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July 21, 2005

Green Tea Fruit Smoothie

Ingredients: 1 cup of vanilla soy milk 2 green tea bags (regular green tea or fruit green tea -- I used grapefruit green tea from Republic of Tea) 1 banana cut into a few pieces -- toss in a baggie and drop off in the freezer for a half an hour or so (or up …

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July 20, 2005

A Snaccident at Noon

Last night I sautÃ©ed some zucchini, spinach, garlic and onions in a little olive oil. Added some red pepper flakes and prepared some chicken pierogi from Trader Joes (in boiling water, much like pasta). Then I pan fried those in the leftover seasoned oil from the veggies. Tossed everything together with a little chicken stock, …

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July 19, 2005

Lazy Summer Front Porch

Now that it's summer in Portland (and should remain so for about 3 more weeks), I wanted to spiffy up the front porch a bit. To that end, I recently painted a cheap wood table from Target and put it between the chairs we have out there. See, I was having trouble finding a table …

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July 18, 2005

Romo's La Jara: Mexican Comfort Food on a Hot & Sunny Day

Romo's La Jara 5011 SE Hawthorne Blvd Portland, OR 97215 (503) 238-1456 It was indeed, a hot and sunny day. A hot day. Hot, I say, hot. We walked the twenty plus blocks to get to the restaurant and the air conditioning felt wonderful. The margaritas were very cold and icy. Absolutely perfect. I normally …

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July 17, 2005

Quite Possibly the Cutest Thing Ever…

I saw an ad for this in the July 2005 issue of Italian Cooking & Living magazine and "ohhhed" and "ahhhed" over it. I already have a Capresso Espresso/Cappuccino machine, which I really like -- but this one -- it has cow spots! Which, of course, is not reason enough to get one but... It's …

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