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Typically when it comes to dessert I am much more interested in the taste than the visual presentation, yet, when I volunteered to bring dessert to a family holiday dinner I wanted to step up my game a bit. I...
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New Meal Monday: Shrimp & Grits
So, I've written quite a bit in some other posts about the fact that my wife doesn't meat, and that in spite of my protests, this has opened up a world of meatless meals that have unexpectedly improved my life. One...
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New Meal Monday: Spinach & Carmelized Onion "Quiche" with Sweet Potato Crust
I've always believed that part of the recipe for a successful marriage is equality, and honoring a division of labor around the household. This holds true for us in most categories, however, when it comes to cooking breakfast it’s a...
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New Meal Monday: Maple Baked Brie
Maple Sugaring Season is in full swing here in Vermont! If you don't know what that means, it's the time of year when the sap starts to run and most of the maple syrup production gets done. If you didn't already...
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New Meal Monday: Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
The sweet potato and I have a bit of a love-hate relationship. For a long time, I just hated it. I’m not sure what it wasn’t I didn’t like, I just didn’t really care for it. Overtime, it become hard...
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New Meal Monday: Chicken & Black Bean Enchiladas
Every so often I like to dig through my recipe box for past recipes I haven’t made in a while, some I forgot I even had! This time I was on a specific hunt for a meal that I could...
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New Meal Monday: Mom's Irish Soda Bread
I think everyone can agree, that when it comes to holidays, there's a bit of a hierarchy. Some differences are obvious, for example Thanksgiving and National Peanut Day, but even some more commonly known holidays are revered on different levels....
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New Meal Monday: White Bean Chicken Chili
With our new location in Middlebury, Vt and the Middlebury Chili Festival coming up this Saturday, we felt inspired to make a new chili. I don’t eat any red meat, so much to my husband’s dismay, a beef chili was out...
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New Meal Monday: Veggie Quinoa Stew
As I was thinking about trying to cook something new and looking at different recipes, I determined, being February in Vermont, a nice hot stew would be a good choice. However, in our household finding a stew that works for...
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New Meal Monday: Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Banana bread is one of those delicious treats that I love to eat, but don’t often make since I never have ripe bananas on hand. This weekend when a craving for warm gooey banana bread struck and my fruit basket...
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New Meal Monday: Valentine's Day Sugar Cookies
As the snow started flying this past Sunday, I got the itch to do some baking! I looked through my recipe box to see what piqued my interest, as well as find something festive for Valentine’s Day. I came across...
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New Meal Monday: Cheddar Garlic Chicken
Most of the recipes we write about have some sort of story affiliated with them. Some we share, some we don't (I typically try and omit experiences that involve beeping smoke detectors). While I'm sure this one has a story...
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