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Do you ever feel like you are the last person alive to find out about things? Well imagine my surprise when I was over at Girly Girl’s house yesterday and noticed she had baked potatoes cooking in her crock pot. Are you serious? Mavis: Are those potatoes? Girly Girl: Uhhh, yes. Mavis: You can make Read More >>
Have you ever made a lentil salad before? While I was going through my stash of torn out magazine pages the other day, I came across a recipe for lentil salad from an old Cook’s Illustrated magazine. Isn’t Christopher Kimball cool? I love his no nonsense approach to cooking and his never ending quest to find the best possible Read More >>
About 10 years ago I discovered a recipe for baked macaroni and cheese in the Cook’s Illustrated book, Cover & Bake. When I read the ingredients for the recipe, I was in shock. The recipe called for so much milk, butter and cheese, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to try it. At the time I wasn’t a real Read More >>
Last summer when I was swimming in carrots, reader Teresa was kind enough to send in this recipe for carrot cake. I’m not sure how I misplaced it, but last night, I made it. Holy canolies people, I wished I had made this carrot cake sooner. Because hello, this cake was freakin’ awesome. I’ll definitely be Read More >>
{Black Bean and Cheese Quesadillas recipe} How to Make Tortillas Have you ever made homemade tortillas before? If you haven’t you should give them a try. But let me warn you, as soon as you do, you may never want to buy packaged tortillas again. I first learned how to make homemade tortillas from my Read More >>
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