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Archives for January 2012

Warm Mushroom and Farro Salad with Skirt Steak

January 30, 2012 By Laura 1 Comment

Can anyone guess what my favorite new ingredient is?

Filed Under: balsamic, beef, easily made vegetarian, Farro, mushrooms, steak, whole grains, zucchini

Gluten Free Italian Chocolate Cake with Polenta: OXO Good Grips Egg Beater

January 26, 2012 By Laura 26 Comments

I am mortified by how long it has taken me to tell you about OXO’s new Egg Beater.  Yikes. Here are the facts: OXO sent me one of their new Good Grips Egg Beaters–along with a second to give away to a lucky reader–as part of their Blogger Outreach Program (their Blogger Outreach page is… 

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Filed Under: brownies, cakes, chocolate, eggs, Italian, kids cooking, Tools, whole grains Tagged With: cake, chocolate, cornmeal, egg beater, gluten free, kids baking, polenta, whipped egg whites

Warm Farro Salad with Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Pepitas and Queso Fresco

January 21, 2012 By Laura 11 Comments

I had been looking for farro for 8 months, ever since I got Heidi Swanson’s Super Natural Every Day: Well-Loved Recipes from My Natural Foods Kitchen because she uses it in a great looking soup.  I was intrigued by the grain, but for some reason–don’t make too much fun of me–it totally escaped me that it… 

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Filed Under: balsamic, Farro, Latin, sweet potato, vegetarian, whole grains Tagged With: Farro, pepitas, queso fresco, salad, sweet potatoes, yams

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies from #CookiesForKidsCancer: Best Bake Sale Cookbook

January 18, 2012 By Laura 7 Comments

Last month I wrote about Cookies for Kids’ Cancer and the excellent work that they do.  While doing the research for that post, I discovered they had a cookbook, Cookies for Kids’ Cancer: Best Bake Sale Cookbook.  It doesn’t take much to convince me to buy a cookie cookbook, and seeing as this one was… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookbooks, cookies, oats, reviews Tagged With: #CookiesForKidsCancer, chocolate, chocolate chips, cookbook review, cookies, oatmeal, oats

Potaje de Vigilia (Spanish Fasting Soup with Beans, Thickened with Bread)

January 15, 2012 By Laura 4 Comments

Potaje de Vigilia (Spanish Fasting Soup)

This time of year always brings with it a dilemma: you want healthy and light after weeks of feasting but at the same time for many of us it is cold outside and we want warming and hearty.  Year after year I seem to turn to the same solution: bean soup.

Filed Under: beans, chickpeas, easily made vegetarian, eggs, greens, New Year's resolutions, potatoes, Spanish cuisine, spinach, stews Tagged With: beans, bread, chickpeas, eggs, fried bread, garlic, Lenten recipes, olive oil, soup, Spanish, spinach, stew, vegetarian

Grown Up Crispy Chocolate Globs

January 12, 2012 By Laura 3 Comments

Ostensibly this post is about food, Crispy Chocolate Globs to be exact.  But first I need to share something more exciting–Skamp has arrived!

Filed Under: candy, chocolate, misc. dessert Tagged With: chocolate, confection, macadamia, milk chocolate, nuts, puppy, rice krispies, white chocolate

Spice Crusted Beef Tenderloin: How to Slide a Non-Conventional Holiday Meal past Your Conventional Family

January 5, 2012 By Laura 7 Comments

Spice Crusted Beef Tenderloin is the perfect way to jazz up a traditional holiday meal–or any formal dinner. And if you can afford beef tenderloin for an informal meal, more power to you! I updated the photos for the Spiced Crusted Beef Tenderloin in January 2017. Affiliate links have been used to link to items… 

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Filed Under: beef, cauliflower, cranberries, Indian recipes, peas, potato dishes, potatoes Tagged With: beef, beef tenderloin, cauliflower, christmas, Indian, mashed potatoes, potatoes, spice crusted, spice rub, tadka, tarka, tenderloin

Top 11 Foodie Recommendations from The Spiced Life for 2011

January 2, 2012 By Laura 7 Comments

My favorite stocking stuffer this year–onion goggles!  No more tears!  Who cares if I look ridiculous?! Happy New Year!  I love end of year lists.  Best cookbooks, best blogs, best albums, etc…  

Filed Under: cookbooks, cooks' tools, End of year "best" lists, misc, reviews Tagged With: 2011, annual, best, blogs, cookbooks, foodie, websites

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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