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January 16, 2009

Spanish Potato Soup with Fried Almonds & Garlic

Usually, I cook on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, but lately, Thursday nights have become have a glass of wine and make soup night. Last week it was Mushroom and Barley, last night, Potato Soup with Fried Almonds & Garlic. This wonderful recipe is from one of my new favorite cookbooks, The New Spanish Table …

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January 13, 2009

Tasty French Apple Cake

I don't know what it was but last weekend I was totally into baking things in cake pans. I made a quiche (well, that was in a pie pan) but then also this cake. Oh! I remember why now, I have this new ginger apple hair conditioner that I have been using that smells so …

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January 10, 2009

Chicken Provençal w/ Olives & Tomatoes

This is an awesome, flavorful, pretty quick-to-make dinner. It works really well with defrosted, chicken breasts. I've started buying the big bag of frozen chicken breasts at Trader Joe's lately because they seem so much cheaper than the package of fresh breasts. I don't use them for all my chicken needs but they are great …

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January 7, 2009

White Bean, Kale and Chorizo Soup

I have been craving soups lately. This was one I made a couple of weeks ago when, to my delight, I realized I had almost all the ingredients required, minus the kale. S'okay. I walked to the store and got kale! The original recipe (from the defunct, "Cooking Live" on Food Network) called for dried …

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January 5, 2009

Hello 2009: Roasted Tomatoes with Garlic and Gorgonzola

I was flipping channels over the long holiday weekend recently and caught some of Giada's new show. Something about her fabulous life and having spa days at home -- I dunno. I think the concept works for Ina but I'm not so sure about Giada. Maybe if she occasionally invited strange people over to her …

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