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Swedish Quick-Pickled Cucumbers
This is a quintessential "taste of summer" for me, that always reminds me of growing up in Sweden, and smörgåsbord. It is not a true pickled cucumber, and will only keep for about a week in the...
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Oven-Baked Salmon
Have I mentioned how much I love salmon? I love salmon. This time of the year, if you happen to also live in the Pacific Northwest, you can get Chinook, or Copper River Salmon-- the latter is...
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This is all I'm gonna say-- do not store whole tomatoes in the fridge, never-ever-ever-ever. If you've pre-diced some for your chili or salsa, or pasta, okay, fine, because they're cut up and you need...
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Stir Fried pork with eggplant, peppers and shiitake and noodles
I made this twice in a month, because it was quite good. So I figured I'd share it with my faithful 15 readers, because that's what I do-- I'm so nice, right? And there is a decidedly Asian slant to...
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July is my birth-month, and I started this blog three years ago (technically in June on another server, but then I transferred it to Blogger in July of 2010). So in honor of those two events, I'm...
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The winner of our July contest for my birthday month is Christiana at YarnDarlin who wins the OXO Cheese Plane! Thanks for participating, and be sure to stay tuned for future contests, new recipes,...
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Chicken Pumpkin Paprikash
"Waiter, there is too much pepper on my paprikash." -- Harry BurnsWell, if you're a fan of late-eighties chick flicks starring [pre-collagen] Meg Ryan, wearing ill-fitting, floppy sweaters, chunky...
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Oven Pancake
Happy New Year... I get busy-- as you can tell it's been almost 3 months since my last entry, but I made a quick "Oven Pancake" last week, and managed to take one (not very good) photo of it right...
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The Official Off the Cuff Tutorial on Kitchen Organization
An organized kitchen makes cooking more fun, and far more efficientLONG POST AHEAD. I'll try to break it up with my sardonic humor, and photographs. I have been tossing this around in my head for a...
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Smoked Salmon Pasta a la Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo-- star of the silver screen, one of the most iconic faces of the Golden Era of Hollywood, well known for her roles in Anna Karenina and Camille -- was also famously Swedish, which means...
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Basil Mozzarella & Pistachio Mushrooms
I hastily made these little appetizers for a party last night. I have made other mushroom cap hors d' oeuvres before, usually with garlic, parmesan, parsley, or some similar combination. But last night...
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Red Curry Barramundi
Barramundi! Barramundi!! That's fun to say. (I feel like Will Ferrell in "Elf" when he keeps repeating "Frrrrancisssco!! That's fun to say!" Speaking of which, Christmas is less than 5 months away....
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Garlic & Pink Peppercorn Butterflied chicken with Pan Gravy
Woopity-doo!! I'm posting a recipe! I think some of you will find this one worth the wait, at least in terms of the gruesomeness of the step-by-step photographs. I have been hoping to do a...
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Chicken-Bacon-Dijon-Pot-Pie
Anyone remember David Cross singing "Chicken-pot, chicken-pot, chicken-pot-piiiiiie" on "Just Shoot Me" ...? It's kind of an obscure reference, but it makes me laugh every time I think of it. Now then,...
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Orange-Raspberry Pots De Creme
I've been making this recipe for a year or two ever since I first saw it on The Pioneer Woman's website. The beauty of it is that it only takes a few minutes to prepare. And you do it ALL in the...
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Pistachio Cedar Planked Salmon, and Salmon Leek Chowder
Here are two easy and salmon recipes I made yesterday and today, all from one four-pound $20 whole salmon. If you can learn to fillet and debone your own fish, you can save so much money on seafood...
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Turkey Chili
This chili came together a month or two ago, but I made it again 2 more times, and it's always yummy, so I figured I should blog it for my fateful... uh... I mean, Faithful followers.This one is on the...
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Kombucha
Raspberry Ginger Kombucha on the rocksKombucha. Odds are that if you live outside of the West Coast, you've probably never heard of, let alone tried, this stuff. It's a very hippie-dippy sort of...
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Meredith's Meatball Phở
Once upon a time in 1984, when my family moved to the United States, I was a little girl, and our neighbors became good friends with my parents. They had a daughter that was the same age as me, and we...
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Mango Coconut Almond Granola
A few years ago, I got tired of buying a box of granola for $4 every few days because we eat it a lot, and I kept thinking about the cost per ounce, and how absurd it was that we'd maybe be able to get...
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Lemon Curd
If you're not familiar with lemon curd, this is a very classic British lemon-spread to put on scones, or other pastries. (Try it on pancakes, or in homemade Danish, for instance.) Lemon curd is bright,...
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Cranberry Citrus Oatmeal
Every year for Thanksgiving, I make a variation of the standard Cranberry-Citrus sauce recipe (that is often on the back of the bag of cranberries.) I inevitably end up with huge amounts left. Last...
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Asparagus and Cheese Tart
Howdy, howdy everyone! It's been a few moons, but today I'm letting you enjoy this savory treat, courtesy of a friend of mine, Julia, who recently posted a photo of this delicious looking asparagus...
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Citrus Spice Banana Doughnuts
To quote Pink Floyd, "Hello ... is there anybody out there?" As if becoming a mom didn't distract me enough from blogging recipes the last 3 years, my blog has languished further due to a year of...
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Lemon-Ginger Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Happy Fall! Here is a Thanksgiving family favorite, Lemon-Ginger glazed Sweet Potatoes, (or yams, as many people call it, but more on that in a minute...**) that I have made some small tweaks to, in...
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