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Here's another breadmaking experiment that turned out pretty well! I've heard that King Arthur AP Flour has a bit more of a Bread Flour quality to it than other brands of AP flour, so since I was using Trader Joe's AP flour, I added about a 1/2 cup bread flour to the dough flour. That's …

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These two dishes were the rest of that really good mahi mahi meal in the last post. I had seen the cracked potatoes a couple of years ago and always meant to try them but then promptly forgot about it. Glad it didn't stay forgotten -- so good! For four people the original recipe called …

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This was a surprise. I was not expecting it to be anything other than a way to use up some frozen mahi mahi from Trader Joe's (the kind that's frozen, in the marinade). But, hey, this was delicious! The yogurt gave it a nice tanginess and the almonds and parmesan are a wonderful combination. Plus, …

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Oh my god, this was so good. I think this is the best cake i've ever made. I think this will be my signature cake, you know, if I ever need a signature cake. I wasn't even sure this was going to turn out as I basically combined two recipes, substituted some ingredients and just …

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Oh, look, it's more bread! And not just any bread but some tasty, crunchy, chewy ciabatta. This is very similar to the French loaf recipe, but there's no sugar and you shape the dough into two, flat, rectangular loaves. There aren't a lot of pictures here -- mainly because I think I was just lazy. …

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