We have been "parmesan-happy" lately because I have been cooking a lot of dishes using parm. There's something about it that makes even a simple recipe so good... it gives a hint of saltiness without over-powering the dish.
On with the dish....
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vegetables
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Boiled Garlic Spinach
On a sushi plate. Yeah!
I wasn't very fond of eating spinach as a child. Even after the countless Popeye cartoon shows my brother and I watched where we were "brainwashed" that eating spinach would make our muscles bulge and we would acquire...
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nature
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Butterfly Season
This is a Zebra Longwing butterfly. It is, by far, the hardest to stalk! It probably took me two weeks before I got some decent pictures of this beautiful insect. But I can always trust my Cosmos flowers to attract the butterflies.
I...
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noodles,
seafood
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The Pouch Principle
Alton Brown introduced us to the "Pouch Principle." To borrow his own words, "cooking in a pouch is a remarkably simple method capable of producing remarkable complex aromas and flavors." And it is sooooo easy. I think of it as foil, assemble,...
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chicken,
noodles
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Spaghetti with Pesto and Chicken
I was very excited to try my homemade pesto and of course, paired with pasta! I used whole grain noodles. I love whole grain - whether pasta, bread, cereal, etc. The "chewiness" that people frown upon is a small price to pay for healthier...
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vegetables
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Basil Pesto
I made pesto a few days ago after seeing that our basil plant was growing well. I have read in several websites that the more you harvest basil, the more it yields leaves. So harvest was what I did.
With the coming of Fall though,...
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chicken
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Chicken Parmesan
This is my favorite go-to recipe for chicken. It is very easy to make, has few ingredients, and the meat stays moist! We try to do away with chicken because of its tendency to dry out, but not in this recipe! The mayonnaise coating does wonders...
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nature
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Fall Fever
What a beautiful Fall day! I woke up to a nice 50°F and it was gorgeous! Ok, maybe that was a tad cool for us Floridians, but still gorgeous! The weather warmed up as the day went on, and even at mid-noon, the breeze was still cool. I wish...
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