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Gemelli with a Mushroom and Sundried Tomato Cream Sauce

I was going to tell you how I’ve been meaning to write this post for a week and a half now.  I was planning to let you know I haven’t disappeared, my blog isn’t at some official standstill. I thought … Continue reading

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Meatless Monday: Rajas de Poblano con Elote y Crema Tacos

For a good, long period of my near-thirty years, burritos were my preferred Mexi-food fare. Over the last few years, however, I’ve found myself increasingly enamored with tacos. Possibly because nearly anything can be shoved into a taco. Possibly because … Continue reading

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Homemade Rice-A-Roni

Did you grow up with boxes of Rice-A-Roni laying in your kitchen pantry? Perhaps you merely recall the commercial, whose jingle boasted, “Rice-A-Roni, The San Francisco treat! Rice-A-Roni, its flavor can’t be beat. One pan, no boiling, cooking ease! A … Continue reading

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Meatless Monday: Vegan Roasted Tomato Soup

When I was a young, poor college student, soup often sounded like it’d be a money-saving dinner/meal option. This time of year, when the weather is cold and dreary, the trees have dropped the majority of their leaves, and certainly … Continue reading

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Meatless Monday: Vegetarian Posole with Roasted Peppers, Pinto Beans and Soyrizo

I suppose if you cook every day, it’s bound to happen.  I wonder if even the most illustrious chefs experience cooking burnout. Lately I’ve felt as though everything in my kitchen is some variation of just a few standby dishes … Continue reading

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Ethiopian Food, Part 4: Atkilt Wat

I’ve shared a number of Ethiopian recipes with you, and this is the last one to round out all of those dishes. I am not a huge fan of cabbage. As a kid, I distinctly remember my mom cooking it … Continue reading

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Ethiopian Food, Part 3: Mesir Wat

For a little while, I thought I was just going to share a slew of Ethiopian food recipes with you. We got started… then life happened and somehow today is October?! With school in full swing, football and water polo both … Continue reading

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Meatless Monday: Raw Green Bean Salad with Slow Roasted Tomatoes and Feta

Even as a child (because I was  weird one!) green beans were one of my favorite vegetables! Granted, those green beans also often accompanied a frozen package of corn, peas, and oddly square-shaped carrots. Last growing season I accidentally planted … Continue reading

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Meatless Monday: Quorn Chik’n and Dumplings

Traditionally, chicken and dumplings are a Midwestern and/or Southern comfort dish. As with many comfort foods, the dish can vary, depending on whose dinner table or restaurant you’re at. Some versions contain more soupy stew and small, flat rectangular dumplings. … Continue reading

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Ethiopian Food, Part 2: Ingudai Tibs

Although its taken a couple decades, generally I can appreciate mushrooms these days. Most often it’s on pizza like this one but when we had Ethipian food for the first time, there was a mushroom dish that was pleasantly spicy, … Continue reading

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