Foodie Pen Pal Reveal

I stumbled upon the Foodie Penpals site by random and found the idea to be ... well simply genius!  I knew I just had to participate.  Here's the jest of how it works: Sign up by a certain date On the 5th of the month, you get your penpal pairing You have 72 hours to email your penpal...

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Slow Cooker Tri-tip

With a new baby in the house, making dinner meant anything I could whip up in 30 minutes or anything I can toss into a slow cooker.  I originally meant to make roast beef, but there was a great sale on tri-tip and so I decided to improvise. The result was this amazingly juicy and flavorful...

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Zucchini Strand Spaghetti

Zucchini Strand Spaghetti (adapted from Smitten Kitchen) ingredients Salt and freshly ground black pepper 3/4 lb dried spaghettini 3/4 lb zucchini 1/4 cup olive oil 2 Tbs minced garlic 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes 3 Tbs coarsely chopped fresh basil leaves 1/2 cup grated Parmesan directions Bring...

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Watermelon Lemonade

As you know we have an over productive lemon tree so I'm always searching for recipes that'll help me use up some lemons. I started the day thinking I was going to make lemonade, but apparently leaving ripe lemons in the tree dries them out.  Who knew??  So I was suddenly left with a bunch...

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Zucchini Bread

We recently got a bunch of organic zucchini from my aunt.  Whenever I think of zucchini I think about this delicious zucchini bread served at our local salad place.  This isn't that recipe, but it comes fairly close.   Zucchini Bread (adapted from Paula Deen | makes 2 loaves) ingredients 3...

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Zucchini and Red Onion Flatbread Pizza

Last week The Husband randomly came home with a bag of shrimps and flatbreads.  I made shrimp scampi from the shrimps, but now I'm left with a very large bag of flatbreads and a dilemma... "Just what do I do with so much flatbread?" Thankfully I found this recipe and was able to use up all the...

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Smoky Corn Chowder

It must be corn season, because there's a sale for fresh corn almost every week.  As much as I love munching on the kernels off the cob, I was itching for a little variety. Smoky Corn Chowder (makes for 4 servings) ingredients 4 slices bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
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Lemony Chicken Saltimbocca

Another lemon recipe to add to the list.  I wasn't too sure how this dish was going to come out since I ended up straying a lot from the original recipe.  It couldn't be helped, we were missing ingredients and I needed to improvise.  The result was still a delicious meal, perfect for...

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strawberry yogurt bundt

Here's another bundt cake recipe!  I bought a huge container of strawberries from Costco only to discover that they weren't very sweet.  I didn't want to drown them in sugar so I decided to bake them in a cake instead. I ended up modifying the recipe a bit, because we don't really like sweets...

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lemon bundt cake

We have a lemon tree in our backyard that produces lemons like crazy so I'm always on a look out for lemony recipes.  I would like to eventually make a list of 101 things to make with lemon, so far I think I only got 5. This recipe is from America's Test Kitchen and they proclaimed it to be "the...

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pasta with pancetta and miso

I've always been intrigued by the use of miso in other cuisine other than Japanese.  For the most part, every dish I learned that used miso was from my mom, whether it be a simple broth or as a glaze for salmon.  Needless to say when I stumbled upon this recipe, I was more than eager to...

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cranberry scones

A good scones recipe is so hard to find!  I've tried some where the result was a hard crumbling mess in your mouth.  This recipe came from my friend Michelle, she brought it over one day and after the first bite I knew I wanted the recipe. The original recipe calls for 1/2 cup of raisins...

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Chantal's New York Cheesecake

I've tried numerous cheesecake recipes and for some reason The Husband really liked this one.  It doesn't have a strong "cheese" taste, in fact it's a bit denser like a cake.  I just like how simple it was to make. Supposedly this is the recipe from the famous Chantal's deli in New York....

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Shrimp Scampi with Linguini

Sometimes it astonishes me how much a dish cost to make versus order at a restaurant. This recipe is simple, but tasty especially if you get the right shrimp. Shrimp Scampi with Linquini ingredients 1lb linguini 4 Tb butter 4 Tb extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling 2 shallots, finely...

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Spinach Lasagna Rolls

I can't remember why I bought ricotta cheese, but it was about to expire and I was in dire need of a quick recipe where ricotta cheese was used abundantly.  I've made lasagna before but always felt they were quite labor intensive, it was probably my fault for taking on the more challenging recipes....

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strawberry cream cake

One of my favorite cakes to make although a laborious one, however ever since I got my second Kitchenaid mixing bowl the process has been much less painful.  What I like about this cake is the absence of butter and oil.  The sponge-like cake fluffs up purely by the power of the egg whites,...

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Baked Pasta with Sausage and Tomatoes

I was looking for another quick dinner solution and stumbled upon this.  Yums! Baked Pasta with Sausage and Tomatoes ingredients 1 (1 lb) package uncooked ziti (short tube-shaped pasta) 1 lb hot turkey Italian sausage links 1 cup chopped onion 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 Tbs tomato paste 1/4...

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Roast Chicken Chimichangas

I got out of work later than I anticipated and needed to make dinner fast. These were easier to make than enchiladas and took me only 30 minutes to get dinner ready.  Although what I like most about them is that it isn't fried.  Yum yum! Roast Chicken Chimichangas ingredients 2 1/2...

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