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Archives for November 2012

Saffron Rice with Meatballs; Quick Spiced Potatoes and Cauliflower with Baby Shrimp: A Review of The Bengali Five Spice Chronicles

November 28, 2012 By Laura 6 Comments

One of the big perks of blogging is being given cookbooks to review (I know you are shocked to hear me say that!). I try to only accept books that I would be interested in at least some of the dishes. You can imagine that I often get offered baking books that I am super… 

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Filed Under: beef, cauliflower, chicken, cookbooks, curry, easily made vegetarian, ground beef, Indian recipes, meatballs, peas, potatoes, reviews, rice, seafood, shrimp, tomatoes, yogurt Tagged With: beef, Bengali, cauliflower, chicken, cookbooks, curry, Indian, meatballs, peas, potatoes, rice, seafood, shrimp, tomatoes, turkey, yogurt

Buckwheat & Yogurt Waffles with Hot Buttered Maple Syrup

November 26, 2012 By Laura 4 Comments

buckwheat waffle batter

I never used to butter my waffles. To me it was added fat that I could not taste. Mind you, we are talking about a habit that stretches back to my early childhood, so who knows if I really could taste the butter or not. And then I was talking to a friend, who commented… 

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Filed Under: breakfast, maple, waffles, whole grains Tagged With: breakfast, buckwheat, butter, maple syrup, waffles, whole grains

Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

November 22, 2012 By Laura 7 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving! I had not originally planned to share these cupcakes. I was not super enthused about making them, is the honest truth. But Sammy had requested pumpkin cupcakes for her birthday celebration at school, so, being a good mother who only forces dessert choices on her kids for about half of their birthday celebrations,… 

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Filed Under: buttermilk, cakes, cream cheese, cupcakes, fall spices, pumpkin Tagged With: buttermilk, cakes, cream cheese, cupcakes, pumpkin

Roasted Smoked Sausages with Potatoes and Apples; A Review of Aida Mollenkamp’s Keys to the Kitchen

November 20, 2012 By Laura 9 Comments

Smoked Sausage on apples and potatoes

Sometimes you take a risk on a cookbook and it really pays off. I had seen bloggers around the internet talking about Aida Mollenkamp’s Keys to the Kitchen, but beyond that I knew nothing about her or the book. I was buying books at The Good Cook (where I might as well be an investor… 

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Filed Under: apples, casseroles, cookbooks, greens, potatoes, reviews, sausage Tagged With: aida mollenkamp, apples, casserole, chorizo, cookbooks, greens, kale, potatoes, reviews, sausage

Triple Chocolate Pancakes with Hot Chocolate Sauce & Whipped Cream

November 17, 2012 By Laura 8 Comments

For Sammy’s family birthday meal, when John and I gave her our presents, she requested breakfast for dinner. Although I love breakfast for dinner, it left me with a dilemma. I don’t usually serve dessert when we have breakfast for dinner, because we love breakfast dishes like pancakes, waffles and French toast. in other words,… 

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Filed Under: breakfast, buttermilk, chocolate, ganache, misc. dessert, pancakes, quick breads Tagged With: breakfast, chocolate, chocolate chunks, chocolate sauce, pancakes, white chocolate

#BundtaMonth Celebrates National Bundt Day!: Chocolate Ganache Draped Banana Bundt Cake and Earl Grey Chocolate Bundt Cake

November 15, 2012 By Laura 6 Comments

Chocolate Ganache Glazed Banana Bundt Cake

Happy National Bundt Day! What, you didn’t know it was National Bundt Day? OK, I didn’t either, but the awesome folks that are in #BundtaMonth knew, so we figured hey any excuse is a good excuse to throw more bundt cakes out into the world. As a special treat for the celebration I actually have… 

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Filed Under: blog events, bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate Tagged With: #BundtaMonth, bananas, bundt, bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate, chocolate chips, earl grey, ganache, tea

Indian Inspired Pumpkin & Chickpea Curry

November 12, 2012 By Laura 7 Comments

I have tried to start this post countless times but we are currently having some trouble with our plug-ins. So before I forget, some housekeeping: if you cannot find the links to all of my social pages, please be patient they will come back. And you can find me under “The Spiced Life” at most… 

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Filed Under: chickpeas, curry, dal, greens, Indian recipes, lentils, pumpkin, spinach, split peas, vegetarian Tagged With: chickpeas, curry, dal, garbanzos, greens, Indian, leftovers, lentils, pumpkin, recipe, red lentils, spinach, vegetarian

Vegetarian Biryani with Curried Creamy Tomato Sauce

November 10, 2012 By Laura 5 Comments

Dutch oven filled with vegetarian biryani

I mentioned in my last post that Sammy was a good sport about having a Moroccan inspired bundt cake for her birthday cake when my in laws were visiting. She and Alex are both always good sports about the birthday meals I prepare for them when my in laws are here. Because I love creating… 

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Filed Under: casseroles, cauliflower, curry, Indian recipes, peas, potatoes, rice, sauces, tomatoes, vegetarian, yogurt Tagged With: biryani, casseroles, cauliflower, Indian, peas, potatoes, recipe, rice, sauce, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, vegetarian

#BundtaMonth: Moroccan Inspired Olive Oil Bundt Cake with Ras El Hanout

November 7, 2012 By Laura 19 Comments

whole spice ras el hanout

We’ve all been there. I’ve been there more than once. There was the cream of mushroom soup I had right before getting sick on Vicodan when my wisdom teeth were removed, the vegetarian samosa I ate from a street food cart in Bath, England that made me queasy for the rest of the day, the… 

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Filed Under: blog events, bundt cakes, cakes, dairy free baking, fall spices, Moroccan, Spice Blends Tagged With: #BundtaMonth, blog events, bundt cake, cakes, cardamom, cinnamon, dairy-free, Moroccan, ras el hanout, spices

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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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