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potatoes

Perfect Baked Potato

If I am being completely honest with you, I’d have to confess that for many years I’ve SUCKED at making baked potatoes.  It is really quite sad since I’ve probably made them 50 times since starting this blog.  They never lived up to what I wanted them to be.  I’ve had some darn good baked [...]

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Tortilla Espanola

Elly Says Opa! is hosting a blogging even called Eat to the Beat where she challenged bloggers and non-bloggers alike to post a recipe inspired by a song. Elly’s blog was one of the first I started following way back in the day and I remember witnessing the event back then and wanting to participate [...]

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Veggie Pot Pie with Pumpkin Whole Wheat Crust

(prior to dinner, during the photoshoot) “Can’t you ever make anything with white flour and butter?” “This has SmartBalance Buttery Spread in it!” “That’s not butter.  And why is it orange?  Squash?” (during dinner) “This is such an amazing recipe.  It is going to be on FoodGawker.” “Well, that’s mostly about the pictures but thanks [...]

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Sweet Potato Samosas

Last year for my birthday my relatives, struggling to find something for my birthday, took a suggestion of mine: order me a subscription to a magazine. In theory, I’m sort of against magazine subscriptions.  They use a lot of paper.  They are a very temporary source of enjoyment.  Usually all the information you see on [...]

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Crunchy Kale Tahini Salad

I’m not sure why the Omnivore was so stunned when I served dinner the night I made this salad. We’d gone together to the grocery store specifically to pick up kale.  He’d commented that we should rename kale to kaleb because it just sounds nicer. We’d fed the stems and ribs of the kale leaves [...]

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