Columbia County Bread and Granola: Sprouted Whole Grain Product Review & Giveaway

By on January 18, 2012 in Product Reviews, Recipes, Reviews & Features, Sprouted Grain

When you post a Sprouted Wheat French Bread recipe and you get an email from a company offering to send you a sample of their sprouted grain products, that my friends, is serendipity.  Which is exactly what happened and I am a new fan of Columbia County Bread and Granola.  As I mentioned in my [...]

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Super Bowl Roundup: Feature Fridays

By on January 26, 2012 in Appetizers & Snacks, Feature Fridays, Party Foods, Recipes

As promised, next week we will continue to highlight party appetizers in anticipation of the Super Bowl—Caramelized Onion Dip and Jalapeno Crab Dip—two recipes sure to grab some attention at the table.  In the meanwhile, to stay true to our theme, here are a few more links I liked for their straightforward ingredients and unique [...]

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Parmesan & Herb Zucchini Sticks: Super Bowl Party Appetizers

By on January 25, 2012 in Appetizers & Snacks, Fruit & Vegetables, Party Foods, Recipes

  It was a delicious day in the kitchen working on appetizer recipes for the Super Bowl with Parmesan & Herb Zucchini Sticks as the next recipe highlight.  Crispy coating, fragrant herbs, tender zucchini, and rich marinara create a fabulous vegetable delivery system. Baked to crunchy perfection, Parmesan & Herb Zucchini Sticks are a healthy [...]

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Buffalo Chicken Dip: Super Bowl Party Food

By on January 24, 2012 in Appetizers & Snacks, Chicken & Poultry, Party Foods, Recipes

  The teams have been decided, the Giants and Patriots will square off in the big game February 5, but the food is still up for debate. Whether you are intent on the game or prefer to invite folks over to enjoy the commercials together (for some, that’s the only reason they watch), the Super [...]

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Dream Kitchens: Feature Fridays

By on January 19, 2012 in Feature Fridays, Reviews & Features

If you love to cook, you have dreamed of the ideal kitchen to practice your craft. One where the oven door and dishwasher can be open at the same time, or the work triangle is a function of design, not because the space is only slightly bigger than the hall closet. I have a wonderful [...]

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Chicken Teriyaki & Stir-Fry Vegetables

By on January 16, 2012 in Asian / Chinese / Thai, Chicken & Poultry, Main Courses, Recipes, Sauces & Dressings

Last week I posted a note about Monthly (Batch) Cooking and the wide variety of meals you can prepare ahead and freeze. This Chicken Teriyaki is one of the meals we made last week from a recipe inspired by Raymond at Ang Sarap. There was a time when we used a bottled sauce, but with [...]

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Creative Beauty, “Blow Over My Garden”: Feature Fridays

By on January 13, 2012 in Feature Fridays, Reviews & Features, Soul Food

Creative beauty is all around us whether it comes in the form of paint, prose, music, culinary genius, or on a stage, and I love it all. I am often captivated by these various expressions of the soul, open and vulnerable.  When I saw this piece appear on Face Book by a gifted artist, Lori [...]

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Monthly Cooking Connection

By on January 11, 2012 in Recipes

This month, my friend and I will begin our 15th year cooking together. We have stirred, chopped, tasted, and mixed more meals than we could possibly count. We began our monthly cooking journey all those years ago with the Once-a-Month Cookbook, Master Cook recipe software, and six kids in-tow. Since my own family was never [...]

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Sprouted Wheat French Bread

By on January 9, 2012 in Baking, Bread, Recipes, Sprouted Grain

When we decided to eliminate white flour from our diet years ago, a good French baguette was the one thing I missed most.  Bread with soup, bruschetta, crostinis with baked brie, homemade croutons, and garlic bread were all off the menu until I could find or make a better alternative. Converting from white to whole [...]

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Top 10 List of Incredible Food Facts: Feature Fridays

By on January 5, 2012 in Feature Fridays

It has been a while since my last Feature Fridays post, but it has been good to take a break even from the fun things—helps to appreciate how fun they really are. Well, today I found a top 10 list of Incredible Food Facts from Listverse and they are pretty, eh, incredible.  To be fair, [...]

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