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Garbage Bowl and Tips for Fresh Asparagus
Boy, work has intruded! Too much work, too many clients, and an out of town trip to celebrate my dad’s 80th birthday combined to cause a long lag in posts. I fixed my new favorite salmon recipe, having swung by Trader Joe’s to get the chopped hazelnuts the day before we left. It was a…
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A short break from cooking
I haven’t done this before but I’d like to take a short break from cooking and post a link to my friend Jane’s Team in Training site. I got to know Jane a few years ago when she came to work for one of my clients. The mutual admiration of border collies led to our…
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Smart Shopping
Let’s Play Restaurant has rounded up a few good articles from Bankrate.com on smart food shopping. I liked the quiz you can take on supermarket shopping. I quibble with one of their answers about coupons but the rest of it is interesting. I saw some other areas that may be worth exploring over there, including…
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Salmon Cakes from Leftover Salmon
I used a recipe from my all time favorite The Fannie Farmer Cookbook: Anniversary and turned crab cakes into salmon cakes tonight, using the salmon leftover from last night, breadcrumbs and all. Another hit! This actually came out a bit moister than necessary. It tasted absolutely wonderful but might have been a bit easier to…
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Everyday cooking
I actually sat down and planned the week’s menus on Sunday morning, perusing the grocery ads for the loss leaders and planning around them. I knew I had a heavy work load this week, plus a few other “life” interruptions, like getting the fostered puppies neutered, taking delivery of the new washer and dryer (I…