Vegetables

Crab and Mushroom Cheesecakes With Spanish Cava

This is a crazy time of year for everyone and I’m no exception. No matter how well I plan, it always seems to come down to the last moment and a million things to get done. Work to finish, dishes to prepare for the holiday, gifts for friends and family, shipping things out of state [...]

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Colorado Lamb Chop from Ototo Restaurant, Denver Colorado

I was contacted near the end of September by the PR firm that represents Star Fine Foods; wondering if I would be interested in helping them to arrange a local food blogger dinner. The intent was to introduce local bloggers to their olive oils and most specifically their California Extra Virgin Olive Oil. My role [...]

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Hot Slaw, Bacon and Cheese Sandwich for #Recipe Swap

I was afraid tonight I was going to have to change my name completely. I have long had intentions of changing my last name but I’ve kept my ex-husband’s name to make it easier for our kids. OK, enough is enough, right? Lauren just turned 28 and is on her own (there might be a [...]

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The Best Mashed Potatoes. Really…What Does That Mean?

I just made mashed potatoes with caramelized onions last weekend to accompany the smoked chicken dish I developed so it may seem a bit much to post more so soon after but I had more to cook and it got me thinking. Five pounds of potatoes in this house can see me easily end up [...]

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Welshing on the Rabbit becomes Welsh Wabbit (Think Chicken!)

I’ve watched a couple of my friends participate in a unique monthly event called a Recipe Swap. Each month they are given a recipe to start from and their challenge is to ‘swap’ out some of the ingredients to make the end result their own personal and updated take on the original recipe. It sounded [...]

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Fresh and Savory Tomato Pie

One of the things I love about food blogging is discovering dishes made by my peers, other bloggers. The other day my friend Toni of Boulder Locavore published a post for a Savory Tomato Pie. I loved her self deprecating demeanor about being lazy (which she is not!) and how she used a ready made [...]

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Grilled Vegetables with Roasted Garlic Dressing – Door to Door Organics Giveaway in #Denver

I’ve done some posts in the past couple of months with produce from Door to Door Organics. I love the premise of this company. In lieu of having a CSA near me, I can get produce delivered instead. Yes Please. They asked if I would like to offer one of their Bitty Boxes to a [...]

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The Best Green Bean, Onion and Mushroom Dish Ever

So I made some green beans…so big deal right? Wrong. They were a huge deal. A ‘I think I could eat these for breakfast, lunch and dinner deal’ even. Was it the bacon fat? I’m sure that did not hurt. How about the chicken stock…that too. But what I really loved? Though made smack dab [...]

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Spinach Salad with Mozzarella, Pears, Pine Nuts and a Warm Honey, Mustard and Bacon Dressing

I get a box of organic produce delivered to my doorstep once every two weeks from Door to Door Organics. Not quite a CSA but close and I really enjoy making dishes with what arrives in that box. This week it included spinach and pears and I love spinach with fruit and cheese components so [...]

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