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Many Variations on Spinach Salad

February 2, 2009

I love spinach salad, or any salad really with fresh, dark greens. But spinach is especially suited to wintertime salads, as there is something richer and more substantial about the leaves. Here are six ways I like to eat it.

With chopped hard boiled eggs, thinly sliced red onions and crumbled bacon, in a mayonnaise vinaigrette.
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The Beauty of Cauliflower

January 29, 2009

Cauliflower is one of my favorite vegetables, and has been since I was a kid. It is flavorful on its own, tasty in other dishes, and can be disgused in endless ways to fool children into thinking their eating junk food. Not to mention that it’s cheap and laden with vitamins, which makes it a [...]

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Chocolate Cream Cheese Rolls

January 26, 2009

I’m a big fan of rugelah, a sort of Jewish rolled cookie. So yummy, yet so hard to find in France, and rather complicated to make as well. That’s why I was so excited the other day, when I started out making one dessert, but ended up with quick and easy variation of rugelah. Now [...]

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Hamburger with Milk Onion Gravy

January 21, 2009

I was searching for a way to fancy up dinner the other day, and ended up with the delicious, and easy, dish. I served it over rice, with a side of green beans, for that classic 1950’s americana presentation!
To start, I put 5 hamburger patties in a frying pan (one for each member of the [...]

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Frugal Cooking Tips

January 19, 2009

Part of frugal cooking is being frugal with your ingredient choices and where and how you shop. But another important component is how you cook and prepare your food.
Different cooking methods use different amounts of energy. Often, we don’t have a choice, in that we cook with gas or electric because it is what is [...]

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Everything But The Stone Soup

January 15, 2009

I’m a big fan of soup. Whether it’s for warming up on a cold winter night, a sneaky way to get some veggies into my kids (or husband), a quick fix to the problem of ‘what’s-for-dinner’ or a frugal meal plan, soup is a great choice in many ways.
One of my favorite soups starts out [...]

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Roast Chicken in the Crockpot

January 12, 2009

I am not really a fan of turkey- it tastes too gamey for me. So this year, for Christmas dinner, I made roast chicken in my new Christmas crockpot.
I first heard about the idea on A Year of Crockpotting, an absolutely genius cooking blog. She swears it’s very tasty, and although I didn’t follow her [...]

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Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Chestnuts

January 8, 2009

Rounding out my Christmas dinner was a recipe for roasted Brussels sprouts and chestnuts, from December 2008’s issue of Cooking Light. I love Brussels sprouts, and I love chestnuts, so I thought this would be a nice combination.
And it was, although I think I got the proportions off. I had almost equal quantities of Brussels [...]

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