthy vegetarian meal

April 9, 2008

Yesterday, I wrote about how to make paneer so today I’m going to show a dish using it as the main ingredient. Once again, I turn to Ms. Anjum Anand for inspiration and guidance. I’ve had a similar dish before in…

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Vegetarian lasagna with sweet italian sausage

April 4, 2008

The title is a bit misleading, eh? Well, I had the best of intentions and set out to build a delightfully vegetarian lasagna. I ran to the store to buy missing ingredients and immediately set to work on the lasagna…

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Fried tofu with pea shoot salad

April 2, 2008

I’m going to be honest and tell you that I did not want to cook anything tonight for dinner.

I woke up this morning with a stuffed up nose and throbbing headache. I forced myself to work today and when it…

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Creamy lentils and rice (khicheri)

March 27, 2008

Another Anjum Anand recipe – shocking, isn’t it?

In my Internet travels this morning, I discovered Is My Blog Burning? made a massive overhaul to the site design. It’s so much easier to use when finding blog events and now offers forums/foodie…

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Savory green rice makes a perfect meal

March 26, 2008

This week I’ve been thumbing through another cookbook, formerly lost on my bookshelves. I received it several years ago as a gift and remember reading through it at the time. I’m not sure why it never clicked with me back…

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Classic northern chicken curry

March 25, 2008

For last night’s dinner, I decided to try a curry dish from Anjum Anand and selected the classic northern chicken curry from her website. I love chicken and just like Peter from Kalofagas, I am also a thigh man and used…

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Adventures in Indian cookery, Egg Korma

March 21, 2008

I haven’t participated in any food blog events for awhile and have been feeling a bit rusty. I came across Taste & Create hosted by For the Love of Food and fell in love with the idea. The event pairs two…

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Rigatoni, white beans and browned butter

March 7, 2008

Last night’s dinner turned out phenomenally well, a creamy mix of rigatoni and white beans. The most amazing part was the sauce naturally created from the starchy pasta and beans combined with browned garlic butter.

I intended to make this using…

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Do not call my sandwich a ‘McPanini’!

March 5, 2008

Do not call this an ‘Egg McPanini’ or I’ll kick you in the bum! This panini is a culmination of all the things I craved yesterday and is not my interpretation of a McDonald’s breakfast sandwich.

The sandwich consists of fresh…

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