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Quinoa Black Bean Salad

October 22, 2009 By 2 Comments

I just recently heard of quinoa on Cuisinart’s Family and Health website – it was their featured food of the month for February. I was intrigued. With all of its health benefits; being packed with protein and amino acids, I knew wanted to try it. And luckily for me Costco carried it! Now, the cooking [...]

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Fall Festival Recipe: Broiled Honey Mustard Salmon

October 1, 2009 By 1 Comment

Today, I’m featuring a recipe from a fabulous cookbook called Make-Ahead Meals For Busy Moms by Jane Doiron. I’ll have more to say about this cookbook in my review post Saturday *cough* with a giveaway *cough*. I choose to feature this recipe simply because we love salmon! Anytime of year, rain or shine; salmon makes [...]

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Black Olive Bread

September 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment

For some reason I’ve been on a bread making kick lately. I made a list of bread combinations I want to try, stocked up on yeast, and started creating! This black olive bread is tasty by itself, but dipping it in EVOO and balsamic vinegar puts it over the top! Black Olive Bread A simple [...]

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Guacamole Salad

June 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment

A nice, light summer meal or side dish. I made this for the first time this week, actually added an extra can of black beans to stretch it out further. I served it along side a grilled pork tenderloin. Delicious! Also had it for lunch and dinner the next day It’s one of those salads [...]

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Cran-Apple-y Basil Cranberry Sauce

November 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I saw this one on Rachael Ray’s Thanksgiving All-Stars show. The Next Food Network Star, Big Daddy, cooked up a quick recipe for cranberry sauce that looked really tempting. As it bubbled away I had visions of it smothering vanilla bean ice cream, with crunchy granola…topping biscuits…but mostly, I had visions of eating. every. last. [...]

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Garlic Dill Salmon

July 20, 2008 By Leave a Comment

This was a great dinner to fix because I was able to throw the marinade and salmon together super quick while Charlie was entertaining Mat. Or the other way around, who knows? The marinade time is pretty flexible, but I let it hang out for about 2 hours, giving me time to put her down [...]

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Simple Pasta Salad

July 20, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I served this simple pasta salad along with Bleu Ribbon {turkey} Burgers tonight. I’m starting to really appreciate boiling garlic cloves with the pasta…makes for easy spreading onto bread or in dressings. Give it a try sometime! After dinner we decided this salad was missing something and we came up with adding artichoke hearts and [...]

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Not Your Granny’s Granola

July 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Mat and I love cereal for breakfast. It’s quick, easy, and usually filling. We normally buy granola or flax something or other to be health conscious and for a more filling meal. However with prices going up and up {and up} we’re stuck with either cereal that leaves us hungry an hour or two later [...]

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