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Archives for May 2008

BBD #10: Breakfast Breads: Beth Hensperger’s Sweet Vanilla Challah

May 31, 2008 By Laura 5 Comments

I was really excited when I saw the theme for this month’s Bread Baking Day, hosted by Baking A Sweet Life (update: as of February 2015, this site does not seem to exist anymore). I love breakfast breads, especially the sweet ones. However, as some of you may have noticed from my slacking on the Daring… 

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Filed Under: yeasted breads

Magpie’s Mom’s Peanut Butter Bars

May 22, 2008 By Laura 4 Comments

Do you have any dishes that even though you know they aren’t that difficult, for whatever reason *you* have never tried to make them and so they seem a little extra daunting. These peanut bars were that way for me—and so my pride in them is probably excessive! I have just never done layer bars… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, chocolate, oats, peanut butter

That Asparagus I Promised You… Roasted Asparagus & Spring Onions with Roasted Lemons and Asiago Shavings

May 20, 2008 By Laura 7 Comments

I just discovered the most amazing new… food? Dish? Flavor? Technique?Not sure what you would call it, but I am sending serious gratitude over to Lori at The Recipe Girl all the same. Roasted lemons. She featured them a day or 2 ago in a dish with chicken and olives.I was immediately intrigued, but my… 

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Filed Under: asparagus, vegetarian

Summer Blueberry Crumble Bars

May 19, 2008 By Laura 1 Comment

I love our farmers’ market. I mean, all foodies love their farmers’ market, but I really love it as a social experience as well. I live in a smaller community, and it seems like everyone knows everyone. The people who run the kids’ booth know my kids’ names; the lady who sells goat cheese knows… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, blueberries, oats, streusel

Sweet and Spicy Pork Stir Fried With Mango

May 18, 2008 By Laura 4 Comments

Sweet and Spicy Pork Stir Fried With Mango is fast, easy and delicious–and just unexpected enough to be a great meal for entertaining. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. I updated these photos in December 2016–although unfortunately with no natural light. Still, I think they are a vast improvement!… 

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Filed Under: chicken, Cuban dishes, fruit, mango, pork Tagged With: chicken, Chinese, Cuban, easy, fast, mango, pork, stir fry, weeknight

The Best Laid Plans… Go Awry and End Up Fine: Bittersweet Decadence Cookies

May 15, 2008 By Laura 7 Comments

I had this wonderful plan today to try these new Bon Appetit cookies that have been making the rounds over on the CLBB. Full of lots of dark chocolate and made with egg whites but no butter or flour they look super intriguing—and are getting great reviews. Then I realized they called for loads of… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, cookies

A Garden In A Bowl: West African Peanut Stew with Chicken, Spinach & Sweet Potatoes

May 14, 2008 By Laura 8 Comments

Oh wow this stew is good. Everyone in my family ate their serving down to the last morsel. It’s day 2 on the pot of soup and no one has suggested freezing it or ordering in for a night—everyone just wants more stew. My kids didn’t remove the spinach—and yes even my kids like to… 

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Filed Under: chicken, peanut butter, rice, stews, sweet potato

Crispy-Chewy Salted White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

May 13, 2008 By Laura 2 Comments

Drat that Smitten Kitchen. This time I was perusing her blog myself when I came upon this cookie recipe. I was immediately intrigued because I like oats and I love salty with sweet. To be honest I originally intended to make these cookies with milk chocolate, because I am not a fan at all of… 

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Filed Under: cookies, oats

Laura’s Not 7 Grain Multi Grain Honey Bread

May 12, 2008 By Laura 1 Comment

The women in my family do not believe in following recipes. Some of us, like my mom, are rather belligerent about it. 🙂 Others, like my sister, are just disdainful toward recipes. I used to be this way as well—and still am when cooking—but for the most part I have become a believer in pretty… 

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Filed Under: buttermilk, oats, whole grains, yeasted breads

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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