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Why You Should Always Make Extra Rice

Alexa made a wonderful bean chili on Sunday night (stay tuned for that post), and as an accompaniment we made some white Basmati rice.  This was a great opportunity to secure an additional meal for later in the week, so instead of making just one cup of rice, we made three, and packed the leftovers [...]
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Pesto Pizza in 30 Minutes

A few weeks back, we made a delicious pizza from scratch, read the post here.   The extra dough was put into the freezer for another day… well that delicious day has arrived! In the morning, before work, I took the dough out of the freezer and put it in the refrigerator.  When I got home, [...]
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1 Chicken = Roast Chicken + Chicken Stock

Roast chicken is one of those things (like an omelet) that is so simple, but hard to do perfectly. I have found a pretty fool-proof way to make a simple roast chicken. I use the basic recipe and then modify it with what I have in the house. Roast Chicken–Basic recipe: 1 small (around 2lbs) [...]
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Pesto

Nothing says summer quite like pesto. Pesto is easy to make and freezes wonderfully so you can tap back into the summer any time you’d like. Pesto 5 cups basil, losely packed 1 clove garlic 1/3 cup pine nuts Olive oil Freshly grated Parmesan cheese Freshly ground pepper This recipe relies heavily on a Cuisinart. [...]
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Oat-y Goji Granola

Granola can be so expensive! However, believe it or not, it is pretty easy to make yourself. I took the basic recipe from Marc Bittman, who has a few variations in his new cookbook: How To Cook Everything Vegetarian. I created my own variation with ground flax seed, goji berries and agave nectar. Agave nectar [...]
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