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    May 24, 2012

    Celebrate Memorial Day with A Festive Fruit Pizza

    Memorial Day is just around the corner. With my brother, a U.S. Marine (oorah!), currently back home from his first deployment in Afghanistan, the holiday is near and dear to my heart. Wanting to make something special to celebrate and honor all those who have served and who continue to serve in ou ... More >>

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    May 21, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week? Pork Chops, Teriyaki Burgers & More

    I love homemade meals with my fiancé, but most of the time, cooking for two proves to be difficult. If I don't have a game plan, I end up running around in circles at the grocery store and wasting half the ingredient's I've bought (and I HATE wasting food). Enter What's Cooking This Week - my weekl ... More >>

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    May 14, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    I love homemade meals with my fiancé, but most of the time, cooking for two can be difficult. If I don't have a game plan, I end up running around in circles at the grocery store and wasting half the ingredients I've bought (and I HATE wasting food). Enter What's Cooking This Week - my weekly meal ... More >>

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    May 7, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    I love cooking for my fiancé and myself, but most of the time, cooking for two proves to be difficult. If I don't make a plan, I end up running around in circles at the grocery store and wasting half the ingredients I've bought (and I HATE wasting food). Enter What's Cooking This Week -- my weekly ... More >>

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    May 2, 2012

    Cinco de Mayo Pregame: Homemade Churros with Mexican Chocolate Dipping Sauce

    How do you plan on spending your Cinco de Mayo? I will be celebrating Mexican culture with mucho margaritas by the pool. But first, I'll need something good and greasy to coat my stomach with. I'm thinking churros, the fried street food popular in Latin America and many other parts of the world (eve ... More >>

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    May 1, 2012

    Homemade Chocolate-Dipped Hazelnut Biscotti...'Nuff Said

    Biscotti -- which literally means "twice-baked " -- are slightly sweet and ultra-crumbly Italian biscuits. The cookies' dry, crisp texture is a result of the second baking. They are the perfect accompaniment for a frothy cappuccino, a breakfast tea or even a sweet dessert wine. More importantly, the ... More >>

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    April 30, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    I love cooking for my fiancé and for myself, but most of the time, cooking for two proves to be difficult. If I don't make a plan, I end up aimlessly wandering the supermarket and wasting half the ingredients that I've bought (and I HATE food wasters...I'm lookin' at you!). Enter What's Cooking Thi ... More >>

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    April 25, 2012

    Revising A Classic: Seven-Layer Bars

    "Seven layer bars," also known as "magic bars," are one of my favorite baked goods, falling just behind chewy chocolate chip cookies. You may wonder why, then, I would ever mess with the traditional recipe, which calls for butterscotch chips, chocolate chips, coconut, nuts (usually walnuts), sweeten ... More >>

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    April 24, 2012

    Milk Duds Brownies: How to Use That Leftover Easter Candy

    My family spoiled me rotten for Easter: I received no fewer than four solid chocolate bunnies (YES!) and an assortment of Robin Eggs, peanut butter cups and other treats including...a box of Milk Duds. Well, that was a lovely blast-from-the-past surprise. I hadn't had a Milk Dud in about ten years. ... More >>

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    April 23, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    I love cooking for my fiancé and for myself, but most of the time, cooking for two proves to be difficult. If I don't make a plan, I end up aimlessly wandering the supermarket and wasting half the ingredients that I've bought (and I HATE food wasters...I'm lookin' at you!). Enter What's Cooking Thi ... More >>

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    April 16, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    I've promised my fiancé latkes, so this week, I'll be making potato pancakes with a twist. My sweet potato pancakes will balance perfectly with some of the other meals I have planned. Here's what I'm making: Sundried Tomato Chicken Sausage & Peppers Spiced Pork Loin w/ Sweet Potato Pancakes S ... More >>

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    April 9, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    Easter was wonderful (as were the week of home cooked meals I enjoyed leading up to the celebration). One of my favorite parts about Easter are the leftovers, or remaking the leftovers. So I'm using up some leftover ham and making some other Spring treats. Here's what I'm making: Scrambled Eggs w ... More >>

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    April 5, 2012

    Easter Potluck Recipe: Raspberry French Macarons

    Earlier this week, we brought you a Homemade Spinach Bread recipe for an Easter potluck. For my second annual Friendster (Easter w/ degenerates friends, not the defunct social network), I'll also be making an adorably pink dessert: Raspberry French Macarons. Trendy, light, sweet, and oh-so-pretty, ... More >>

