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Health knowledge made personal
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Grilled Onion and Olive Pizza
Tue Dec 02 12:41:21 PST 2008
Um, Yum. I am a fan of pizza and my pizza dough recipe is always a willing canvas in which I can try new toppings. The most recent was indeed a keeper.Grill Onions until caramelized. Add to pizza dough along...
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Pasta Cake
Mon Nov 24 13:00:05 PST 2008
We eat a lot of pasta. So when I read about forming pasta cakes and baking them, naturally I was intrigued. This is a great solution for leftover pasta of any fashion... Angel Hair Pasta (or leftover) Basil Salt and...
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Bork!
Sat Nov 22 06:49:35 PST 2008
Really? Is it really November 22? Is it really time to plan and plot the Thanksgiving menu? What have I been eating this month? A lot of homemade Pizza, Delicious Soup (that I have been preparing for coming week's lunches),...
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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Fri Oct 31 08:14:31 PST 2008
Have a safe and very happy Halloween! Oven to 325 F Wash and spread out seeds on a cookie tray Salt seeds (or any spice you like...you can get as creative as you like) Bake for 30 minutes, until brown...
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Cheesy (Gooey) Nachos
Mon Oct 27 12:22:48 PST 2008
I knew I had to make nachos (not like these Nachos-but rather more like a movie theater dish of nachos) when I picked the daughter up from school and a conversation about why we like nachos began like this: "I...
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Pumpkin Cheesecake
Tue Oct 21 08:00:00 PDT 2008
Okay, okay... Here we go. And by the way, if you guessed that the above image is a free stock photo you win the door prize. We ate the REAL pumpkin cheesecake (like vultures) before there was a photo taken.The...
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Graham Cracker Pie Crust
Mon Oct 20 13:06:28 PDT 2008
Yes, fall has finally arrived to us in Southern California and as a result, pie season has too arrived. I love a good slice of pie beside a roaring fireplace and a cup of warm red wine. In preparation for...
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A Take on the Politics of Food
Wed Oct 15 19:42:38 PDT 2008
Important article: New York Times Magazine
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Leek Mac N Cheese
Tue Oct 14 10:22:13 PDT 2008
I love a new spin on an old favorite-In this case sauteed leeks added to my favorite Mac N Cheese recipe And here is a link to really gorgeous and expensive dinnerware: Hereas well as some foxy chocolate eye candy:...
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Galette (Not a Rainboot)
Wed Oct 08 13:10:08 PDT 2008
A galette is a general term used in French to designate different types of round and flat crusty cakes. See the Wikipedia entry for extreme details.I had never tried to make a galette until this weekend and rest assured that...
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Turkey White Chili
Mon Dec 01 21:46:47 PST 2008
Usually after Thanksgiving we have plenty of leftover turkey and enough turkey stock for several days of dishes. Today I whipped up some turkey white chili, based on our chicken white chili recipe, but made it with cooked turkey meat instead of chicken, and with the beans cooked in homemade turk...
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Gingerbread Cupcakes
Sun Nov 30 23:32:32 PST 2008
Please welcome guest author Garrett McCord of Vanilla Garlic as he kicks off our holiday baking season with gingerbread cupcakes. ~Elise
As much as I love gingerbread, its a pain to make. The last time I made it I was attempting to put together a gingerbread Christmas manger scene. My moms old...
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Chipotle Turkey Salad
Fri Nov 28 15:48:10 PST 2008
I don't know about you, but our family typically roasts a turkey that provides at least twice as much meat, if not more, as we actually need for our Thanksgiving meal, leaving us with many meals to plan using turkey leftovers. Here is a quick turkey salad I whipped up today (and turned into a sa...
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Mom's Turkey Soup
Thu Nov 27 10:57:02 PST 2008
Updated, from the recipe archive
Every Thanksgiving my mother takes what's left of the turkey carcass and makes a delicious turkey soup that we enjoy for days.
The first step is to make the stock, which you can get started on right after dinner.
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Thanksgiving
Mon Nov 24 11:22:34 PST 2008
Thanksgiving week is here, and along with it the mad rush to make sure that the dinner is organized, travel plans on schedule, and the beds are made with fresh sheets for out-of-town guests. People often ask me or my parents what special things we are planning for our Thanksgiving meal. Honestly...
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Holiday Spiced Sweet Potatoes (Yams)
Mon Nov 24 07:38:30 PST 2008
From the recipe archive
We almost always have puréed sweet potatoes or garnet yams with our Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. Usually we just bake them, scrape out the insides and mash them with a little butter and brown sugar. My father found a wonderful recipe in an old issue of Bon Appeti...
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Mom's Turkey Stuffing
Mon Nov 24 02:11:20 PST 2008
From the recipe archive
This is my grandmother's recipe, which my mother has been using to make our Thanksgiving turkey stuffing for more than 40 years. I've never tasted any turkey stuffing that has come close to as good as mom's. Although years ago we used to stuff the bird, these days we co...
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Brandied Cranberries
Sat Nov 22 18:14:36 PST 2008
One of the best things about Thanksgiving season is the availability of fresh or fresh frozen cranberries. We buy bags of them this time of year and freeze them so we can cook with cranberries all year long. Typically grocers stop carrying even frozen cranberries after January, so if you like a...
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Polenta Casserole with Fontina and Tomato Sauce
Tue Nov 18 18:51:58 PST 2008
We came across this baked polenta recipe in an old Bon Appetit issue, and used up the last of our garden basil to make it. The recipe comes from an article on a unique Tuscan farm, Spannocchia, a working farm "eco" retreat, noted for its artisanal salumi. The casserole was delicious, and the fa...
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Butternut Squash with Browned Butter and Thyme
Sun Nov 16 23:23:01 PST 2008
If you have only one oven in your kitchen, any Thanksgiving side dishes you prepare generally need to be made on the stovetop, as the turkey is taking central stage in the oven. Here is a simple butternut squash side that you can easily do on the stove. The trick to this dish is browning the bu...
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