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Spicy Chicken Tortilla Soup and Snow Daze

January 20, 2011

We woke up this morning to 8 inches of snow. Everything was and still is completely covered, including the roads. I don’t think I’m ever going to get used to Missouri’s idea of snow removal. Just because people drive on it and does NOT mean it’s clear! If we didn’t have the Jeep, we’d be [...]

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My First Loaf! Crusty Portuguese-American Yeasted Cornbread (Pao de Milho)

January 10, 2011

I know I’m a little late, but I finally knocked out one of my resolutions from 2010. I baked my first loaf of bread this weekend. Now, I’ve baked bread stuffs before, but it has been limited to pizza crusts, quick breads, and easy dinner rolls. This was my first foray into REAL bread, and [...]

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Vegan Creamy Broccoli Salad and No More Dark Photography!

December 6, 2010

This weekend we finally picked up the much-anticipated external flash (the Nikon SB-600) for our D90 (thanks to Neil’s brother Alex). It was long past due. The stress of taking food pictures when you have a dark kitchen and it gets dark at before 5 was increasingly frustrating. We had tried different techniques and placement, [...]

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Easy and Fast: Baked Jalapeño Poppers

November 11, 2010

I think more often than not (and I’m as guilty as anyone mind you), people overlook spicy peppers as always the “part” but never the “whole.” They’re something to be used to enhance something else, but never appreciated for how well they stand up on their own. I think this is because while they have [...]

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Sweet Potato Garlic Knots for the Narcs

November 9, 2010

Because we were in St. Louis all day Saturday, I didn’t get around to making these until early Sunday afternoon. If you know us in real life you know that we live in an interestingly diverse neighborhood. I say that because nearly every facet of humanity is somehow represented in “Andersonville,” which encompasses several city [...]

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Mocha Tofu Chili

November 2, 2010

We don’t like to brag, but our Spicy White Chicken Chili is amazing. We love it, and it’s a fall staple that we look forward to by the middle of summer every year. But we didn’t want to be a chili one-trick pony. We wanted a winning red chili recipe as well. I never much [...]

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Green Papaya Salad Spring Rolls

October 21, 2010

Spring Rolls are quickly becoming a weeknight staple for Neil and I. They are not only soooo easy to make, but are easy to change-up with little effort. You may remember last time we made Pork Spring Rolls with PB Dipping Sauce with veggies leftover from our Bun. This time we wanted to go a [...]