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Month: March 2017

  • pork and cabbage tacos with pineapple salsa
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    pork and cabbage tacos with pineapple salsa

    I can’t even pretend that this is a meal I would have selected on my own. While I’m normally on board for trying almost any type of ingredient (I currently draw the line hard with sardines), cabbage just isn’t the type of thing I pick up – ever.  Not for any good reason either. It…

  • smoky cod over roasted potatoes and pickled shallots
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    smoky cod over roasted potatoes and pickled shallots

    Despite my love of grocery stores and cooking, there is something incredibly appealing about how meal delivery services package and send their meals. After getting about one million offers in the mail, I decided to try out Blue Apron recently. I was in a bit of a cooking lull and it was only $30. While…

  • chicken tagine with apricots and pistachios
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    chicken tagine with apricots and pistachios

    Probably about 6 years ago, I made my first chicken tagine. I’ve always reflected positively on that meal. The flavors of a tagine are just incredible – and really all without my favorite sins of salt, butter, or cheese. I tore out this chicken tagine recipe from Real Simple relatively recently and got around to…

  • clodagh bread
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    clodagh bread

    For like the last 10+ years I’ve made Irish Soda bread each year for St Patrick’s Day. I’ve really pared back the baking in recent years – but there were some years that I shipped out 8 or so loaves. This year I think I only have 4 loaves on my list – and one…