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Simple Roasted Chicken

by Sara on February 3, 2010

Yet again, I’m posting about how easy it is to perfectly roast a chicken. Why? Because so many people tell me they’re intimidated by the thought of roasting a whole chicken, and really, they don’t have to be.
I know I’ve said it before, but salting the bird beforehand results in a juicy, flavorful bird. And [...]

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Tomato & Goat Cheese Tarts

by Sara on January 20, 2010

When I first received my copy of Back to Basics, I knew that someday I would make the goat cheese tart. I mean, it has some of my favorite components: puff pastry, goat cheese, caramelized onions, parmesan, thyme…add a glass of wine, and life is perfect.

I originally made this recipe last year for the [...]

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Easy Pantry Lasagna

by Sara on October 16, 2009

I generally don’t keep much food in my pantry, simply because I don’t have much storage space. But I always have on hand a few cans of assorted tomatoes, a few onions, garlic, and a box of no boil lasagna noodles. If you’ve never used the no boil noodles, try them! Assembling the lasagna used [...]

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Armenian Apricot Soup

by Sara on September 30, 2009

I’ve tried to like lentils. I really have. I even started my lentil adventures with soups, figuring lentils blended with other flavors might appeal to me more than just a dish of cooked lentils.
Or not.
In defense of lentils, it’s really the texture that I can’t handle more than the flavor, though I suspect I have [...]

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