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Easy Homemade Falafel
When I was in graduate school in Chapel Hill, NC, I lived right outside of downtown Chapel Hill. I was pretty much within walking/biking distance of the campus, and I spent a lot of my time in the downtown area, frequenting the many restaurants and shops on Franklin Street. One
A great use for leftovers
Okay, so remember that roast pork I made a little while ago? Well, it makes a lot of meat, and we always try to freeze some to use at a later date. Last night I didn't feel like cooking anything elaborate, so I looked in the pantry and the freezer to see what I could throw together. I had som
Cook with your kids: Homemade pizza
One of the best ways to get your kids to try new things is to get them involved in the process. Let them see where their food comes from, or how it's made, and I guarantee they'll be excited about eating it. My four-year-old got to help plant our family garden last summer, and he loved eating th
Family Recipes: Caramel Frosting
If you've ever asked a family member for a favorite recipe, or perused your grandmother's cookbooks, marveling at the notes she's taken in the margins and the bits of dried-on ingredients left as artifacts of her pursuits, then you know there's a certain comfort to be taken in preserving the herita
How to make fancy chocolate curls
I needed something fancy to decorate the equally fancy chocolate pie I was making for Valentine's day. I really like the look of a mound of chocolate curls haphazardly sprinkled over the top of a dessert, so I gathered my ingredients and quickly threw some together. Ingredients 2 oz. semi-sweet
Food for thought….
I subscribe to all manner of blogs, both through my feed reader and through Facebook. Today I got a message on my Facebook wall for the Super Healthy Kids Blog featuring an article about 10-cent breakfast. Obviously, I couldn't pass it up! In the article, the blogger discusses her struggles wit
Risotto con Funghi
This is an elegantly simple dish to make, but I don't do it very often because it is by no means good for you. I know there are ways to make it more health-conscious (less butter and cheese, no cream, etc.), but I just can't bring myself to adulterate it like that. So, I only make it a couple of t
Hot ‘n’ Smoky Baked Beans
This is an adaptation of a recipe that appeared in Bon Appetit magazine back in the late '90s. I think it might have even been a Memorial Day issue. Or maybe it was the 4th of July. Anyway, I made it that year and have been making it every year since. What makes it special and unique (and also
Simple (almost) Summer Salad
As much as I really wanted to try out Dot's frank-and-burger loaf recipe for dinner tonight (I mean, yum, right?), I opted to go a slightly simpler and (more than slightly) healthier route. I received some lovely avocados, tomatoes and corn in my produce box this week, and all of them were in ne
Tres Leches Cake for Cinco de Mayo
I published this over at my other blog, life, in recipes a few months ago, and I thought it might be nice to share over here for everyone's upcoming Cinco de Mayo celebrations. Do you like cake and ice-cream? Do you especially like it when your cake and ice-cream get all jumbled up together and
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