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Ignite the romance with an aphoristic feast
Forgive me, I am moving slow this week… must have something to do with the ridiculous amount of Champers and strawberries I had this weekend. Just saying that makes me giddy, because the last time I...
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How to bake an egg like a rock star
Baked eggs… now there is a magic combination if there ever was one. Like baked French toast, only easier. And I am all about easy on a Sunday morning, yep I went there. I’m a big fan of eggs, not...
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The perfect boiled egg
With spring in the air and Easter looming, something as simple as a perfectly boiled egg can cause even a veteran cook to drink. We are all on a quest for the perfect boiled egg, and gasp in horror...
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10 grilling tips for a fabulous BBQ
We love to BBQ. Wait let me rephrase that, I love it when my husband BBQs because it means fewer dishes and amazing food. Rain or shine, we are always grilling something….from pizza, to fruit, to...
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How to roast a chicken
There is something magical about a roast chicken. The smell lingering in house immediately offer comfort in a way no other food does. The first time I recall eating a roast chicken was when I landed...
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Falling in love with fresh berries
I am a fool for berries and have been since the age of 7 when my mother took me foraging in the Oregon woods on a brilliantly sunny summer afternoon. I could not resist their delicate sweetness...
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5 Ingredients that capture a Mediterranean Summer
There is something about summer cooking that reminds me of those fabulous summer holidays spent in Italy. It may be the dry breeze rolling across the backyard, or even the brazen clarity that the last...
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How to Caramelized Onions
I am the sort of person that impatiently watches the toaster, walks like I am running and talks like an auctioneer. Doing anything slowly is against everything in my nature…in fact, I am also guilty...
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Tales of an apricot fruit leather
There are some things in life worth making, whilst there are others that leave you baffled as to why on Earth you invested so much time. On the top of that list is fruit leather. In July my Pinterest...
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How to freeze herbs and stock your Fall freezer
Oh how I love my freezer. Especially in the Fall when there is still plenty of fresh summer produce to choose from. This time of year my freezer is stocked with baking trays lined with parchment...
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Top 5 Fall Food Trends
Red is the new Green; Stalks are the new Kale…. I am loving the new Fall food trends, not just because a few of my favorite items have made the list, but also, between us, I loathe Kale. There, I...
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Family Cooking: A new Idaho Potato Video Series
It is no secret that I started cooking when the tiny people scurrying around my kitchen starting eating. I was plunged into a world of grocery stores, ovens and perishable food kicking and screaming...
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Cooking “En papillote”
En papillote. It rather rolls off the tongue. The French method of cooking anything in parchment paper that offers the same effect as pan frying but with an added infusion that makes everything come...
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Thanksgiving Grocery Shopping Tips
I’ve yet to meet anyone who looks forward to navigating the grocery store and watching their bank balance bleed out in the run up to Thanksgiving. Including me, and my idea of retail therapy is...
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Christmas Sugar Cookies
Whoever said “no one likes a know it all” never met a Cookie Guru. Everyone should have Cookie Guru in their email signature and leave a trail of sugar lips in their wake. Cookies blanket your home...
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Healthy Snacking
With so many New Year Resolutions going around, the one that I hear more frequently is to eat healthier…especially when all you need is a quick tide me over until dinner, or in my case at 1opm when I...
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How to make simple syrups
Sometimes I like to get fancy, especially when the process of getting fancy takes so little effort. Nothing is as fancy as an infused simple syrup, and trust me when I say, nothing can be more simple....
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Back to school with a fresh start
Can you hear the angels singing, while the school bells are ringing? Perhaps I am being a bit too dramatic on that statement, but the truth is, my 3 darling children are so excited to get back to...
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Fall Kitchen Check List
I adore autumn. Oh let me count the ways… caramel dipped apples, falling leaves, tall boots, foggy mornings, hot cups of tea, hearty stews, pumpkins on door steps, and stove tops simmer with any...
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Healthy Halloween Snacks
If you have ever tried to pass of carrot sticks as Witches Fingers then you know all too well the cries of horror that a young child can create when they spot a healthy party snack. Truth is, we all...
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Snack on this: Apple Chips
Baby it’s cold outside, my skinny jeans are too snug and my sweet tooth aches from all the holiday feasting I enjoyed without guilt in December. I don’t know about you, but I am craving a healthy...
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2 Spicy Fry Dips
I’ll be the first to admit it, I am a sucker for a good fry….if I could, I would eat fries all day long. The minute they land within arms reach I devour them, never pausing until each one is gone; my...
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Herb Infused Salts
Salt… I can’t get enough of this magical element. It would seem that in middle age my blood pressure is getting lower and lower (wait, was that an over share?) and with this lovely fact of life,...
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Avocado Thai Salad Recipe
Summer… you sly season. You came and went in the blink of an eye. I’ve barely had time to enjoy all the fabulous fresh produce you have to offer; and now, like a cool breeze in the noon day sun, summer...
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Banana Split Granola Recipe
I love this time of year… The end of August is always a hive of activity in our kitchen because summer fades into fall, the children dash off to school with amazing lunch boxes packed with care, and I...
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Baked Raspberry Oatmeal Crisp
September is better breakfast month….. in our house, September is better everything because we slowly ease back into a routine thanks to the cooler weather and the tasks that life hands us as we...
