Category: Lunch

It Doesn’t Matter If You’re Black Or White

Okay, yes I lifted the title from the Michael Jackson song that played incessantly during my Sophomore year in college while I diligently filled the salt and pepper shakers in the dining hall, but it’s all I could think of when I was asked via Facebook if I had any good chili recipes without beans

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October 4, 2011 1 Comment Short URL, , , , , , Autumn, In the Kitchen, Lunch

The Salad Whisperer

Remember that scene in “City Slickers” where everyone has just finished eating dinner and the “Ice Cream Brothers” (who I suspect were not-so-loosely-based on Ben and Jerry) decide what flavor would be best for dessert? Well, I’m kinda like that.  Except my specialty is side salads.  Give me the main course – fish, beef, chicken,

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June 1, 2011 2 Comments Short URL, , , Dinner, Ingredients, Lunch, Menu Planning, Seasonality

Wait, What? Curry is Supposed to be Hot?

Yes, I know.  I’ve heard the rumors of people ordering the three chili special and then sweating profusely or running to the nearest bathroom at breakneck speed but to be honest every time I’ve cooked with curry I’ve thought to myself, “What’s the big deal?”  Um, yeah well that was until I used fresh curry

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January 6, 2011 1 Comment Short URL, , , , , , In the Kitchen, Ingredients, Lunch

12 Days of Christmas: Christmas Picnic

Every year since I was four the Christmas Elf has come to visit on December 1st, (well not every year – there was that 14-year stretch when there weren’t any kids around.)  But for the past three Christmases, the Christmas Elf has come to visit on December 1st.  During my childhood he would usually leave

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December 16, 2010 1 Comment Short URL, , , , , , , , , Dinner, In the Kitchen, Ingredients, Lunch, Recipes, Seasonality, Winter