You ever have your eye on any of those unique items in the kitchen store, but don’t pull the trigger and buy? Well, I have that problem every time I go into any store that has kitchen “stuff”! I know I don’t “need” it, but I usually “want” it! My favorite color for dishes […]
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Baby EggPlant Parmesan
You can find fresh eggplants in the grocery store year-round, but they’re at their peak in late summer. Even though it’s barely summer here in Minnesota, I found some fresh “Baby” eggplants at Costco! The most common variety is the large, dark-purple globe eggplant. When you’re shopping for them, look for smooth, shiny skins with fresh-looking […]
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Looking for dinner ideas recently, I was rummaging through the fridge of ingredients that I had on hand so that I could come up with a homemade pizza that would combat my cravings! Bill had pulled the pre-made Trader Joe’s dough from the freezer earlier as I planned to prepare some sort of thin crust variety! I found […]
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Who doesn’t love good old iceberg lettuce salad? It’s the lettuce that I grew up with and ate just about every night with dinner. It seems to have a bad reputation of being low in nutrients, whic is not exactly true; it’s just simply lower in nutrients than some other types of lettuce download e mail in full. […]
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I was recently preparing some Halibut and wanted to change the flavor profile up a bit and created this dish based on ingredients that I had on hand in the fridge. Risotto is a north Italian rice dish that is really not all that hard to prepare, but you need to give yourself a half hour […]
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