Category: Summer

If it were sunny and warm again, I would be wanting a light, cool, pasta salad for dinner. That is, if it wasn't 60 degrees, cold, grey and rainy. But that's okay -- I actually prefer cooler weather. I also don't mind a pasta salad for dinner when it's not Summery out. Besides, a pasta …

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Pickled onions. Tillamook Cheddar. Toasted onion bun. Crispy, golden oven fries. Now, this was a meal. I sometimes like to add different combinations of ingredients and make interesting turkey burgers. These puppies had sautéed onions, spinach and smoked paprika. They were excellent. Yukon gold potato wedges were roasted with some extra-virgin olive oil, kosher salt …

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Well, I kind of dropped the ball on this one. See, this month Wine Blogging Wednesday paired up with Is My Blog Burning to create "Fabulous Favorites Festival" -- awesome. Except, I was looking for an announcement for IMBB26 and when I didn't see one, I just assumed it was coming up later in the …

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This -- this was excellently tasty. I was a little cautious when I read through the recipe, which called for chipotle peppers, cherries, ketchup and assorted spices, but after all, it was in the June/July issue of Eating Well* and...well, they've earned my trust. This is also a nice recipe for the summer months. You …

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