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We just went through an ugly, ugly heat wave here in Portland. The past two days have been in the hundreds and just brutal. I know, anyone in Phoenix, Arizona or other typically-hot locales are laughing at me. But again, this is Portland and 100+ is just wrong. Today, marks a return to our sensible, …

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This was a great theme (imho) chosen by Ono Kine Grindz, as I currently like to use tofu in things like sauces and soups. It's just so easy to use in place of cream or other high-fat, unhealthy creamifyers. Instead of making one dish (a sweet one) for both IMBB and SHF, I chose to …

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This was one amazing pizza. It's especially good, as it's one of the meals that jwa and I typically make together. I prep all of the ingredients and then he works his magic. He makes the most excellent pizza. This post is really less of a recipe than pictures of jwa making an amazing pesto-vegetable …

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This was a meal that didn't quite make it to Vegetarian Week. Not because it wasn't delicious, but because I am lazy! Anyway, this was pretty good. The original recipe is from Everyday Italian and I didn't change that much. I just added garlic (how could there have been no garlic originally??), some lemon and …

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This was originally an Emeril recipe for duck breast. Duck breast is around $25 a package at Zupans. I have turned this into a chicken breast recipe -- $7 for 3 organic breasts at Trader Joes. If I were rich like Emeril, I would use duck. I also went a little crazy with the rolling …

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