Savory Brioche Pockets…#TuesdayswithDorie, #BakingwithJulia

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by Liz Berg on May 21, 2013

Our second Baking with Julia recipe this month was a savory stuffed brioche…full of caramelized onions, goat cheese with chives and blanched asparagus tips. Formerly daunting, making brioche is now a snap with a heavy duty Kitchen Aid mixer. The 15 minute kneading still needed to be completed on a low speed, but cleaning the [...]

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Black Bean and Avocado Salsa…#SecretRecipeClub

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by Liz Berg on May 20, 2013

It’s time again for the Secret Recipe Club, where I’m secretly matched with another blog and must make a dish from that site. I discovered a new blog this month with my assignment, We Heart Vegan.  Brittany has revamped her lifestyle after a university course on chronic diseases. Part of their curriculum helped educate her on what [...]

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Carnitas…#SundaySupper #CookingLow&Slow

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It’s hard to be an expert on a dish you’re making for the first time…especially when you’ve never even tasted them. But carnitas have been on my bucket list for a while…and this recipe did not disappoint. Cooked in its own fat, these tender morsels of seasoned pork developed delightfully crispy edges. And rolled into [...]

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Spicy Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup…#FRD2013 #FrenchFridayswithDorie #Ziplist

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Today is Food Revolution Day and one of my FFwD friends, Mardi, is leading us in the mission to stand up for real food and to keep cooking skills alive. As we have cooked our way through Dorie Greenspan’s Around My French Table,  we have created dishes ranging from gourmet, restaurant worthy to simple, homey [...]

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Snickerdoodles…#ImprovChallenge

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Snickerdoodles have been one of Nick’s favorite cookies since about kindergarten. Katie loves them, too. The hubby…not so much (poor guy; it seems nothing I make these days please him). So when Nick moved back home after his first year away at college, these were the first treats I baked just for him.

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Off Season Caprese Salad

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On days like today when the snow is falling and the daffodils should be blossoming (yes, I wrote this post in March!), I long for summer.  Early summer when  sweet, succulent berries are plentiful at the farmers’ market…and late summer when juicy garden tomatoes are ripe for the picking. Most of the tomatoes I spot [...]

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