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Flank Steak Marinade with Worcestershire Sauce and Garlic
I had another family over for dinner tonight. It was one of those fairly spontaneous things that works out to be perfect! Sometimes, we try to line up dinner and we end up months out and then someone gets sick or something else comes up and we need to postpone and reschedule. My friend had…
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Hurricane Katrina Relief Day
I’d like to join in the efforts for a blogging day to raise funds to help in the hurricane Katrina relief efforts. I’m donating my own money to America’s Second Harvest, the largest domestic hunger-relief organization in the United States. Please consider joining me in donating whatever you can. If you do, please also take…
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Work at Home Lunches
Working at home as I do, my lunches are usually leftovers, salads, soups in the winter, or sandwiches. Leftovers for lunch are great unless I’m planning on having them for dinner as well. Same with the soup. And I get bored with plain sandwiches pretty quickly. Adding some avocado to a turkey sandwich makes it…
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Weeknight dinners: Pasta with vegetables and leftover chicken
Reading Tomatilla’s post about weeknight cooking and pulling dinner out of a hat must have sparked this… The dinners you create out of what’s around, with no clear plan from beginning to end, are often the best dishes. My original plan was to make a quiche tonight, because I had lots of eggs and was…
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Cooking on vacation
Back from a week at the beach and a week cooking in someone else’s home–always an adventure. When you rent a home for the week, you’re never really sure what you’re going to be faced with in the kitchen. I’ve had exquisite cookware and horrid stuff you wouldn’t even find in a decent thrift store!…