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When Nothing Else Will Do

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on July 27, 2010

in family recipe, fish or seafood, simple recipe

In case you haven’t noticed in the dozens of post I’ve done on the matter, I get food nostalgia. I have so many memories of specific dishes, recipes, smells, that remind me of different times in my life. This is an odd one though. There are few foods that I remember loving as much as [...]

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Speaking Our Language

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on June 15, 2010

in family, family recipe, simple recipe

While at my mom’s the other day watching the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup (!!!!!!), we were reminiscing about healthy recipes I enjoyed as a kid. She reminded me of a few that you’ll be seeing in days to come, but one really stuck in my mind because it was not only easy, but I [...]

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Memorial Day

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on May 31, 2010

in beef, family, family recipe, pork

I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day, whatever it was that you did with your day I spent much of the morning relaxing and baking bread for my mom’s barbecue this afternoon. I ended up making two types of bread since I thought the first didn’t come out well…but I was wrong! Type [...]

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It’s Pesach Time!

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on March 31, 2010

in beef, family, family recipe, fish or seafood, friends

Last night was our annual Passover seder, and as usual, it was incredibly fun and full of amazing family, friends, and of course, food! I wrote briefly about our Passover seder last year, and looking back, I really didn’t do that great of a job explaining exactly what the holiday entails! That’s why I waited [...]

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Do You Fondue?

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on February 14, 2010

in Baking, family recipe, simple recipe, vegetarian

Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you all had a wonderful day, whether attached or not… After being surprised with a mani/pedi from one of my favorite spas, Adam and I spent a relaxing day at the public library and doing our taxes, and then got going on tonight’s special romantic meal. It’s such a stereotype: [...]

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Edible Remembrance

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on January 22, 2010

in family, family recipe

I mentioned yesterday that it had been three years exactly since my grandma passed away, and that she, along with my mom, are two of the main reasons that I learned to cook and love food. I decided some time ago that today, the Friday evening after the anniversary of her passing, that I would [...]

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