A great impressive dessert from Bon Appetit July 09 issue. I needed a last minute dessert but didnt have time to whip up a cake or torte as I wanted. I did remember this recipe and even as skeptical as I was, this ended up being a fabulous ice cream topper, esp when paired with [...]
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What a great, healthy dish from Cooking Light. This would make for a perfect lunch or dinner as in our case. It was great on a tired Monday night to whip this up in no time! This serves 4 and I cut it in half for just the two of us!
ENJOY!
Ingredients:
Dressing:
2 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon [...]
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A great topping to any sandwich or burger. This was easy to make and made enough for our sandwiches and burgers for the week. Found on Joy The Baker site it makes about a cup of mayo.
ENJOY!
Ingredients:
1 large egg yolk
3/4 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste
1 roasted red pepper, coarsely chopped [...]
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I wanted a quick but satisfying meal tonight that involved shrimp. I recently came across this recipe from Food and Wine and boy oh boy it didn’t disappoint. VERY EASY to make and HUGE on flavor! I also put in on pasta for DH…mmmmmm!
ENJOY!
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons pine nuts
3 cups packed basil leaves
2 garlic cloves, very finely [...]
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I love a Caesar salad with any Italian meal. For some reason the dressing and the romaine lettuce is a great side to a great Italian dish and this was perfect! I found this recipe on Food Network’s site and I like how deeply flavorful it was. This is much better than any bottled dressing [...]
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For our Stanley Cup Playoff nights, we like to have a bunch of snacks rather than a full meal. As one of the snacks, H asked for soft pretzels and cheesy dipping sauce. I have made them once before, but didnt particularly find the recipe to come out well. The first few pretzels were good, [...]
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I love a great, light salad to pair with a great meal. This salad was easy to throw together and was just right for our Roasted Salmon meal. This would pair well with any fish or light chicken recipe and would be good with shrimp or chicken tossed with it. I found this recipe in [...]
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H had some coworkers in town this week, so I knew I wanted to cook something nice, as they grow tired of restaurant, hotel food with all their travels. I had recently gotten my Everyday Food monthly magazine, and this recipe jumped out at me instantly. So, with guys coming to dinner, I knew this [...]
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What a fabulous appetizer. It was the perfect addition to our Easter dinner!
I found this recipe on Things that make you go mmmmm site and they were out of this world!
ENJOY!
Ingredients:
Asparagus:
16 medium-large asparagus spears, trimmed (about 1 pound) – (I used 20)
1 c. grated Parmesan cheese
16 sheets (9×14″) frozen phyllo dough, thawed
Nonstick cooking spray
Salt
Aioli:
1/2 c. [...]
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I got this recipe from Lauren’s Kitchen. For pasta sauce, this was quite easy and didn’t take all day long to simmer. I loved the chunky tomatoes in it and the deep tomato and cheesy taste. I did use gr. beef as she used gr. turkey and it was delicious! As spaghetti lovers, this was [...]
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