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Last night I sautéed some zucchini, spinach, garlic and onions in a little olive oil. Added some red pepper flakes and prepared some chicken pierogi from Trader Joes (in boiling water, much like pasta). Then I pan fried those in the leftover seasoned oil from the veggies. Tossed everything together with a little chicken stock, …

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Now that it's summer in Portland (and should remain so for about 3 more weeks), I wanted to spiffy up the front porch a bit. To that end, I recently painted a cheap wood table from Target and put it between the chairs we have out there. See, I was having trouble finding a table …

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I saw an ad for this in the July 2005 issue of Italian Cooking & Living magazine and "ohhhed" and "ahhhed" over it. I already have a Capresso Espresso/Cappuccino machine, which I really like -- but this one -- it has cow spots! Which, of course, is not reason enough to get one but... It's …

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Also known in some circles as a Fruit Pizza and because it has fruit -- it's healthy! Huzzah! I made these tonight and they were very good. I think I saw this concept originally in a Seventeen magazine in the 1980's. Hee! I'm old. As these were small and cookie-sized (as opposed to big, pizza-sized), …

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