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    April 2, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    I loved last week's menu. Mango Chutney Prosciutto Pizza = Pure Bliss. Veal Saltimbocca ain't so bad either. This week, since I have some leftover beer from the weekend and because I just freaking love it, I'm making a beer can chicken (along with another four meals to keep me going through the ... More >>

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    March 29, 2012

    Simple Sides: Delicious Herbed Quinoa

    Up until about a month ago, I had never tried quinoa. I was like, "What the hell is it? How do you pronounce it? Is it a grain? Is it...like...pasta? What do you put on it? Why is there so much in my brother's pantry?" So many questions. The bro had recently come back from a little stint in Peru ... More >>

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    March 26, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    Last week was filled with classic favorites, Galumpkis, Corned Beef Deli Sandwiches & Blackened Tilapia. I picked up some amazing sweet potato gnocchi and an awesome-looking mango chutney last weekend, so this week I'll definitely be using both in my menu. Here's what I'm making: Veal Saltimbocca ... More >>

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    March 22, 2012

    Control the Flavor: Make Your Own Spice & Herb Blends

    I've always been a sucker for taco seasoning packets. While I usually like to make things from scratch, the store-bought packets remind me of the better days when I played manhunt outside before my mom called us in dinner. (Remember manhunt? How cool was that shit?) I had big plans for an old-scho ... More >>

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    March 19, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    Every year, my mom serves up a classic Irish-American meal for St. Paddy's Day. With visitors in town, I didn't get a chance to enjoy the slow-cooked corned beef and cabbage, so I'll be making a weeknight deli sandwich version instead along with some other favorites. Here's what I'm making: Black ... More >>

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    March 14, 2012

    St. Patrick's Day Food Trinity #3: Salmon in Dill Sauce, Colcannon, and Misty Champagne

    As a warm-up to St. Patrick's Day, I've been going back to my Irish roots and preparing three mini-meals consisting of three Irish items of food and drink. A trinity of trinities, you might say. Some dishes are more or less authentic than others; all promote mirth and are therefore in the spirit of ... More >>

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    March 12, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    I had the best salad at this little cafe in Boston called Za. It was one of their incredible blackboard specials; mixed greens topped with ricotta salata and fried eggplant and the freshest mix of tomatoes and red onions and my god was it incredible. So incredible that it is the inspiration for thi ... More >>

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    March 6, 2012

    St. Patrick's Day Food Trinity #2: Cheese, Oatcakes, and an Irish Blonde

    As a warm-up to St. Patrick's Day, I am going back to my Irish roots and preparing three mini-meals consisting of three Irish items of food and drink. A trinity of trinities, you might say. Some dishes will be more or less authentic than others; all will promote mirth and therefore be in the spirit ... More >>

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    March 5, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    My Italian menu last week really felt like home. Luckily, I have a bunch of visitors coming in the next couple of weeks to keep the feeling alive. Since I'll surely be taking them to the Rodeo and eating way too much food, this week I'll be making lightened up versions of some of my favorites. Here ... More >>

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    March 2, 2012

    Screw Heinz! How to Make Homemade Ketchup

    I've looked countless ketchup lovers dead in the eye, proudly exclaiming "I don't like ketchup, I just don't get the hype," and smiling sinisterly as their jaws dropped. I know you Texas bunch would agree with me (at least on the burger front). But the truth is, I actually do enjoy ketchup - just th ... More >>

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    March 2, 2012

    St. Patrick's Day Food Trinity #1: Soda Bread, Butter, and Breakfast Tea

    As a warm-up to St. Patrick's Day, I am going back to my Irish roots and preparing three mini-meals consisting of three Irish items of food and drink. A trinity of trinities, you might say. Some dishes will be more authentic than others; all will promote mirth and therefore be in the spirit of the ... More >>

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    February 27, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    Last week I spiced up the menu with Moroccan Inspired Burgers & Wasabi Salmon. With the weather warming up, I want to use my oven before it's too late. So this week, I'm making a roasted chicken and going back to my roots with some more of my Italian favorites. Here's what I'm making: Lemon Roast ... More >>

