Year: 2006

I decided to just go ahead and post this tonight, as I will be out of town on Friday. It's a posting-palooza, I tell you! Thanks to Lick the Spoon for coming up with a fun, creative theme for this month's Sugar High Friday. Yay for alcohol! This was a very simple yet delicious recipe …

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The sauce on this was amazing and so very simple. I'm still kind of learning my way around the pork chops and the pork loin roasts and all of that but the other white meat is getting more familiar to me. I found this recipe on Food Network and in their meal grouping, it was …

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Finally pushed the new theme last night. Yay! The picture is of a scraped vanilla bean being ready to add to....my Sugar High Friday post. I'll be able to get a new post up tonight -- either Maple & Balsamic Pork Chops with Creamy, Herbed Polenta or Mexican Mac & Cheese and then it's off …

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I threw this together the other night for dinner, as I am trying to work my way through the leftover phyllo dough. jwa and I both liked it. The filling is creamy and gorgonzola-y, with a crisp and flaky pastry covering. I also experimented with using olive oil instead of melted butter to brush between …

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Boneless, skinless chicken breasts are still my most favorite meat cooking ingredient ever, but sometimes it's fun to use breasts with the bones and skin still attached. Crispy, seasoned chicken skin is....well, awesome, quite frankly. In addition, the white meat stays so juicy and moist, I've found, leaving the protective skin intact. Oh, and the …

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