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Memorial Day Weekend. Portland. Sunny. 70+ degrees. No rain. Really, no rain. What to do? Make lamb burgers! Wow, these were good. Juicy and flavorful. The recipe is very easy to halve and make just two burgers (what I did). I found some kalamata ciabatta rolls at New Seasons which worked perfectly with these burgers. …

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I used the recipe "Super Quick Minestrone" by Michael Chiarello as the base recipe for this. Of course, since it was cooked it the crockpot, it wasn't super quick. It was moderately lengthy. But so, so, good. Especially as we were in the 30's last night and I had to put flannel sheets back on …

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I look for any excuse to use my smoked paprika. I love smoked paprika. Get yourself some and you will never be sorry. Here's a good resource for your smoked paprika needs. We had this chicken with a bunch of pan roasted asparagus (olive oil + heat + salt + pepper = tasty) on the …

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So, I originally made this one night for dinner when jwa was off doing some kind of geekery after work. Mainly, because he is not crazy about chili and is super picky about seafood. I tried this because I had frozen shrimp and bay scallops to use up and it sounded like an intriguing way …

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If I am going to eat something bad, it's most likely going to be a (some) (all the) peanut butter cup(s). And most likely the white chocolate ones. A couple of years ago I bought bags of those for Halloween candy to hand out and, uh, well, jwa and I ate most of them. I …

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