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Grilled Romaine: 1 hd romlettuce qtrd length. Lite coat w oil/s&p/Grill dir. ht 1m/Turn...

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Steamed Mussels: Lg pot-Med-hi 3T evoo+4clv crushgarlic+1 onion sliced soft. .5c whitewine/parsley...

Raspberry Puree: Puree 0.5 pint red rasberries+2T gran sugar in food proc 12-15s. Strain to rmv...

Asian Vinaigrette: Whisk 2T peanut oil/rice vinegar +1t soy sauce+.25t sesame oil+ 1t sugar. Srv...

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chocolate strawberry: mix .5c hvy cream+1Tsug/unsaltbut simr, rmv heat+6oz bitrsweet choc, stir...

Aparagus Gratin: 1T butter or oil in shallow baking dish, 1.5lb cooked asparagus+salt/pep+1c...

Getting set to clean and re-season the grill this weekend. I’ll tweet a lot of recipes for the...

Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

Vanilla Ice Cream I love ice cream, especially when I make it myself. I got this recipe from Alton...

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Baked Apples: 4 lg apples cored top-1/2 peeled+1t brn sug in core+1t brn sug on top. Place in baking...

Spicy Cocoa Cream: Whip 1c hvy cream frothy + 2T superfine sug/unsweet cocoa+pinch cayenne mix well...

Pesto: In food proc 25 fresh basil leaves+.5c evoo+1/3c pine nuts+pinch salt/brief pulse Add 1c...

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Roasted Pepper: 1 bell pepper on gas stove on med-hi. Rotate w tongs/char all sides. Rmv to bowl cvr...

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Recently, my youngest informed me that she doesn’t want to eat dead animals anymore. She...

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Pasta w Garlic&ChileOil: heat 5T OO+2 clv garlic sliced/.5 chile seeded/chopd->golden/off...

Roasted Garlic: Cut 1/4in off garlic head, drzle w evoo, put cut down on sheetpan in 400F 30-40m....

Smoked Salmon: Soak 1.5lb skinless filet w 1c darkrum 15m/drain/dry Mix .5c ksalt/1c sug/1T pep cvr...

Braised Baby Bok Choy: Simr 1c broth+2T unsbutter skillet+.75lb bok choy 5m. Xfr to dish. boil...

lotd: ‘I’ll forget you, I will. While yet you are still burning inside my brain.’...

Pan Roast Chicken: 1 cut-up chkn/salt-pepper. Oven-safe pan med-hi/add 2T oil/brwn chicken 2-3m per...

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Brown Butter: .25-.5c butter in pieces, heat med-hi in ss pan, stir constantly. Remove from heat...

Brown Butter Tilapia: Brown 2T butter in pan. Salt/pepper 2-3 tilapia filet pan-fry med-hi 3m each...

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Sweet Italian Sausage (cont.): form patties and fry 3-4m per side in 2T evoo in pan on med-hi or use...

Sweet Italian Sausage: Mix 2lb gnd chicken/.5c parm cheese/2t fennel seed/2t blk pepper/6 cloves...

Banana Bread: mix 1.5c Flour/.5t salt/1.5t bkgpwdr, beat 6T butter w 2/3c sugar+2egg btn+1.25c...

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