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Pasta Tips and Tricks

By Alexa | Published: July 15, 2009
Sometimes only garlic-y, briney, spicy goodness will do. Tonight was one of those times. I’ve written before about puttanesca sauce being the best pantry sauce (check HERE for the past post with recipe).  Tonight, since I had beautiful Tuscan kale lying around (how often can you say THAT?!), I decided to throw it in. My go-to sauce [...]
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Lettuce Storage Tip

By Alexa | Published: October 24, 2008
Alton Brown is a real kitchen Macgyver, and once on Good Eats he showed us a great way to store lettuce, we now do it all the time.  Thanks Alton! Place washed lettuce in a storage (gallon) size zip lock bag With the bag 3/4 closed, press all the air out Then, with a straw inserted into the [...]
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Pesto

By Alexa | Published: August 10, 2008
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. First place the garlic in the cuisinart and [...]
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A trick about budget cooking

By Alexa | Published: June 30, 2008
The thing about cooking on a budget, is that you really have to be tuned in to what is going on in your fridge, so when a bit of produce looks like it might be on its way out, you seize the opportunity to use it… This is what happened today with some cherry tomatoes [...]
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