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Chicken Florentine – Deconstructed

As I set up my mis en place for dinner, I began to envision the dish I was about to make and how I would assemble it.    I knew I wanted potatoes and I wanted them sliced and crisp, sautéed with garlic.  I had baby spinach in abundance so that had to be worked [...]

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Italian Grilled Cheese with Roasted Peppers and Spinach for “30 Days of Grilled Cheese”

When you think of comfort food there are a few obvious choices. To me one of them will always be a grilled cheese sandwich.   When it comes to grilled cheese the sky’s the limit these days, as we’ve seen everything and anything you can imagine wedged between slices of American cheese and bread. Of [...]

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Burbara -Middle Eastern Wheat Berry Porridge with dish-away

The much awaited beginning of Spring has finally arrived but somehow Mother Nature got the order of events confused.  March is supposed to come in like a Lion and go out like a Lamb!  We’ll evidently the Lion ate the Lamb, and decided to stick around a bit longer.  The calendar may say Spring, but the [...]

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Portobello Mushroom, Zucchini and Sage Risotto with Carrie’s Experimental Kitchen

Some weeks I just don’t know where the times goes…sigh   I guess in a way it’s a good thing, because that means were a week closer to better weather and summer break is only 3 short months away! But it is the end of the week and that means its Guest Post Friday!  Today [...]

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Deconstructed Chicken Stew – Comfort Food at it’s Best

This time of year nothing says Comfort Food more than a hearty delicious stew.   While I did cut down drastically the amount of gravy that normally would come with a stew,  being a southern boy I decided to bread and pan fry my chicken for the added flavor.  But if you’d like to make this [...]

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Palak Paneer with Zesty South Indian Kitchen

One of the best things about Google+ was being able to reconnect with all my friends from Foodbuzz (RIP), and making many more new friends along the way!   For those of you that don’t know, I started a Food Bloggers Community on Google+ back in December when communities were first made available to their [...]

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