**Have you voted for my Wonderful POMcakes today?** A word of advice: when your husband/fiance/boyfriend/significant other offers to cook dinner for you on a weeknight, JUST SAY YES! I came home today, and Adam had gone to the grocery store and purchased all the ingredients for a delicious dinner. Just what I needed after the [...]
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Every year, the Friday after Thanksgiving is known as Vegetarian Friday in my stepdad’s family. His aunt and niece host a huge potluck dinner in which not one morsel of meat is consumed. It’s been so much fun trying everyone’s different dishes every year, but the star of the show is always the vegetable gateau [...]
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About 3 weeks ago, the lovely people at Kikkoman sent me a HUGE box of goodies with one intent: create a “practice” Thanksgiving meal using their products, and share my ideas with you, my readers! I jumped at the chance because, believe it or not, I’d never made a turkey. Once our Thanksgiving plans were [...]
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In the midst of the craziness that has been Project Food Blog (have you voted for my Challenge 7 entry yet?) I have found myself wanting to create simple recipes during the week, but the craving for complex flavors still lingers. I’m learning more and more about creating layers of flavors that hit the palate [...]
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It rained here for the last 3 days. Not drizzle, none of that weather like in the Pacific Northwest where it’s like standing in the produce section of the grocery store with a lovely light mist. Oh no. This was a torrential downpour that resulted in flood warnings, cancelled after school activities, and worse than [...]
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Late on Friday night, for no apparent reason, I got that darn cupcake baking bug again. No, not THIS cupcake bug… There’s something that’s just so fun about making those little perfect bites of cake covered with frosting! At about 11 p.m. on Friday, I made chocolate cupcakes with white chocolate chips. What I didn’t [...]
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I’ve always prided myself on having fairly adventurous tastes when it comes to eating. I like to say that I’d try anything once! But, when it comes to cooking, I’m a bit more reserved. Give me Italian or Asian flavors, and I’m all about them and really know what to do with them. Mexican and [...]
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