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Wheat krispie treats

2008-08-23T15:01:39Z

We're moving next week. Cleaning out the kitchen means discovering goodies that were pushed to the back of the cupboards and forgotten. An almost full bag of marshmallows that I bought for our camping trip, wheat puffs left over from my home made...

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Purple for dinner

2008-08-16T06:23:50Z

We have a cabbage situation in our house. I don't particularly like cabbage. A doesn't particularly like cabbage. But somehow, these sneaky little things always end up in our grocery cart. So I made muthias again. What was unexpected this ...

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Vegan Pozole

2008-08-14T04:32:14Z

Jaklumen gave me the idea to make a vegan version of this heartwarming pork and hominy soup. I trolled the web and combined ingredients from all the recipes I found. Except for the shrooms. Mushhrooms in a pozole just don't sound right. Ingre...

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Granola breakfast bars

2008-08-07T03:55:20Z

I used Alton Brown's recipe, cutting back on the butter and sugar. My substitutions are in brackets. Ingredients- 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats 1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds ( I used green pumpkin seeds- love the flavor) 1 cup sliced almonds...

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Anything Strudel

2008-08-03T00:47:46Z

Seriously. Anything left over in your fridge from the party last week, anything you bought on an impulse in the Greek grocery store and haven't a clue how to use, anything you want to eat wrapped with phyllo. There is only one caveat- the filling ...

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Israeli Couscous with grilled vegetables

2008-07-30T01:49:12Z

A meal inspired by summer and sunflowers. You know how those chefs on Food Network go on and on about texture and color and the tart, sweet and salty flavors coming together in a dish? This dish is a perfect study in all that and more. The r...

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Roasted tomato tortilla soup

2008-07-27T23:01:30Z

Making corn tortillas at home without a tortilla maker is NOT fun. This time, I stumbled upon an easy solution. Just add a couple of tablespoons of all purpose flour to each cup of masa harina. Makes kneading and rolling out the tortillas a breeze...

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Blueberry Breakfast Cake

2008-07-25T14:16:42Z

Oh, so good. Ingredients (recipe adapted from here)- 1 cup all purpose flour 1/3 cup whole wheat pastry flour (or use all purpose) 3/4 cup old fashioned oats, crumbled coarsely 1/2 cup sugar ( I used 1/4 cup) 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp b...

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Blueberry-gingerbread muffins

2008-07-22T15:08:47Z

Adapted from the post punk kitchen recipe. I'm not really sure about the difference between muffins and cupcakes, except that muffins have less sugar and no icing. Isa's gingerbread cupcakes seem perfectly suited to become muffins. Adding blueber...

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Coffee colored memories

2008-07-16T19:01:03Z

American coffee was the biggest culture shock we had on our first visit to the US. I almost gagged at my first sip of the Starbucks Roast. This was not coffee. Where was the milk? The sugar? The sweet stickiness that was supposed to coat the back ...

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