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    February 20, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    Photo by FotoosVanRobinCooking low and slow can make the Moroccan Spiced Stew that much better. If you have extra time and a tagine, go for it.​Romantic seafood dinner. Check. Chocolate. Check. Roses. Check. Chocolate mousse. Check. Champagne. Check. Eating leftover chocolate all freaking week ... More >>

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    February 13, 2012

    Homemade Twix Bars: A Candy Lover's Dream

    It's February, a month filled with romance, heart-health, a leap day, and mother-effin-chocolate! We've already brought you some of Houston's best ways to indulge in a chocolate a day and learned a little more about dark chocolate, our ingredient of the week. But where would chocolate be, really, ... More >>

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    February 13, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    Last week was filled with satisfying, healthy meals starting with a Marinated Sea Bass and ending with a fantastic Grilled Eggplant Flatbread. Now that Valentine's Day is here, I'll be wooing my lover with a week full of crave-worthy bites, including a special romantic dinner for two. Here's what I ... More >>

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    February 6, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    Photo by Brooke Viggiano​Great news! The Eat This, Not That! guys over at Men's Health have made my dreams come true by confirming that pizza made right is a well-balanced, healthy meal. Good thing, because last week, I made delicious whole-wheat pita pizzas topped with veggies and some Medite ... More >>

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    January 30, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    With last week's menu, I was lower-carb and lovin' it. Since I have a busy week ahead, my main goal this time around is quick and easy (but still healthy!) meals. Here's what I'm cooking: Spicy Chicken Pita w/ Sweet & Tangy Slaw Thai-Style Chicken Lettuce Wraps Linguini w/ Tuna Puttanesca Med ... More >>

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    January 30, 2012

    Dinner For Two: A Romantic Valentine's Day Menu

    Romance is in the air...and in my kitchen. This year, my fiancé and I decided to skip our usual Valentine's Day steakhouse special and cook an at-home meal full of flavor and passion. With mussels, steak, and shrimp, I'm sure we won't be missing that over-priced prix-fixe steak dinner. Woo your l ... More >>

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    January 23, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    I've been on a healthier cooking kick for the New Year and so far, soooo good! My cousin Franny asked me for some lower carb recipes. Since cutting down (but not cutting out) carbs never hurt anyone, I've made it my inspiration for the coming week. Here's what I'm making: Grilled Ginger Tuna Kab ... More >>

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    January 19, 2012

    Happy Zea Mays Everta Day: 5 Unique DIY Popcorn Seasoning Recipes

    ​Get out your giant bowl and keep the floss handy, because today is National Popcorn Day! Aren't you excited? Wait, what? You didn't know there was a popcorn day? Me neither...until just now. I have no idea where or how this "holiday" originated, but I'm sure as hell gonna celebrate. It's almost ... More >>

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    January 16, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    Photo by cyclonebill​Last week, I made a garlicky, spicy Spinach Burger with Baked Sweet Potato Fries and Whole Wheat Spaghetti and Meatballs. With meals like those, it's hard to remember you're actually eating food that's good for you. Onward this week with some more healthy delights. Here's ... More >>

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    January 9, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    Last week's Red Chicken Chili hit the spot. I'm still not sure which way I liked it better; in a bowl topped with a dollop of low-fat sour cream or in a whole wheat soft taco with some homemade guacamole. Either way, I felt good eating it knowing exactly what was in it. I'll be continuing on my jour ... More >>

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    January 2, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    Happy New Year, everybody! You know that that means; it's now time to join the gym, vow to stay true to your healthy resolutions, and give up by the time Cupid comes bearing promises of love and boxes full of chocolate-covered everything. You'll start with one or two strawberries, naturally; it's no ... More >>

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    December 26, 2011

    What's Cooking This Week?

    Photo by thebittenword.com​Last week's Hanukkah-inspired menu was insanely delicious. We even had a few friends over one night for some Hanukkah-inspired drinking games; Dreidel has never been so fun. Since I'm going home for the New Year soon, this week I'll be trying to use up what's left in ... More >>

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    December 20, 2011

    How To: Make Homemade Challah

    Photo by grongarChallah!​If you've never had Challah bread before, now is the time to try it. This slightly sweet, eggy bread similar to brioche uses oil instead of butter and is traditionally served on the Sabbath and Jewish holidays. Wanting to impress my Jewish fiancé for Hanukkah, I whipp ... More >>

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    December 19, 2011

    What's Cooking This Week?

