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March 10, 2008

Really Good (and Pretty Healthy) Banana Bread

If you are like us, you have tons of bananas on your kitchen counter top. Maybe you have one of those nifty banana hangers, but you still have lots of bananas. What can you do with tons of bananas (well, 3)? Make banana bread! Especially if you go to the store and buy more bananas …

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March 7, 2008

Spicy, Sweet and Salty: Chicken Curry with Sweet Potatoes

The other night I had a hankerin' to make something a little different. Since jwa and I do enjoy the curry, I decided to give this recipe a try. It's from the book, Pleasures of the Vietnamese Table by Mai Pham and it was really good! The lemongrass gives it an awesome flavor. Whack your …

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March 2, 2008

Tasty Winter Pasta Dish: Fettuccine with Brussels Sprouts and Pine Nuts

This is a great winter meal! It's still Winter, right? The brussels sprouts are plentiful and the pasta is, well, always a good idea when it's cold out. I found this recipe on Epicurious a couple of months ago and we just got around to trying it recently. I changed a few things -- added …

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February 27, 2008

Astoria Pictures (and Some Breakfast Food Items…and Some Seals!)

Images of our most recent trip to Astoria, with captions and everything! Latte at the Astoria Coffeehouse. Breakfast sandwich at the Astoria Coffeehouse. jwa makes a bagel sandwich...guess where? More bagel sandwich! Hey! The Hotel Elliott has Stash Tea...neat. Me by the bridge. The dock and a big ship. There were a bunch of them …

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February 24, 2008

Chicken Pot Pie with a Feta-Parmesan-Herb Biscuit Crust

Now this is one of the ultimate comfort foods, ever. I actually tried to make a chicken pot pie before -- maybe 5 years ago -- and it was a complete disaster. Flavorless, too much work and just kind of meh. It's taken me 5 years to want to attempt another one. Wow, am I …

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