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November 18, 2011

FFwD: Braised Cardamon Curry Lamb

Oh geez, I have been so lazy. I've made a couple of really nice meals lately and been out to dinner twice and I've blogged about none of these things. I need to get my act together here. Let's kick that off with this week's French Fridays with Dorie, shall we? I am a huge …

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November 8, 2011

Cooking with Pinterest: Spinach Lasagna Soup

This was one of the first food images that I came across on pinterest.com (follow me here!) that I pinned and yes, it's now the first recipe I've made from my Savory Snacks board. Not a bad choice. I changed it up a bit and made it a spinach lasagna soup and also decreased the …

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November 3, 2011

FFwD: Twenty Minute Honey-Glazed Duck Breasts

I have really been looking forward to this week's French Fridays with Dorie as I love duck and I hardly ever cook it at home. I had no idea it could come together so quickly. Although, I think the reason I never make duck at home is that a). it seems expensive -- my frozen …

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October 28, 2011

Have a Delicious Halloween!

In case you're looking for some pumpkin or Halloween recipes, I thought I'd just post links to all of the ones I've done so far. Enjoy! Spider Cookies (Image above -- but you probably figured that out...) Less time consuming than you'd think. Chocolate cookies, pretzels, melted chocolate, sprinkles and red frosting. Pumpkin Stuffed with …

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October 26, 2011

Perfect for Fall: Moroccan Chicken Pot Pies

The flavor of these chicken pot pies is really deep and delightful and I took the advice of a lot of the posters on epicurious and doubled up on the spices. I also opted to use puff pastry as I had some in the freezer and this seemed like as good of a use as …

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