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Archives for August 2014

Kale Salad with Peaches and Blue Cheese

August 28, 2014 By Laura 5 Comments

Massaged Kale Salad with Dates, Candy Onions, Blue Cheese and Peaches

I have a new obsession. And yes, I realized I am waaaaay late to the party on this one. It is not because I think kale is gross or that I would not like kale salads. I ate them cheerfully when they were served to me. But massaging the kale? It just sounded a little… 

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Filed Under: apples, blue cheese, dried fruit, fruit, kale, peaches, salads, vegetarian Tagged With: apples, blue cheese, candy onions, dates, frisée, fruit, kale, leaf lettuce, lettuce, massaging kale, peaches, prunes, salad

Apple Pie Muesli; Review of Breakfast, Lunch, Tea: Rose Bakery

August 25, 2014 By Laura 5 Comments

Low Sugar, Raw Apple Pie Muesli

Soaking the oats the night before means this healthy, delicious breakfast is just quickly stirred together and then ready to eat! Affiliate links were used in this post. A copy of Breakfast, Lunch, Tea: The Many Little Meals of Rose Bakery was sent to me by the publishers for purposes of an honest review. No… 

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Filed Under: apples, breakfast, chia seeds, cookbooks, fruit, gluten free, oats, pecans, reviews, vegetarian, whole grains, yogurt Tagged With: apple, breakfast, chia seeds, cookbook review, cookbooks, fruit, muesli, nuts, oatmeal, oats, pecans, raw food, seasonal, vegetarian, yogurt

Whole Wheat Honey Spiced Apple Breakfast Bundtlettes: #BundtBakers

August 21, 2014 By Laura 12 Comments

Whole Wheat Honey Spiced Apple Breakfast Bundtlettes

Do you react to danger, so to speak, after the danger has passed? Are you calm and collected until it is over, and that is when you break down or otherwise react? That’s me. I got the clean bill of health and “don’t come back” from the oncologist today, and somehow the entire day was… 

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Filed Under: apples, blog events, breakfast, bundt cakes, cakes, chia seeds, dairy free baking, fruit, pecans, whole grains Tagged With: #BundtBakers, apple, breakfast, breakfast cake, bundt, Bundt Bakers, bundtlette, cake, chia seeds, honey, pecans, whole grain, whole wheat

Chocolate Chip Cookies with Zucchini and Almonds: Creative Cookie Exchange

August 19, 2014 By Laura 17 Comments

We are in sugar shock here right now. Not really, but close. Alex got a bee in her bonnet about the fact that she never got mousse for her birthday (I refer you to our birthday mousse tradition) but I needed to make cookies for Creative Cookie Exchange and then I also needed cake for… 

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Filed Under: almonds, blog events, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, whole grains, zucchini Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, almond meal, almonds, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, nut, summer squash, whole grain, whole wheat, zucchini

Thai Stir Fried Vermicelli with Ground Beef, Pepper and Basil; Review of Thailand the Cookbook

August 15, 2014 By Laura 4 Comments

Thai Stir Fried Angel Hair Noodles with Ground Beef, (Chile or Bell) Peppers, Garlic and Basil

Thai Stir Fried Vermicelli with Ground Beef, Pepper and Basil is Thai style weeknight convenience food, and absolutely delicious. A copy of Thailand: The Cookbook was sent to me by the publishers for the purpose of an honest review. Affiliate links have been used to link to items discussed in this post. Apparently I have… 

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Filed Under: beef, cookbooks, ground beef, ground turkey, reviews, Thai dishes, travel, zucchini Tagged With: basil, beef, bell pepper, cookbook review, easy, garlic, ground beef, ground meat, ground pork, ground turkey, kaffir lime, noodles, pepper, stir fry, summer squash, Thai, Thai basil, weeknight

Stewed Plum Swirled Bundt Cake or Cake of Wine Poached Plums; Review of Roast Lamb in the Olive Grove

August 10, 2014 By Laura 6 Comments

Greek Paxos Inspired Cake with a Stewed Plum Infused Swirl

Stewed Plum Swirled Bundt Cake or Cake of Wine Poached Plums–either the cake I made or the cake that was intended–are the perfect use for plums in the summer, when they are at their juicy, delicious peak. The publishers sent me a copy of Roast Lamb In the Olive Groves: A Mediterranean Cookbook for the… 

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Filed Under: bundt cakes, cakes, cookbooks, fruit, Greek Cuisine, Plums, reviews, Uncategorized Tagged With: bundt cake, cake, cookbook review, Greek, loaf cake, Paxos, plum, rescuing disasters, stone fruit, wine

Noodles and Veggies Stir Fried in an Asian Peanut Butter Sauce

August 4, 2014 By Laura 2 Comments

Noodles and Vegetables Stir Fried with a Asian Inspired Peanut Butter Sauce

Proof that the brain is a muscle like any other: since my surgery, i.e., since all these weeks of not really using my brain and just reading guilty pleasure regency romances (yes I admit it!), I have writer’s block. Maybe not big time true writer’s block, the way some long suffering novelist might get, but… 

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Filed Under: chicken, easily made vegetarian, pasta, stir fry, zucchini Tagged With: asian, bell peppers, chicken, eggplant, noodles, pasta, peanut butter, peppers, stir fry, weeknight, zucchini

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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