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herbed chèvre {goat cheese}

There is this great French goat cheese that I absolutely love, Fleur Verte le Chevrefeuille from the Périgord region of France. I have had it only a handful of times but its flavors and texture haunts me. Reminiscent of cheese cake in texture, but the fragrant herbs within which it is coated lure you [...]

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warm salsa, shortcut confessions and a fish taco

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What shortcuts do you keep in the pantry? With all this recent talk of the Food Revolution and cooking from scratch I do have a confession to make. I do use some prepared foods. I am not ashamed about it, it is still better than a drive through. There are those days when soccer or [...]

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Stir-Fried Edamame

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Tastier than chips and way better for you! This is the perfect party snack, for folks who aren’t skittish about eating with their fingers. Food is more fun if you can play with it!
There isn’t really a recipe for this, use your favorite aromatics to create the flavors you crave. [...]

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Summer Salad Rolls with Vietnamese Dipping Sauce

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This is one of my favorite summer time dishes. It couldn’t be simpler, no cooking involved just requires a few top quality, super fresh ingredients. After the enormous amount of super salad greens (there were many other colors in there too) from my CSA I decided that these had to be on the [...]

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Cinco de Mayo Shrimp with Mojo

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We were invited to a Cinco de Mayo celebration over the weekend, originally I was thinking carnitas. Then I wasn’t sure if bringing pork to the celebration, under these circumstances (H1N1 Swine Flu outbreak), would be in good taste so I decided on the camerones. Camerones is Spanish for shrimp.
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Mini Apple Pies

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I am always looking for new ways to make food portable. It seems that we always have somewhere to be and the boys are always hungry. I get greeted everyday after school with “Mom, I’m hungry.” Even on the days that we don’t have orchestra, karate, soccer, you name it after school [...]

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Banana Oat Muffins

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It must be muffin season?
So you’ve got your espresso, but need something to go with it… this is what you are looking for. I mix up the batter before bed and refrigerate either in the big electric thing, or let nature take care of things but setting it outside the door.
This is a [...]

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