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artichoke ravioli pasta salad

May 27, 2010

My grocery bills have been ridiculous recently – something that doesn’t make me happy but my typical excuse? The blog and my general love of good food. Regardless of the excuse I use, I had some frozen artichoke ravioli in the freezer that had been there for at least a year. Meaning that I would [...]

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greek pasta salad

February 4, 2010

Every week I rack my brain for what to take for lunch the following week. And sometimes it feels as though looking for new lunch ideas is a part-time job. Which I know, and the taster reminds me, is so very ridiculous.  I love salads, but they sometimes leave me hungry at 2:30. I love [...]

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tyler’s couscous salad

January 12, 2010

Last week I was ellipticaling away (is that a word?) to Tyler Florence making whole fish stuffed with this amazing couscous mixture. Which for the record makes any ellipticaling easier if you know what I mean (source) But while dreaming of Tyler in his kitchen may seem like the perfect way to spend an afternoon [...]

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the taster & raw pasta

September 25, 2009

As you know, the taster is pretty open to healthy foods, vegetables, etc. (To my surprise he actually picked up a piece of kale to munch on the other day) and while he loves his veggies, he also loves “frying stuff”.  Sigh. One place he has not ventured is into the Raw Foods world. He’ll [...]

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in the news: milwaukee public market

August 30, 2009

My good friend Mary Beth had told me about this market and so with my frequent Milwaukee trips recently I knew I had to get there. During my last visit when I was with my Mom, we were a little too late and the market was already closed The Market consists of various little shops [...]

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lunchables for adults

August 26, 2009

In my quest for new lunches, I decided to make some of my favorite snacks into lunch. Meet the lunchables. Adult version. 2 French Meadow Sprouted Fat Flush Tortillas, baked until crispy, cucumber, lettuce, red peppers home-made hummus, marinated artichokes & kalamata olive tapenade oikos tzatziki Voila! A quick to assemble lunch – extremely portable and [...]

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