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Whole Wheat Elbows with Spinach, Mushrooms x 2, & Turkey

While I was grocery shopping tonight, I decided that I didn’t feel like eating any of the cooked food I had waiting for me in my fridge, so I came up with this recipe on the fly.  It was inspired both by the huge container of organic spinach I had in my cart (for the Green Monster Smoothies) and by the fact that the weather has turned into autumn almost overnight. Whole Wheat Elbows with Spinach, Mushrooms x 2, & Turkey Ingredients: 12.5 oz whole wheat elbow pasta 1.25 lb lean grou

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Olive oil and fish tips from the cruise « Easy Entertaining At Home

Here are some money saving tips regarding olive oil. In cooking with olive oil, it is not necessary to use your precious, expensive Extra Virgin Olive Oil for sautéing or frying. A lesser oil will do just fine. ...

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Don’t Forget About Flank Steak

So I’m back, I am alive, and I still eat a steak every night after I cook about 50 to 100 for my steakhouse customers…and guess what I wanna talk about, steak…OMG! In particular I want to address flank steak , which although quite similar, should never be confused with skirt steak .  Flank is a relatively inexpensive, thin, trapezoidal shaped, lean, very specifically grained steak. Flank does not cut into typical American portions very well due to its shape, and for this reason flank is

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September

I’m sure I’m not the only one today who realized it was September 11 and took pause. I don’t think I’ll ever forget that day in 2001, nor should I. September 11, 2009, however, was not an altogether bad day. Sure, there was more ISO auditor training–in the form of conducting an audit–but I think I did a good job and it was a nice confidence boost to realize that I actually did know what I was doing. I’m glad there was no more lecturing today, though, because I’ve had the training previously an

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Cookin’ with Uncle Mike

This is a hot one from INPIJBAL that I thought I’d pass along to the hungry and adventurous. Fall fare…one of the crazy things that has happened recently is that i finally got the stereo system from my parents house in Brampton. it was decided i should have it after dad passed away and i finally pried it away from the home of my sister (love you, suesy). its a beauty. all vintage gear from 1979 – 1982. its quite sharp, and it got me to thinking about my dad and whatnot… he was a great cook. he w

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Raw sugar

We used peppercorn and lemon seasoning, cajun powder and butter....

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