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Meat Sauce for Pasta

by Sara on January 17, 2011

finished sauce

We all have our go-to dishes, those that just sort of developed as we started cooking our own meals. Over time, they evolve. The meat sauce I make now doesn’t come close to resembling my initial efforts more than a decade ago. Then, I was terrified of developing a brown film on the bottom of [...]

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Teriyaki Chicken Tacos

by Sara on January 11, 2011

teriyaki chicken taco

This is perhaps a different way of eating leftover stir-fry for most of you – it certainly was for me. And you know what? It was really, really good. Though the main flavors of the original dish are kept intact, adding the cheese and flour tortilla changes it just enough that it feels like you’re [...]

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Teriyaki Chicken Stir-fry

by Sara on January 10, 2011

teriyaki chicken stir-fry

My freezer and I have a special relationship. Just yesterday I made a trip to the grocery store to pick up two items: half and half (I was almost out) and butter that was on sale. Since butter prices are now through the roof, it was worth the trip to that store to get butter [...]

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Oven-Baked Mushroom Risotto

by Sara on November 18, 2010

Oven-Baked Mushroom Risotto

Usually comfort food brings about nostalgia for childhood or a specific time in our lives. It brings forth the memories, the sense of warmth, the feeling that your family and friends are right there. And yet, some of my favorite comfort foods are more recent additions to my diet: baked macaroni and cheese, chicken pot [...]

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