It’s been a long time since I’ve published a cooking post! I really have been cooking a lot of new meals, but I just haven’t been taking the time to photograph the evidence. I made this meal over the 4th of July, and it was the perfect meal to celebrate the holiday, and a great [...]
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This recipe has the ability to make pork tenderloin something I actually enjoy eating. There are probably a ton of things you can stuff into a log of pork, but spinach and feta is the only one I’ve tried and it’s excellent. Spinach and Feta Stuffed Pork Tenderloin 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/2 cup minced [...]
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This is a recipe I found in the Rachael Ray Magazine. It is an excellent way to eat fish, especially if you are a picky fish eater. The cook time for the fish is dead-on if you use tilapia fillets. I am always either over cooking or under cooking my fish, but this came out perfect! [...]
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Last weekend Brian and I cooked up a great dinner for some of our great friends. The feast was delicious and so was the company. We had a great time chatting, watching Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, rocking out to The Beatles: Rockband (thanks Frank and Lynn!), and tackling Drunken Jenga. The Feast: Appetizer: Pomegranate [...]
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Last weekend Courtney and I headed back to Chicago for a fun filled weekend of eating, drinking, and general touristy stuff. Originally we were going to watch Matt run in the Chicago marathon, but Matt got a stress fracture so we had no choice but to turn the weekend into something even more relaxing and [...]
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Two weekends ago we offered to smoke pork for our friend Jessica’s 40th birthday party. They had invited around 40 people to their party so we decided to smoke two 8 pound pork butts. This time we brined the pork starting on Wednesday night before the party. The brine was simply kosher salt and water. [...]
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This is another recipe from the Rachael Ray magazine. I love her (and her recipes)! This was another first use of an ingredient for me- puff pastry. I had always ignored recipes with puff pastry in them because I was intimidated (there was absolutely no reason behind this), but not too long ago my friend [...]
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This came from the Rachael Ray magazine, and it turned out really well. I was a little skeptical at first for two reasons, the first being that it was meatless (unless you count the chicken egg), and the second being that the recipe called for half a fennel bulb. Fennel has a very distinct flavor [...]
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This is my all-time favorite salad to eat in the summer. It is so cool and refreshing; perfect for a dinner out on the patio. I have been itching for this salad all winter, so I went ahead and made it before these veggies were truly in season. It was still excellent. I don’t really [...]
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These cookies were amazing! They have the perfect texture- a little soft in the middle, a little crunchy on the outside. And the chocolate chips are a perfect addition to this great peanut butter cookie. Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 [...]
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