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Quick Crostini to Clear out the Cupboard
This weekend has been a good one for Jack. I’ve had a bit of an “-itis” (read as: sickness) going on with my throat, so I have been on a soup rampage. I made a recreation of Anne Burrell’s Chicken Noodle Soup. It had such a warming effect on me that put me in a good mood for riding the train to feeling better (along with a perfect ratio of ibuprofen to lemon water to BoJack Horseman on Netflix). For my soup, I ended up grabbing a big loaf of french bread from the grocery store. I toasted up the bread to have on the side that evolved into giant…
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The Magic of Moana
Let’s throw back to the morning of January 24th, Golden globes were still on my mind, but I did want to see who was nominated for the Oscars. I just saw La La Land (more details coming next week), and I wanted to see what I could secure on my Oscar ballot because I’m always ahead of the game *wink* *pause…not* So I pulled up the Safari app on my phone and went to searching. Turns out it was the day that the nominees were released. I was reading through the nominees on this wonderful NPR article and got to this section by the author Glen Weldon regarding the animated feature film nominees: “First Impressions:…
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3 Bean Veggie “Mouth Fire” Chili
Last night I was feeling motivated to make a nice dinner for me and the roomies to warm up after a chilly (get ready for the pun) winter day. I was looking through a couple of cookbooks for inspiration, and settled on making a hearty chili (and… there it was). You may not know this yet, but I don’t really follow recipes. I look at a few recipes, learn about the dish from a conceptual standpoint, and then dive in with my own flair and pizazz (yeah… you may want to stop reading my blog at this point… But I promise that the corniness will ease up a little). I headed…
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Loving Lady Gaga, Drones, and Buffalo Chicken Dip
Before I get into the swing of things, I hope that you all had a wonderful Super Bowl Sunday filled with friends, football, America, and buffalo chicken dip. Buffalo chicken dip is one of the best parts of sporting events as a whole. I actually didn’t end up having any buffalo chicken dip this year, but it did appear in my dream that night. In the style of Joey from friends: cream cheese, good! Chicken, good! cheddar, good! Buffalo, good! Moving away from food (which is always tough for me to actually accomplish), I want to take most of this post to talk about how wonderful Lady Gaga was at…
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Making it to Day 10: The Green Smoothie Cleanse
I have an early childhood memory of my grandma making mashed potatoes out of cauliflower in a blender. She then applied a healthy layer of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter spray. This was a recipe straight out of the early 2000’s popular diet: The South Beach Diet. After seeing my grandparents calling cauliflower potatoes because of a turquoise book, I never thought that I would be taking part in a trendy restrictive diet or event a 10 day detoxifying cleanse. First off, I have a pretty slender build, so major weight loss is usually not in the cards for me. Secondly (and more importantly), I love food. I crave flavor, texture, temperature, and…
