what jen does

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Tag: Recipe

  • Fancy (Easy) Strawberry Shortcake
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    Fancy (Easy) Strawberry Shortcake

    That looks good right? Yes, it does. Don’t get overwhelmed. You will impress your friends. Even your enemies will be in awe of you. Meanwhile, you’ll be like “seriously guys. I sat outside all day and read about the mob in Boston”. Well, maybe you like to read other things. I’m weird like that. For…

  • Non-American Pancakes
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    Non-American Pancakes

    I’ve started and finished about a bazillion posts in the last three weeks. There are about a million things I could have written about in that period of time, but instead I continued to procrastinate. What did I do during those few weeks? Well, I spent much of it in my parent’s backyard, one day…

  • sugar loves her bread
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    sugar loves her bread

    I’m an independent woman. I live alone. I carry my own suitcase. I attempt to change my own lightbulbs. But, I really like living in the North End. Those don’t seem connected to you? Oh, but they are. When you go shopping in the North End at delis / butchers / markets / etc, men call you…

  • making ice cream
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    making ice cream

    this looks like ice cream right? Over Memorial Day weekend, I took upon the endeavor of making ice cream.  After making my 78th fish dish in a row, I needed to challenge myself a bit… and feel a dose of summer. Plus, my Turntable kitchen box told me to and so I did it. What…

  • it's a fish party (for one)
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    it's a fish party (for one)

    You can cook a decent meal for one person. I swear. I met this person on Monday who said they like to cook but don’t because “you know, it’s hard to cook for one”.  I told this gentleman that I had no idea what he was talking about. This is obviously an exaggeration. Cooking for one…

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    it’s a fish party (for one)

    You can cook a decent meal for one person. I swear. I met this person on Monday who said they like to cook but don’t because “you know, it’s hard to cook for one”.  I told this gentleman that I had no idea what he was talking about. This is obviously an exaggeration. Cooking for one…

  • ah-ma-zing weeknight fish.
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    ah-ma-zing weeknight fish.

    And now we make …. Baked White Fish with Lemon Caper Champagne Vinaigrette So guys. Three things. (1) I can’t for the life of me learn how to spell vinaigrette (2) I love easy meals. This is an easy meal. (3) Using the phrase “casserole dish” makes me feel like I’m 67 years old. There…

  • "romantic" lemon lavender scones
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    "romantic" lemon lavender scones

    In June 2010, I had a scone that changed my life. It was in Kinsale, Ireland. It had raspberries. And it changed how I felt about scones as a whole. I’m not sure what I felt before… but it wasn’t love for scones.  To this day … I have searched for a scone that I…

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    “romantic” lemon lavender scones

    In June 2010, I had a scone that changed my life. It was in Kinsale, Ireland. It had raspberries. And it changed how I felt about scones as a whole. I’m not sure what I felt before… but it wasn’t love for scones.  To this day … I have searched for a scone that I…

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    sticky (but delicious) tomato jam

    On Saturday I covered my kitchen in flour from gnocchi. Tonight… everything …. is…. sticky.  I made JAM. Tomato Jam. Before you start to feel like I’m some sort of amazing kitchen witch (I don’t know maybe you think Jam is hard) …. I will tell you that making jam is one notch harder than…