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Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream – the best Thanksgiving leftover
When the dishes are cleared, the guests have left, and not a single slice of pie is left… the only thing left to do is whip up a batch of Pumpkin Pie ice cream to polish off the last of the pumpkin...
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3 Dips every game day needs for a winning spread
It seems almost unfair that we make all these promises to eat healthy for 2014 and then, just as soon as the words are out of our mouth, we start planning a fabulous game day party. I always find...
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Long before I loved food, I loved the film and novel Like Water for Chocolate…. it captured my heart in such a way that only once I began to appreciate cooking did I fall in love with it all over...
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5 quick mid week meals for family cooking
I must confess, I am not a meal planner; try as I might, those well thought out meal plans never go according to plan. Life gets in the way: a phone call that runs late, extra homework that comes...
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Thai Green Curry Paste Recipe
Spring has…ah, sprung? At least according to my kitchen, but not according to my wardrobe. I’m still knee deep in long wooly socks, leather boots, thick sweaters, but in my kitchen, the lighter...
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Family favorite potato recipes
I must admit, I never pass up a french fry or potato chip… my salty cravings always get the best of me, but there are so many other ways for me to satisfy my cravings for salty potatoes, and in my new...
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Classic Chocolate Cake Recipe
At some point in my life I fell out of love with chocolate and then I was coaxed into a chocolate shop in Belgium and found myself sampling enough chocolates to put 20lbs on me. It was that moment...
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Medjool Date, Chorizo and Chic Pea Salad
I’m the first to admit that sometimes, I can be a bit of cliche; especially when it comes to food and the memories that are tied to it. My life is intertwined with the food I have eaten and the people...
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4th of July Cranberry Sorbet Recipe
This July marks our 4 year anniversary of living in the US and it seems like each year we are becoming more and more acclimated to life in US. No one asks for biscuits or to watch the tellie anymore;...
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Pie chips for sweet dips
I’m a sucker for chips and salsa, just ask anyone who happens to be standing next to me at a party — I plant myself there and move only once the bowl is dry. That’s right, I’m one of those, the dip...
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Strawberry and Chocolate Ganache Pie
I love food photography. Wait, what I should say is that I love really good food photography. But photography is a skill and an art form that requires you to have not only time, but the vision to make...
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Raspberry Vanilla Ice Cream
Fork me? Spoon me? Apparently I missed the ettiquette lesson on eating ice cream because when I tuck into a homemade pot of ice cream, I reach for a fork. A spoon only gets in the way of savoring...
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Vanilla Nutella Sandwich Cake
Motherhood, like childhood, goes by in a flash. One moment you are folding teeny tiny onesies for a newborn, and the next, you are watching that baby dance around the room excited for another birthday...
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Slow Cooker Indian Chicken Stew
Slow cooked anything makes me weak in the knees…. and not just because you spend the whole day smelling the delights to come, but because it is a meal that cooks itself allowing you more time to unwind...
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Caramel and Almond Cookie Recipe + #TollHouseTime Twitter Party
It’s #TollHouseTime, everybody dance. With the holidays coming and every aisle in the grocery store reminding you that you need to turn your kitchen into a semi professional baking kitchen, I’ve...
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Mini Duchess Potatoes
As you know, I never miss an opportunity to eat with my fingers. Emily Post could write a whole passage about my mischievous adventures devouring everything with my hands. Food tastes better when you...
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Pumpkin Spiced Pecan Cake with Salted Caramel Buttercream
Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Cake, Pumpkin Spiced…. everywhere I look this Thanksgiving, pumpkin everything is within arms reach. Don’t get me wrong, I adore pumpkin pie, and I love pumpkin bread, but I’m...
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Cranberry Custard Pound Cake for #RieslingToFeast
Holidays can be a wonderful mix of laughter and mayhem. And this year with only a few short weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas I’m taking all the short cuts I can to ensure that there is plenty...
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Roasted Rose Petal Beets
I know very few jokes, and the ones I do know, I over use. Strangers think I’m funny, but that is only because I use up all my good jokes in the first meeting. By the time we have our second ‘date’...
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Champagne Whipped Cream for New Years Eve
I’m a fan of the fizz. In my house every party is a New Year’s Eve party because I am never far from my favorite bottle of Prosecco. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good Champagne, but my bank balance...
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Berry Clafoutis recipe to celebrate #Pyrex100
Disclosure: I’ve partnered with Pyrex® to share a recipe that is special to me with you! #pyrex100 #RaiseYourGlassSweeps Baked custard, or as the French call it “Clafoutis” when you make it with...
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Provincial Fingerling Potato Salad
There is beauty in simplicity, especially when it comes to food. For me, the less complicated a recipe is, the more you can focus on the ingredients and when you can focus on your ingredients, that is...
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Apple and Blackberry Custard Twist
The best part about going from winter to spring is that the grocery stores are full of late winter and early spring produce. And my favorite combination is blackberry and granny smith apples. The tart,...
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5 tips to make family breakfasts your new routine
New line of Cobblestone Bread Co. bagels and English muffins. Family meals are an easy way to create a lasting connection, and I’m always trying to find the right balance between a busy week day and...
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