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Fall Vegetable Recipes

Posted By on Oct 8, 2009 in Fruit & Vegetables | 4 comments

Vegetables…perfect for any occassion, any season, any cuisine… If you’re looking for a little something different or that “je ne sais quoi” you crave with your usual home cooked veggies, of course, you can check out the Vegetable category on my site here. However, you can also head on over to FoodConnect, which has a free registration and membership, click the Recipe tab and do a search for...

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Dr. Oetker Makes Baking Even Easier

Posted By on Jul 27, 2009 in Baking, Product Reviews, Reviews, Sweets | 0 comments

I’m  not sure about you and your experience with Dr. Oetker baking mixes…but I recently just tried my very first lava cake from Dr. Oetker! Um…yeah…soooo delicious! It was super easy – much easier than I had anticipated, that’s for certain. Okay, so Dr. Oetker has now made baking even easier with their Shaker mixes. All you have to do is add milk or water, shake it up in the container they provide...

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Make Your Lunch Recession Proof by Gourmet Brown Bagging It

Posted By on Feb 11, 2009 in Cooking Tips & Tricks | 0 comments

There is not a more perfect way to reduce the amount of money you spend on meals than by making them yourself! Not only are you saving a ton of money on them, you are making them healthier, lower cal and more gourmet with skinny kitchen! That’s right…You have no idea how much fat, calories, sodium and other “baddies” you’re actually buying at a restaurant, instead of nutrients, fiber, and minerals! The...

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How to Cook Calamari – Australian Style

Posted By on Jan 26, 2009 in Australian Food Recipes, BBQ Grilling, Ethnic Foods, Main Dishes, Mardi Gras, Quick Meals, Seafood, Squid | 2 comments

What was my very favorite thing I ate when I was in Australia? If I was pinned down to have to answer this, I would say it was the calamari! I’d never had calamari any differently than the breaded and fried version, as you would get at Olive Garden here in America. They don’t make it like this in Aussieland, unless you go to a fish & chips shop…No, No, No! Otherwise, they’ll skin the squid and take out...

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The Sproutwells – Veggie Family in the Neighborhood

Posted By on Aug 8, 2008 in Cauliflower, Food Fun, Fruit, Fruit & Vegetables, Healthy, Vegetarian | 0 comments

Have you ever heard of the Sproutwells? I hadn’t until I saw this cute video… They are a fruit and veggie family living among humans, and just trying to fit in. Check out the video for yourself: Funny and cute, right? Appropriate shows for the children are getting more and more difficult to find, but this seems to be quite tame, cute and maybe will even get them to eat more vegetables. If you were to be a vegetable, what...

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Dragonfruit Is A Fruit On Fire

Posted By on Sep 2, 2007 in Breads, Breakfast, Fruit, Soul Food Recipes | 0 comments

Okay, I’m sure they’re not the only ones… I have been asked a number of times, “What the heck the fruit is to the right of the mangoes on the top of this page?” Well, the reddish-pink ones that have spiky flaps are dragonfruit or pithaya/pitaya. The yellow fruit with the spiky flaps are also dragonfruit, yellow ones, or yellow pithaya/pitaya. I have found a photo of a yellow dragonfruit sliced...

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