    Photo by Brooke ViggianoTry not to eat the whole plate - I dare you.​Happy Hanukkah (tomorrow)! This week, I'm going to impress my Jewish fiancé with a week-long (don't judge me for not going the full eight days) Hanukkah feast like he's never had before. Since he's been in grad school living ... More >>

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    December 14, 2011

    Holiday Classics: The Gingerbread Man

    Photo by surlygirlGingerbread men celebrate Hanukkah too.​We'll be featuring some holiday cookie classics on Eating Our Words in honor of the season. And since I'll need something to bribe Santa with after a year of being a total bitch, I can promise you this: all of them will be equally delic ... More >>

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    December 12, 2011

    What's Cooking This Week?

    Photo by diekatrinWarm up with a piping hot bowl of Minestrone​Ooh baby it's cold outside. This week, I'm definitely feeling the chill - so what better way to warm up than with cozy comforts like Minestrone Soup & Beef Stew? I may or may not also add a Guinness or four to really get me feeling ... More >>

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    December 8, 2011

    Holiday Classics: The Linzer Cookie

    For me, the holidays are all about family. But coming in at a very close second, like probably way too close of a second, is another one of my favorite things in the world: holiday food. I don't know about you, but when I think about this time of year, I think of cookies. We'll be featuring some ho ... More >>

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    December 5, 2011

    What's Cooking This Week

    Last week's Broiled Halibut and Skirt Steak Chimichurri really hit the spot. This week I'll be dabbling in the world of fusion cuisine with a pizza made on naan and an Italian stuffed meatloaf with garlic snow peas. Just be thankful I'm not making Chicken Tikka Lasagna...actually, that sounds delici ... More >>

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    December 1, 2011

    Holiday Breakfast: The Pioneer Woman's Cinnamon Baked French Toast

    A houseful of Cajuns who've just downed a few bottles of champagne usually doesn't make for a quiet house, but somehow, this baked french toast casserole-type thing from The Pioneer Woman induced absolute silence amid the hustle and bustle on Thanksgiving morning. It was shocking. All eight of us we ... More >>

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    November 28, 2011

    What's Cooking This Week?

    Last week's menu was the perfect lead-up to the massive feast that is Thanksgiving. I spent the day itself in NJ with the best family and friends a girl could ask for. Back to the grind now and ready for some new treats. Here's what I'm making: Broiled Halibut & Roasted Onions w/ Tomato & Cucumb ... More >>

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    November 21, 2011

    What's Cooking This Week?

    Photo by clairityTrying to stuff myself fuller than the bird.​Woo! Thanksgiving is almost here. I've been cooking a bit lighter in preparation, and I will continue to do so all the way up to the day when I will stuff myself fuller than the bird itself. Since I'll be cooking all day on Thursday ... More >>

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    November 15, 2011

    Happiness Is A Warm Buzz: 5 Hot Cocktails

    Photo by Anne Taintor​So it's not exactly chilly outside, but at least it's rainy. And last night, we just pretended it was cold, whipping up a warm concoction that quieted the cough, soothed the sore throat and helped us drift off to dreamland, Ambien-style. As much as we love the tart, frui ... More >>

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    November 14, 2011

    What's Cooking This Week?

    Photo by srqpixSpice it up for flavor without the fat.​Last week at my house, we dined on luscious Shrimp Bisque and some Squash, Manchego & Balsamic Onion Grilled Cheeses. Damn those were good. Not to pat myself on the back, but I have to pat myself on the back. Just kidding...but not really. ... More >>

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    November 7, 2011

    What's Cooking This Week?

    Photo by Brooke ViggianoNext time I'm making a bread bowl.​Another week, another menu. Last week, I enjoyed a delicious cream of tomato soup and an equally awesome fried egg BLT. I enjoyed them so much, actually, that I'm putting another soup and grilled sandwich in the plans for this week. If ... More >>

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    October 31, 2011

    What's Cooking This Week?

    Photo by Mike KingSpaghetti low-carbonara.​Last week, I spiced up my menu with a punch of fall flavor. This week, inspiration came in the form of my favorite four-letter word: sale. You can put pretty much anything on discount and I'll buy it; I say this as I look at the giant rooster that I j ... More >>

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