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November 7, 2005

Grilled Chicken with Cranberry-Orange Relish…for 25?!

I have been playing around with ideas for a nice dinner that can serve 25 people. Yeah. 25. Exactly. See, we're having a Donor & Volunteer Appreciation Dinner thing for work next month and the fundraising staff is going to cook it. Now, on one level this sounds totally fun but on another level, it …

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November 4, 2005

Comfort Food Friday: Apple & Rosemary Turkey Meatloaf

Hmmm...I think Fridays will be comfort food posts. It might be nice to have some kind of a schedule for posting, Let's try it, shall we? Excellent. So, I am on a quest to use up the huge amount of rosemary I snipped last week for the redesign picture. So, rosemary has been going in …

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November 3, 2005

Lemon & Rosemary Biscuits + Christopher Kimball

Last weekend, I experimented with these lemony biscuits. I added some chopped, fresh rosemary as I had cut a bunch of it from the front bush while taking pictures for the blog redesign. So, I figured I should start using some of the rosemary I detached from out front! Lemon & Rosemary Biscuits: 2 cups …

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November 2, 2005

Soup Weather: Barley Mushroom Soup

No pumpkins here... I don't know what the weather is like where you are but in Portland it is wet. And cold. Brrrr. Nothing compliments cold weather and rampant flooding like soup! This recipe came out of one of my favorite cookbooks -- The Best 125 Meatless Main Dishes. It's creamy and hearty and very …

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November 1, 2005

Spicy Pumpkin & Goat Cheese Dip

Even though it's now November, don't let that fool you -- it's still a month of pumpkin! If you find yourself with some pumpkin (say, about 1 cup -- fresh, baked and pureed or from a can), you can make this interesting pumpkin dip that I came up with last week. I used the leftover …

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