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greek salad, pizza, white beans, and soup

A few things I’ve made lately:

This was easy and good.  One small onion, chopped.  A couple of cloves of garlic, minced.  A cup of dried white beans, rinsed but not soaked. 14 oz of canned tomatoes.  A handful of chopped fresh basil. One bay leaf. Cover by an inch and cook overnight. I cooked it on [...]

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Other things I've made lately

A crazy cheesecake for DM’s birthday. You can click the picture for the large printable version.

Raspberry Chocolate Cheesecake

It was reallllllly good! Kind of labor intensive, but worth it!

Getting ready to make the cheesecake.

 

Ta Da!

Chicken, Mexican zucchini, and orzo soup

Cheese and green onion quiche

Asian noodle soup

Strawberry Agua Fresca

Pizza [...]

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The Week Of The Chicken

Well, that didn’t really work. We went out to eat a couple times, I didn’t use all the frozen chicken tenderloins, and yet, somehow I still went back to the grocery store yesterday and spent $70 more.

I need to come up with a better plan and a more specific budget and try again.

Meanwhile I DID [...]

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Amici Trattoria and Recess in Glendale, CA

I spent a few days in L.A. last month. Spent some time with the family, went to a couple of restaurants.

We had lunch at Recess in Glendale. It’s right down the street from my brother’s house and he goes there all the time so I wanted to try it.

Recess in Glendale

I started with some [...]

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Dinner!

DM liked the dinner I made tonight SO MUCH that he wanted me to do a post about it, so here goes.

Last night I made a sort of veggie tortilla soup with an onion, a carrot, a celery stalk, two cloves of garlic, some mexican oregano, a spoonful of chili paste, and 4 small zucchini. [...]

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