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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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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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Raspberry Balsamic Jelly

Since I’ve started a new blog at RSVP Redux and want to input some content there; I’ve been looking even more carefully at the recipes in the RSVP section of Bon Appetit. Although I’ve already made the Toffee Peach Crisp crisp from the August 2010 issue, I was still compelled by the simple and wonderful [...]

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Bisteca ala Panzano’s via Junior League of Denver; A Cookbook & A Contest!

First or Fifteenth? This is a first. First contest I’ve ever done and depending on your way of thinking…1st anniversary of this blog. But REALLY? I’ve been putting recipes online since 1995 at www.creative-culinary.com; the first website I created after taking a course in HTML (not the last…that exercise and others led to my starting [...]

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Chicken or Turkey Soup with Dumplings

Last week it was barbecue but with the first snap of cool weather, I start thinking about soups. I’ve made this recipe so many times and yet realize today as I create this post that I have never written it down or thought too much about the ingredients. Some get included if they are on [...]

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Balsamic and Roasted Garlic Dipping Oil

Try this versatile dipping oil with bite-size pieces of your favorite breads — or drizzled over sliced tomatoes. 25 garlic cloves (unpeeled) 2 tablespoons plus 1 cup olive oil (preferably extra-virgin 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar 2 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh rosemary Preheat oven to 350°F. Place unpeeled garlic cloves in baking dish. Add 2 tablespoons [...]

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Balsamic Chicken Breasts

Ingredients 3 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 stick butter 12 (6-ounce) boneless skinless chicken breasts 1 Spanish onion, thinly sliced 4 cloves garlic, chopped 2 pints cherry tomatoes, quartered 6 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 2 cups red wine 2 teaspoons salt Freshly ground black pepper 3 tablespoons parsley, chopped for garnish Preheat the oven to 350 degrees [...]

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Planked Salmon with Mustard Dry Rub and Honey/Balsamic glaze

A delicious salmon dish for the oven or to cook on the grill outdoors Ingredients: 1 whole side of salmon, or 4 (6-ounce) salmon fillets Dry Rub: 1 tablespoon fine sea salt, preferably gray salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard Glaze: 1/2 cup honey 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar Melted butter, [...]

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