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June 21, 2007

Sangria + Grilled Chicken is a Great Summer Combo

The other night we pulled the little Weber grill out of the garage again and grilled some chicken, caramelized some bell peppers and onions (inside, in a pan, with a little salt, cumin and chili powder), made some guacamole and to accompany it all there was a pitcher of tasty, tasty sangria. The sangria recipe …

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June 20, 2007

Quick and Easy Three Bean Salad

We recently did a first grilling of the season test by making two huge, juicy cheeseburgers. There are no pictures of the cheeseburgers because I did not trust jwa with my plate so that I could go get the camera. Plus, it was so delicious I did not want to leave it. Sometimes, this is …

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June 17, 2007

Almond Cake: Well, Now it's Just Really Kind of Anticlimactic

I originally envisioned this post for Weekend Cookbook Challenge 17, but I didn't get it up in time. Most of this week (in the evening) has been devoted to working on the wedding website with jwa. Happily, save the date cards went out last Thursday. Well, at least the main bulk of them -- there's …

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June 14, 2007

Almond Cake? Where Are Youuuuuu?

We went to Sub Rosa for dinner last night and had a good meal -- wine, salads, pasta, a pizza for jwa and some pistachio gelato. Hey! It was for charity! One of the things that I am most excited about though (and have been putting enough effort into to not have time to post …

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June 12, 2007

No New Post — I am Lazy

Nye Beach, Newport, Oregon No new post -- was at the coast until last night. When we got home, I had other things I needed to do 🙁 Hopefully, there will be my almond cake tomorrow! But, we did find a great place to stay: Above the Schoolhouse Lodging.

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