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My Recipes

Drunken Mushrooms

July 5, 2011
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A week or so ago, I found this recipe for Baked Button Mushrooms. I made them (with a couple of adaptations) one night. They were amazing. So, I made them another night. This time, I pretty much just threw things together. I know there’s white wine (a Chardonnay in this case) in there, some olive [...]

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Meat & Potatoes

June 29, 2011

I was really tempted to go out to dinner on Tuesday night. I had a client meeting in the Pearl District that ended around 5:30pm. Megan works close by. I had a feeling Chris would need a break. I was this close to going all Beluga on my girlfriends for an impromptu happy hour, but [...]

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Butternut Squash Pizza with Arugula and Manchego

May 4, 2011
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I know, I know. Packaged pizza crush. Soooooo not NomadicFoodie style. However, it’s what I had on hand for the fresh produce and veggies I wanted to use. That being said, instead of relying on their freezer for dinner while here for the week, I grabbed a few things at the grocery store with which I [...]

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Pomegranate Cocktails

April 27, 2011

A quick and easy recipe for a twist on the traditional bellini or mimosa, with POM Pomegranate Juice Concentrate.

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Green Living : Replace Packaged Foods with Real Foods

April 22, 2011

I think that how we cook and consider food is an important component of green apartment living. On paper, we’re doing it right: I live in a LEED-certified building. We recycle, and use the recycling containers that our building provides on our floors. Being LEED-certified means our apartment is so efficient that we haven’t once [...]

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Blonde Ale Orzo Mac and Cheese

April 18, 2011

I accidentally discovered a killer recipe for baked mac and cheese that uses orzo pasta and includes beer in the cheese sauce. Major win.

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Homemade Hazelnut Butter

April 2, 2011

I recently discovered my beloved store-bought peanut butter was full of nasty things like HFCS and other preservatives and fakey fake stuff. I tossed that, and now can make my own! This is a variation of homemade peanut butter that uses hazelnuts instead.

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Lasagna Cupcakes

March 31, 2011

As seen on the Cooking Channel’s Food(ography), I made Lasagna Cupcakes for our weekly potluck dinner. This is just another instance of when substituting ground chicken for ground beef works beautifully.

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Easy Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

March 30, 2011
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A quick and easy recipe for homemade spaghetti sauce that doesn’t require simmering for hours.

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Recipe: Whole Egg Mayonnaise

March 24, 2011

I’ve been striving lately to learn to make more and more from scratch, with real foods. Here’s a recipe I found for mayonnaise, with simple ingredients like eggs, oil, vinegar and seasonings.

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