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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Prosciutto Wrapped Stuffed Pork Loin
I’ve been thinking about making this dish ever since I saw it on Bon Appetit, but it looked like a lot of work and way too much meat for just a weeknight dinner. Fortunately, you can assemble the loin … Continue reading
Vietnamese Beef Pho
My new apartment is just a few blocks north from a Vietnamese area full of pho restaurants and Asian grocery stores. Once in a while, I stop in the supermarkets and purchase random ingredients, but most of them have just … Continue reading
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Tagged bean sprouts, beef broth, cilantro, pho, rice sticks, scallions, serrano pepper, sriracha, star anise
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Dark Chocolate and Sea Salt Thumbprint Cookies
Since it wouldn’t be winter without more cookies, I decided to try another dough recipe and modify it by using almond meal as substitute for part of the flour. For this recipe I picked Mark Bittman’s one dough and changed it … Continue reading
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Tagged almond meal, chocolate, cookies, frosted cookies, sea salt, thumbprints
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Pumpkin Mascarpone Pie
I made this for Thanksgiving, but I forgot my camera at my friend’s place so I didn’t have the pictures to post it until this week :-(I am usually not a great fan of pumpkin pie, but last year I … Continue reading
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Tagged ground cloves, ground ginger, mascarpone, pie, pumpkin, whipped cream
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Almond Meal Stars with Lemon-Sugar Glaze
I recently bought a bag of almond meal from Trader Joe’s and really wanted to make some cookies, but I couldn’t find a recipe that I liked, so I decided to improvise 🙂 These cookies didn’t turn out very sweet … Continue reading
Black Bean Tacos with Feta and Cabbage Slaw
For the first half of this year, one of my coworkers at the time and I have been trying to bring healthy lunches for each other. And by healthy I mean mostly minimizing meat/fat and increasing the veggies 😉 We’ve … Continue reading
Snow!
Last Friday, it finally snowed enough to accumulate and I managed to take a few pictures in the morning before it started to melt away. Despite the warmer temperatures this week, I think it is fair to say that winter … Continue reading
My Mom’s Moussaka Recipe
This moussaka is the type of dish you can make on a lazy weekend for dinner, or on a weeknight to have for lunch/dinner next day since it takes quite a bit of time to cook. You can of course … Continue reading
Sugar Cookies with Meringue Icing for St. Nicholas
One of my friends started a great tradition a few years ago: baking cookies the weekend before St. Nicholas! Since then, my friend has moved back to Europe, but we still keep the tradition. This year, it was just two … Continue reading
The Return of the Chili, with Chicken this Time
I don’t know how I lived without making chili until this year, but now I keep wanting to make more and more 🙂 Of course, I do need a break from time to time and some variety, so this time … Continue reading
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