MISSALANEYUS

Category: EAT/DRINK

  • Orzo with Feta, Walnuts, Parsley, Lemon & Dried Apricots

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    In an effort to use up the ingredients filling our cabinets, I made a lovely pasta salad with orzo and a few other items I had on hand last week. Simple to put together, this recipe uses items I commonly have on hand in my kitchen and is a riff on a Rachael Ray dish I…

  • Kitchen Inventory

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    When you flit from cookbook to cookbook the way I do, you end up with a lot of random ingredients in your house. Inevitably, my cabinets become so stuffed that I can’t easily get to the items I do use. Inspired by my frustration and the allure of a new year, I went through them this week.…

  • Christmas Cookies

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    Last year, I mentioned the insane baking extravaganza I partake in each Christmas. If you were wondering if I got any smarter over the course of the last year, the answer is no, because I still made seven different cookies. Seven. Let that marinate in your mind a bit. That being said, I’ve developed a few…

  • Chili

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    Chili is one of those deeply personal dishes. Inspiring passion among those who make it, most have an exacting idea of how it should taste. A few weeks ago, I set out to make my own version of the dish. It was pretty intimidating, but I think I landed on something that works well for our…

  • Confession: Pizza

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    If I told most of you that I made pizza for dinner the other night, you might assume I made the crust or sauce from scratch and pulled together some sort of chi-chi combination of flavors. I would love to lead you on, but I must confess this is far from the truth. This is my…

  • Risotto

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    Anytime I see risotto on a menu, I order it. I’m a lot like Pavlov’s dog in that way. Which is really silly, because I know how to make risotto. And, can I tell you a little secret? It’s really easy to make.* Now, some of you might disagree, and I will concede that it…

  • Spring Salmon Salad

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    Before I started this blog, I never really created my own dishes. I would make small modifications to existing recipes, and that was about it. But ever since I started writing here, I’ve slowly begun to develop my own recipes.*  With each dish I create, I get a little bit braver.  A few weeks ago, I had a huge breakthrough. I…

  • Cinnamon Sugar Peaches

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    This dish isn’t really a recipe, so much as an easy way to jazz up peaches. Cinnamon and brown sugar combine to create a light syrup for sliced peaches. Chopped walnuts add crunch, and a honey-yogurt sauce adds a bit of cream. The taste is warm and decadent, but the ingredients are fairly virtuous. Try it tonight with…

  • Watermelon + Lime

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    A good friend told me about a little dish she likes to make for showers. It’s so easy you can’t really call it a recipe, but the mere suggestion of it has been rattling around my head for over a month. I’ve been waiting for good watermelon. And finally, I bought one.

  • Cookbook Review: Tart & Sweet

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    I did it. I canned jam. I’ve been wanting to try it for a while, but have been too nervous. I’m not really sure what I was afraid would happen. It’s not as if there is some sort of terrible side effect to canning, like monsters or warts. Maybe it’s because, I’ve heard it’s such…