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Fresh Blue Crab Beer Boil

May 6, 2011
Blue Crab Boil

A few weeks ago my husband came home from work with a surprise for me, a plastic bag filled with live Blue Crabs. Oh yea, that’s what I want to see at 5pm after a rather stressful day, a big bag of live sea creatures. I don’t mean to sound ungrateful, but sometimes I do [...]

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Radiatori Pasta with Goat Cheese, Sausage and Tomatoes

April 13, 2011
Radiatori Pasta with Goat Cheese, Sausage and Tomatoes

Radiatori is a relatively new pasta shape, first coming on the market between 1930-40. The shape of Radiatori was supposedly inspired by radiator ridges but I think it looks like sea coral so we call in Coral Pasta. Radiatori is a small bite-sized pasta, about 3/4″ by 1/2″, but holds sauces extremely well and is [...]

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Chicken Tacos with Guacamole Sauce

March 30, 2011
Chicken Tacos with Guacamole Sauce

I think I have an addiction to tortillas! And it does not matter if they’re flour or corn, I just can’t eat enough of ‘em! But this new addiction is closely linked to my new Cuisinart GR-3 Griddler. For lunch I do like something warm, even if I’m just having a sandwich I will toast [...]

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Cashew Chicken With Broccoli – Call it Dinner!

March 2, 2011
Cashew Chicken With Broccoli

Well it’s finally March and I am now beginning to see the end to another long, hard winter. Although I did live in Florida for a while, most of my life I lived in colder climates known for their winters. When we moved to Chicago, all I heard was “oh you just wait, you’ve never [...]

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Roasted Tilapia, Tomatoes and Garlic

February 9, 2011
Roasted Tilapia, Tomatoes and Garlic

I was thumbing through a “Woman’s Day” magazine recently and came upon an article titled “7 Secrets of Low Stress Families”. Expert researchers observed 32 California families over a 4 day period, recording every eye roll, sneeze, tantrum, hug and laugh. I was just scanning the article but when I saw “Low Stress Moms make [...]

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A 15-minute Pasta Red Sauce that will change your life!

January 23, 2011
15-minute Pasta Red Sauce!

Mr. Tastebuds watches “America’s Test Kitchen” every single Saturday and I joined him for a minute while I finished my coffee. But my interest was piqued when I heard the phrase, “To create a complex, brightly flavored sauce, one that tastes first and foremost of tomatoes, in the time it takes to boil pasta”. I [...]

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Turkey Cobbler

November 29, 2010
Turkey Cobbler

The day after Thanksgiving I was searching around the Internet for some new turkey leftover recipes to try and I found one I wanted to archive. But when I opened my Turkey Leftover file as I glanced down the index I noticed a recipe I did not remember seeing before. Hmmmmm….Turkey Cobbler? What’s this? So [...]

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Pasta with Chicken, Tomato and Green Olives

November 12, 2010
Pasta with Chicken, Tomato and Green Olives

Do you ever have one of those days where, although you’re hungry, nothing sounds good? I have these days quite frequently. But it’s during these times that I seem to throw together some of my best meals. Maybe because since nothing sounds good, I feel I can be a bit more creative and add ingredients [...]

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