November 2010
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soup's on.
Here in my neck of the woods, the daily highs have been below 40 degrees for about a week. This has made me crave a bowl of piping hot soup at every meal, so last night I threw together something Filipinos know as nilaga (which my mommy tells me literally means “to boil”).
Ingredients
2.5 lb chuck roast, cubed (any beef roast, bone-in or boneless, will work)
2 large sweet...
24 hour eating marathon a.k.a. Thanksgiving
I was so excited for Thanksgiving it was ridiculous! The family. The friends. The FOOD!…definitely a good day.
It was my job to make a side dish and a dessert. For a side dish, I went with Rachael Ray’s green beans with crispy bacon—throw hazelnuts up top for some delicious flare :)
For dessert I made a chocolate tart. It was like eating a Ferrero Rocher pie! I posted a link...
tastes like a gigantic ferrero rocher! →
This was the tasty dessert I prepared for my family for Thanksgiving. Everyone was giving thanks after a bite of this :)
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just peachy.
Wednesday brought me to Rachael Ray’s glazed chicken & peaches with cheese & bacon biscuits. The chicken might have been a tad bit too sweet for my liking, but the peaches were great. I would be happy eating the peaches all night.
I have made similar biscuits for breakfast several times. Here’s how to make them from scratch!…
Ingredients
2 cups all purpose flour
3...
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good enough for a blizzard tortellini soup
Today we were hit with one heck of a blizzard! Seeing the snow snowin’, and the wind blowin’ i decided hubby and i could weather the storm with some nice hot soup. I got this recipe from my momma-in-law but I’ve tweaked a few things to my liking.
Ingredients
1 lb Italian sausage (removed from casings)
1 lb cheese tortellini (I’m aware of the fact that...
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sweet potatoes + chili = ?
Today I tackled Rachael Ray’s turkey chili shepherd’s pie with sweet potato topper. When I first read the title of the recipe I thought, “Sweet potatoes and chili…weird.” Let me just say that it was amazing! Plus, it was incredibly easy.
sweet potatoes + chili = very satisfied taste buds :)
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an idea for the pork barbacoa...
We rolled our pork in flour tortillas and fried them in vegetable oil over medium high heat. Not exactly health food, but oh so tasty!
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extraaaaa poooork!
Hubby requested that I make him some pork barbacoa today. He is absolutely in love with those sweet pork barbacoa burritos from Cafe Rio so awhile back I endeavored to come up with my own version of the ever-so-popular sweet meat. Now, I wouldn’t say that my pork is as good as Cafe Rio’s (for fear of getting lynched), but it’s a good, easy, stay-at-home substitute. Plus, you can...
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attack of the anchovies.
Day one of my culinary adventure brought me to Rachael Ray’s caesar spaghetti. To start off I put a few anchovy fillets in a large skillet with olive oil. Those darn anchovies spit oil all over the place and burned my knuckles (that’s what I get for letting the pan get super-screamin’ hot), but never fear, I braved the flying olive oil and was able to put together a pretty nice...
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