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Tag: Recipe

  • butternut apple soup
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    butternut apple soup

    Note: This post has been written and sitting in my draft folder for a week. The pictures came out crummy and I kept thinking I would re-take them… and I didn’t. So here they are in all their blurry glory. A few weeks ago we decided over a group text chain to start a book…

  • blueberry banana oat muffins
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    blueberry banana oat muffins

    It’s Tuesday morning and I’m really wishing that it was more like Saturday morning – or even really Friday morning. We currently have a nor’easter and so the winds outside are insane. If there is an upside to this, it’s raining so loudly that there is zero chance I’ll forget my umbrella. In a fit…

  • escarole and meatball soup
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    escarole and meatball soup

    I’m a fan of making meatballs. While they aren’t exactly the “healthiest” dinner around, they are especially satisfying to eat standing in the kitchen after a long day of work. Sometimes I don’t even make pasta to go with them – and by sometimes… I mean most times. I came across this soup recipe this…

  • asian turkey lettuce wraps
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    asian turkey lettuce wraps

    Back in the olden days when I used to live out of Hilton and commute to Philadelphia, I also used to eat of out chain restaurants practically every night. Suburban Pennsylvania wasn’t a super hub of haute cuisine at that point – although I’m sure it is now. After a few months there, my coworker…

  • Rosemary and Garlic braised short ribs
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    Rosemary and Garlic braised short ribs

    Oh wow. Things that will NEVER disappoint you? Slow braising meat. I remember when I made this short rib dish for Valentine’s Day last year, I was really pleased… and I feel the same for this gem. It’s seriously heavenly – especially on a frigid winter day. I was feeling a bit under the weather…

  • 45 minute cinnamon buns
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    45 minute cinnamon buns

    Today was a flipping home run. There was snow, there were cinnamon buns, there were good deeds and there was a grilled cheese for lunch. The long and the short of it is that I had friends coming over for breakfast and it had just snowed like a foot. The only solution was clearly to…

  • the most tender meatballs ever
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    the most tender meatballs ever

    Today was a weekend snow day. The town is allegedly expected to get about 14 inches of snow which makes me feel a million times better about my level of activity. I’ve been sitting in nearly the same spot on the couch for about 5 hours at this point. But to be fair, I did…

  • three types of calzone!
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    three types of calzone!

    Ugh. My baby brother is an unbelievable 18 years old now – and I just can’t handle it. I have no idea how this happened. All I know is that just recently he was tucked into a carseat in the back of the jeep eating butternut crunch donuts. For the life of me, I can’t…

  • peppermint white chocolate scones
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    peppermint white chocolate scones

    It wouldn’t be a holiday if I didn’t make scones. I only wish I could tell you that I made these scones with discounted candy canes – but I can’t. I bought the candy canes full price from CVS about 3 weeks before Christmas and then they proceeded to sit on my stairs until yesterday. …

  • Pasta alla Vecchia Bettola
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    Pasta alla Vecchia Bettola

    So funny story. I found this recipe for a pasta sauce over the weekend – and was instantly drawn to it for two reasons. One? Ina Garten was called out in the title. Two? I thought it took 11 hours to make. I literally was planning my day around making this 11 hour sauce. I…