Category: Winter

I had so much fun with the other day's WCC meal, that I made another crockpot dish a couple of nights later. Really, any excuse to use my smoked paprika. Chicken Paprikash w/ Sour Cream Adapted from a recipe on Epicurious.com 2 medium onions, thinly sliced 1 tsp kosher salt 1 tbsp sweet paprika 1/2 …

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This is a great winter meal! It's still Winter, right? The brussels sprouts are plentiful and the pasta is, well, always a good idea when it's cold out. I found this recipe on Epicurious a couple of months ago and we just got around to trying it recently. I changed a few things -- added …

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Now this is one of the ultimate comfort foods, ever. I actually tried to make a chicken pot pie before -- maybe 5 years ago -- and it was a complete disaster. Flavorless, too much work and just kind of meh. It's taken me 5 years to want to attempt another one. Wow, am I …

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Ah, winter. Sometimes, it seems like the only good thing about the season is blood oranges! Oh, I loves me some blood oranges. In fact, I think I'm going to go on a little lunch-time errand and get a big bag of them. This is an awesome recipe. And really, it seems pretty healthy too. …

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I came across the Legume Love Affair event and well, I that sounded fun as I love beans too. Around the house, we sing a song called, "Beans, the Man they Call Beans", to the tune of the Jayne's folk hero song on Firefly (Jaynestown episode). There really aren't any lyrics other than the "Beans, …

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