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Sometimes, I get home from work and I just want to throw stuff in a pot and have a nice dinner 15 minutes later. Sure, roasting and chopping and flambéing and baking are all fun, but sometimes a girl just needs to open a can or two, stir a little and call it a day. …

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This was really, really good. I half remembered making something with shrimp and orzo and feta before but I'm pretty sure I baked that in the oven. So, I kind of threw this together based on other recipes I've seen before and what I had on hand. The garlicky, lemony wine sauce is amazing tasty! …

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For Slash Food's Spirited Cooking Day! Here's a recipe that I saw on the Food Network on the show, Calling All Cooks (do they even still make that show?) a few years ago. Since I've been making it, I've modified the amount and type of pepper used quite a bit and it's still pretty spicy. …

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Oh, look, it's more bubbling, baked things! Isn't that what Winter is for? Why yes, yes it is. I really love moussaka. This, too, I would get at Greek Islands. I don't know, there's just something about lamb, red wine and cinnamon... While I was a vegetarian, the one meat I think I thought back …

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Yeah, I've been out of school since 1995 -- so? I used to make this both as an undergrad and a grad student. It's cheap, it's quick, it's easy and it's Mexican food and yet it's a pizza. It's awesome. And really, you can fancy-pants it up as much as you want. You could make …

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