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tomato, corn & basil quesadilla {guest post}

September 29, 2011

Hi Guys! I’m currently in the middle of moving our entire life across the country so Lindsay (Pinch of Yum) is here for the day!  I made the small mistake of looking at the pictures and write-up that Lindsay sent me for this guest post as I was in the middle of packing up our [...]

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pesto chicken salad

September 26, 2011

Chicken salad seems like one of those classic foods. Everyone has their own version, their own family recipe and their own specific proportions of what goes into it. I didn’t really grow up eating chicken salad so I’m not really partial to a certain ingredient or ingredients. I did have a lot of chicken in [...]

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champagne mojitos

September 1, 2011

After trying Victor’s 1959 Cafe Champagne Mojito, I knew I had to try and re-create it at home. Ok, I admit it, I picked up all of the ingredients the following weekend. I need to try to re-create it and I needed to do it asap. Mojitos made with champagne are quite delicious. They are [...]

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smoked salmon dip

August 15, 2011

Years ago, when I was really starting to get into cooking I made a smoked salmon dip on a very regular basis. It was delicious, pretty easy to throw together and it was always a hit. So the other weekend I thought I would break it out again. The components are simple: whipped lemon cream [...]

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chicken tostada pizzas

August 8, 2011

My good friend Megan and I made “Mexican Pizzas” for the full year that we lived together on a very regular basis. They were simple, cheap and really satisfying – the perfect college food! Tortilla + refried beans + cheese + hot sauce all microwaved into a hot, cheesy mess. I still think about those pizzas [...]

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the engagement dinner

August 5, 2011

So you’ve heard of engagement chicken, right? It’s a miraculous baked chicken that you make if you are in the market for a proposal. They do say a way to the heart is through the stomach… Well, I’m already engaged, and almost married, but if I needed to, ahem, push a little towards an engagement? I’d make my Midwestern [...]

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