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campfire cooking 101 :: chili con carne

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We recently took a back-woods camping trip.  We were hoping for more of a back-country experience, but it was decidedly much more back-woods. Our adventure took place in the Nez Perce National Forest at a location in which we were lead to believe was more remote and secluded than it truly was.  The lack of [...]

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{meatless monday} farro for a pharaoh salad recipe

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Get it, Pharaoh or farro?! (yes, I know, I’m geeky.) I’ve been searching high and low for this raved about grain that seems to be so elusive.  I was not about to plonk down 10-20 smakeroos for a mail order of a “lowly grain”.  Finally I found some in the bulk section of the local [...]

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bourbon 5-spice BBQ ribs [for Memorial Day]

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Wow your neighbors with these one-napkin ribs.  Picture your neighbors grilling up some grocery store standard hotdogs and the scent of these bourbon ribs is wafting over the fence into Joe the Plumber’s backyard and making him oh-so-jealous!  Mmm, I can smell them now. I’ve got a great idea for making ribs an even better [...]

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embrace the morning: green smoothie

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I was inspired by a segment I saw on the Today Show yesterday called Beating the Bloat.  I hate that feeling and according to Kimberly Snyder eating fruit on an empty stomach is a way to avoid that problem and to jump start weight loss. She reasons that fruit digests quickly and if you eat [...]

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{Cinco de Mayo} pork & cabbage taco recipe

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My friend Claudia is always the hit of any gathering.  She is from Guadalajara, Mexico, and she can cook.  She walks into the party, school function, etc with a bundle of these wrapped up in foil and a freshly cooked salsa then let the swarming begin.  You’d better get there early, because they disappear in [...]

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a gluten-free lunch on the fly

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I love fish sticks, it’s true. I do not know how this love developed.  I even like the icky ones made from minced fish parts and who knows what else.  I am a savvy shopper though and I steer clear of those fat laden, nasty bits.  There are some good brands out there that have, [...]

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baked papaya from Charles Thompson of 100Miles.com

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Wondering where capers come from? It is not from papayas, that is for sure. Thank heavens I jumped at the chance to attend the International Food Blogger Conference (IFBC), May 2009 in Seattle.  Besides getting the most amazing goodie bag I met some of the greatest people.  One of those that I was luckiest to [...]

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saucy Thai shrimp noodles w/ nam jim

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I am frustrated on a daily basis about the lack of decent restaurants in this godforsaken town. One look at the local restaurant scene and one would think that the town was designed for the college students. Granted this is a University town, obviously I am not talking about Berkeley, but it would be nice [...]

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lentil soup with options and observations

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Life is what happens when you have other plans That was the saying on the back of a sugar packet I received at a restaurant in Pretoria, South Africa about 14 years ago and it has become the motto of my life.  This was not the post I had intended to write next, but corrupt [...]

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waldorf salad meets 2010

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It is hard to believe that a salad that was made famous by the Waldorf Hotel Restaurant in the 1890′s, now the infamous Waldorf Astoria, has turned into a ho-hum potluck classic.  I have a new version here that will relaunch this into your repertoire.  This is a feel good salad that tingles with bright [...]

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baby new potato salad with artisan bacon

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You cannot get more local than your backyard.  There is nothing better than the vegetables that you dig out of your own dirt.  The farmer’s market finds are close, but till fall shy of the flavor of something that you’ve grown. It is amazing that there is anything growing in my backyard this year. The [...]

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