As anyone who follows me on Twitter knows, I’ve been slightly obsessed with Gordon Ramsay lately. Thanks to hulu.com I’ve watched 2 seasons of Kitchen Nightmares back to back and I’ve caught up on the last season of Hell’s Kitchen and The F Word.
On a previous season of Kitchen Nightmares, he gave a meatball [...]

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One of the things that comes up frequently when people talk about losing weight or eating healthily is the idea that you have to give up your favorite foods forever. I’ve heard people say “I just don’t know how I’m going to give up hamburgers” or pizza or ice cream or … whatever their [...]

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This is another one of those I-made-it-up-as-I-went-along recipes.  I had 2 red bell peppers from the farmers market that were just crying out for something more than being chopped up in a salad – stuffing them seemed like a good choice. 

I spent a few minutes thinking about what makes a great stuffing.  My mom [...]

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In honor of my inner Irish (and yes, I am 1/2 Irish), I made shepherd’s pie for dinner tonight. Next time I’ll photograph the whole process. This time you just get the finished item. But let me say it was absolutely delicious – easily the best Shepherd’s pie I’ve made. And [...]

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I’m way behind on the $7 Dinner Challenge. Others are on to challenge 3 or 4, and I’m just completing #2 over here in my corner of the world.
Tonight’s $7 meal is standard Midwestern American fare. Meatloaf and broccoli for dinner and brownies for dessert.
This is also another recipe with “hidden” veggies. [...]

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Chili with Beans Recipe

One of my favorite autumn things is chili. In the summer it’s too hot to make or eat chili. Who wants to sit down with a bowl of steaming hot food when it’s 90 degrees out? Not me, that’s for sure. But at the first hint of [...]

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