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Gettin' Down and Dirty (with risotto)

nobody@vox.com(Elly) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:44:06 -0600

I love risotto but I don't make it too often because I try to limit my intake of "whites" and, well, I'm pretty sure that whole grain risotto doesn't exist. Even if it did, it would be an abomination! I've been wanting to try Giada's dirty ris...

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Top o' the muffin TO YOU!

nobody@vox.com(Elly) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:54:13 -0600

Every time I think of muffins, I think of Elaine Benes. ;) I make muffins a lot. I love having something quick to grab in the morning, if necessary, but mostly I just like eating one with a few egg whites. Between the protein from the eggs and ...

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Melange a Trois

nobody@vox.com(Elly) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:48:51 -0600

The Trader Joe's by my apartment is really, really small and I go there all the time. Yet, somehow I always manage to find something that I've never seen before. My lastest love: frozen red, yellow and green bell pepper strips. This is so great b...

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I scream, you scream, we all scream for new cheese! Or is that just me?

nobody@vox.com(Elly) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:47:57 -0500

A while back, I read on Julie's blog that she liked a truffle cheese from Trader Joe's. It sounded delicious, so I looked for that cheese every time I went to TJ's for the last couple months--always to no avail. I finally found some on my last...

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Tex-Mex Grilling Fiesta

nobody@vox.com(Elly) — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:08:07 -0500

Tonight was pretty easy as far as dinner goes, thanks to the box of burger patties in my freezer. The last time I was at Trader Joe's I picked up some chile lime chicken burgers that my friend Julie recommended. I don't usually get pre-mixed/se...

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Impromptu pasta night

nobody@vox.com(Elly) — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:26:10 -0500

A long time ago, I went grocery shopping with my friend Joelen to Trader Joe's. While I was there, I spotted some brown rice pasta and decided to pick it up, to see if it was any different from whole wheat pasta (for the record, I love whole whea...

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Clean out yer fridge chicken 'n rice

nobody@vox.com(Elly) — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:21:26 -0500

Often times when you are specifically cooking for two, you don't end up with leftover meals but you do end up with leftover ingredients. That's what happened to me today, so I decided to throw them all into one thing and call it a day. This is pa...

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Pizza Pizza!

nobody@vox.com(Elly) — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:10:52 -0500

This pizza was inspired by many things, including the following: 1. Julie's individual goat cheese pizzas 2. My love for goat cheese 3. A balsamic steak and caramalized onion pizza Tiffany made a week or two ago 4. My favorite salad which is b...

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My Taste of Yellow

nobody@vox.com(Elly) — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:49:47 -0500

Tonight I decided to go ahead and do my LiveStrong Taste of Yellow dish, which is referred to in an earlier blog post of mine. I encourage everyone with a food blog to do the same! Yellow foods provide excellent benefits, like supplying carotenoi...

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Holy Stromboli!

nobody@vox.com(Elly) — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:10:25 -0500

I had to do a little Easter shopping after work today so I knew I wouldn't want to make a dinner that took a while when I got home. I remembered I had half of my pizza dough from TJ's frozen, so I decided to thaw it and make a stromboli. I used h...

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