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Cooking and blogging are getting harder to fit into the schedule around here, and you can blame it on house renovations that are starting to take over my life. I vowed not to complain, because I completely appreciate how much I'm blessed to be able to create such a wonderful working space, but having my house torn apar read more »
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Greek Souvlaki will always be one ofmy favorite things to cook on the grill.It's Memorial Day Weekend in the U.S., the unofficial start of grilling season. I'm a big fan of cooking on the grill, but because of house renovations, this year my grill is still packed away in the garage. The house will get done, and I'll be read more »
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It was months ago when I first started hearing about Roasted Shrimp with Broccoli from Melissa Clark in New York Times. The recipe had good reviews from The Wednesday Chef, Amateur Gourmet, Orangette, Superspark, We Heart Food, Batter Splattered, and probably a bunch of other blogs as well. Then about a month ago I coo read more »
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This has been a week filled with end of school stress, plus an amazing retirement party on Wednesday night, hence not much cooking or blogging. I'm grateful to my beautiful sister-in-law Amy, who handled all the details for the party, and it was a fun-filled, kid-centered party, just like I wanted. I felt loved and hon read more »
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One of my favorite breakfasts is Peanut Butter Oatmeal, which I usually make with Extra Thick Rolled Oats cooked in the microwave, using a method I learned from Alanna. Since I've become such an oatmeal fan, I've been wanting to try steel cut oats, but I wasn't sure about the longer cooking time, reported to be as much read more »
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Kalyn's favorite Phase One Recipe for May wasSpicy Cilantro-Peanut Slaw.I've been counting down all during May, towards my retirement day and the end of my teaching career (five more days!) The end of school is always filled with stress, and this year I've had the added stress of house renovations. Even though I'm pret read more »
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Currently I'm in serious countdown mode since Friday is my last day of school (ever!) and the always stressful end of the school year is being increased by the need to pack up 30 years of classroom stuff that's my personal property. I've had a table out in the hall by my classroom door for weeks and as I sort through t read more »
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Today was the last day of school and the end of my teaching career, and although hugging the kids goodbye was a little bittersweet, I'm ready to move on to the next phase of my life. I'm hoping that next phase includes more time for gardening, but so far this year I haven't done much more than throw the plants in the g read more »
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If I ever decided to make a list of "foods I'd never get tired of," there's no doubt that mushrooms would be on that list. This interesting mushroom recipe, where they're partly roasted and then tossed with garlic, fresh thyme, and balsamic vinegar, comes from Vegetables Every Day by Jack Bishop, one of my all-time fav read more »
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I think it's entirely possible that I'll grab on to any excuse to use pine nuts, because I love them so much I can hardly be objective about whether a dish really needs them or not. This rice dish that starts on the stove and then finishes cooking in the oven already had lots of flavor from the onions, curry powder, an read more »
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All year I wait for grilling season, so I'm trying to be patient about the fact that it's June and my grill is still packed away in the neighbor's garage, where it's been for quite a while! I guess not having a grill is making me think about things I'd *like* to be grilling, and the thought of grilled pork chops with a read more »
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This is the perfect salad to make when it's fresh tomato season and your garden is bursting with tomatoes and fresh basil. However it can also have mood-enhancing properties if it's a very rainy first week of summer where you live, even if you have to buy tomatoes from Costco and it takes every basil leaf you can manag read more »
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(Updated and added to Recipe Favorites, June 2009.) I'm a huge fan of coleslaw, and this version with a bit of crumbled blue cheese in the dressing is unique enough to be really interesting. Blue cheese is high in fat, so I cut down the amount of blue cheese quite a bit when I adapted this recipe, and reduced it even m read more »
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This tasty mixture of mini mozzarella balls and fresh herbs might be the easiest appetizer you've ever whipped up, and I'm guessing it will impress your friends. After I discovered mozzarella pearls at Costco and made Tomato, Olive, and Fresh Mozzarella Salad, I heard from a lot of readers who loved the idea of the lit read more »
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I believe there are lessons everywhere you turn in life, and right now perhaps my garden is trying to teach me that the cycle of life continues no matter what, because the garden is thriving, even though I've been doing a lot of house organizing and cleaning and not much gardening. Not only that, the weather in Utah ha read more »
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Creamed Onions was one of the dishes my family used to consider a "must have" for Thanksgiving dinner, and I started thinking about them recently when it rained for days and I had a ten pound sack of Vidalia onions to use up. I knew I'd have to get creative, since the old family version had butter, cream, and lots of f read more »
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Hummus is one of those foods I'd never get tired of eating. I'm pretty sure this particular version of hummus with lots of parsley, tahini, sesame oil, cumin, and lemon juice wouldn't be a hit with everyone, but if you like parsley and enjoy middle eastern flavors, you might love it like I did. If you have friends who read more »
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There've been a lot of exciting additions to the house renovations since the last update, but I decided to start with the front steps, because after months and months of plywood steps, I'm so happy to have real steps again. There are even flowers that survived by the front porch, and today I planted a few things to fil read more »
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You can tell how much I've been loving these fresh mozzarella "pearls" by Bel Gioioso from Costco, because I actually used a part of this container before I remembered I wanted to take a photo for the blog. I guess the fact I couldn't wait to eat some is proof enough that I'm endorsing these as one of my Kalyn's Kitche read more »
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Since I've been raving about how much I love the Bel Gioioso Fresh Mozzarella Pearls I found at Costco, I thought I'd show you one more thing I made with them, plus some asparagus tips my sister Pam gave me. (Thanks Pam!) If you're one of the people who commented you can't find the fresh mozzarella pearls, this recipe read more »
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