Are you sitting down? This is going to be… a RECIPE post! I know, shocking. Over the weekend when we had our pint-sized overnight visitor, she requested one thing as soon as she got in the car. “Mara, when we get back to your house, after I say hi to the dogs, can we make [...]
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It all happened in a food-induced blur: I volunteered to host the next meeting of the Traveling Pans way back in March. Sure, I could host in June! Sure! Eight people could easily fit in our dining room! And the next thing I knew, we were actually planning the event. One fun thing about hosting [...]
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If you’re here from my guest post on The Fitnessista, welcome! I hope you stay a while! So, there’s this message board I frequent. Some of you know what it is, some of you don’t… I’ll leave you guessing. In any case, someone brought up goulash today. Goulash. It sounds like golashes, but more edible. [...]
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One of the easiest things I can do to help myself be healthier is to eat more veggies. It seems simple enough, but in the winter months in Chicago, truly flavorful vegetables tend to lurk in the cruciferous and tuberous families. Ok, really what I mean is that there’s broccoli and potatoes. Today, on an [...]
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Thanks to all of your votes and support, I officially advanced to Project Food Blog challenge #3! This meant, though, that I needed to cook a “luxury dinner party” for family or friends. I began planning almost immediately after I finished Challenge #2, and also almost immediately encountered my first obstacle: finding guests! Most of [...]
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I know you’ve been waiting since yesterday for this macaroni and cheese recipe. You’ve been sitting at work, wondering “when will Mara be posting that recipe?” Yeah. Right. I did promise that you’d get it though, and I’m not one to go back on a promise! Once our guest list for our 4th of July [...]
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People say that imitation is the highest form of flattery. In my classroom, during test taking, of course that would be considered cheating, but in food and cooking, I think imitation just means a truly successful dish has been made, and needs to be recreated ASAP. As you may have noticed, my Sundays have been [...]
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I’ve come to cherish Tuesday nights. I know it sounds a bit odd, but Tuesday nights are the only night that Adam and I are guaranteed to have together during the week because of his class schedule this semester. I’ve started saving my special recipes for Tuesday nights so that we can enjoy them together, [...]
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last year, you’ve probably heard of Twilight by now. You’ve also probably heard of New Moon, the second installment of the Twilight series, recently made into a blockbuster movie which was released on DVD this weekend. I’m not as huge of a Twilight fan as some [...]
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I know I swore my cooking posts would start again today, but after last week’s simple non-postworthy recipes, the subzero (yes, actually BELOW ZERO) temperatures, and the severe lack of ingredients in the house, we opted for a carry-out Chinese dinner from one of our favorite places, China Wok. I’m a slacker, I know. Oh, [...]
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