This weekend, I was fortunate enough to attend a cooking class on pasta making at the Kitchen Window. I’ve been making homemade pasta for over a decade now, but I’ve never been taught how to do it by a trained chef, and I always felt like I wasn’t doing it quite right. I always […]
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Baking bread intimidates me. Yet, I love to do it. I love feeling the dough with my hands. I love seeing it magically rise. I love smelling it bake. Most of all, I love tasting it. Few things in this world are better than freshly baked bread. I’ve had my fair share of
It feels like I’ve been waiting for February forEVER! Strangely, February feels a lot like January. It’s still super cold (it’s been well below zero degrees) and I seem to have caught a cold. I don’t get colds very often, and I blame this one on my immersion blender. A few weeks ago, my immersion
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January 8, 1999 is a date I remember well. I woke up to the smell of smoke and panicking voices. My home was on fire. I had just finished my third semester of college and decided to take a semester off before transferring to a new college. To save money, I moved home. Home
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But how do you get enough protein? This is one of the most common questions I get asked as a vegetarian. (Also right up there is “do you eat fish?”) I live in a meat and potato centric area of the country – especially this time of year. Most people consume way more protein
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Let me introduce you to my new best friend: Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce. This is not a likely combination – me and chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. I grew up in northern Minnesota eating very traditional Midwestern foods where the spiciest pepper we used was ground black pepper. Until the food franchise
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Sweet potatoes, oh sweet potatoes, what else can I do with you? We have gotten a plethora of sweet potatoes in our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) box this year. Typically, these kinds of root vegetables can last quite a long time in a cool, dark pantry. However, I live in a condo building
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It all started with a simple breakfast consisting of a green monster, toast, and tea. Sounds unassuming enough, right? Until I realized cinnamon had permeated everything. I had added cinnamon to my green monster, sprinkled cinnamon and sugar on my toast, and chosen cinnamon infused black tea. Cinnamon was clearly in the cards for
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Cooking vegetarian food is not simply about removing meat from recipes. Beef stroganoff becomes quite boring when the beef is removed. While the noodles and creamy mushroom sauce is delicious, it feels like something is missing. This is not vegetarian food even though it is meat-free. Vegetarian food looks at dishes differently than traditional
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As a vegetarian, going out to eat can sometimes be tricky. So, when I do end up with multiple options of what to eat, I try to choose the option that I can’t create at home. Since my husband doesn’t like mushrooms, often I choose a mushroom risotto. However, when stuffed pasta is an
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