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My husband has only a couple of hobbies, but my oh my, he did choose them well. What I mean to say, is that HIS hobbies benefits ME directly. It’s a selfish way to look at things, but he could have chosen silly things like NASCAR, model rocket building or golfing — none of which have any side perks that funnel towards my way. So hurray to my amazing husband for choosing growing…
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Do you remember wy back in the early 2’s (which is like decades ago in Internet years), there were recipe exchanges via email? I don’t remember exactly how it worked, but there was a list of people in an email chain… you sent a recipe to everyone on the list and you got a recipe back in return from each person. A lot of the recipes that are my favorites to this day were procured…
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This sticky rice pudding can be served for breakfast or as a dessert. When I was traveling in Thailand, I had this rice pudding almost every morning, served in small banana leaf bowls, with thick coconut cream and fresh mangoes. It is easily one of my favorite food memories of all time. You can make this rice pudding with black or white glutinous rice. (Or use both! The black…
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An old-fashioned fudge recipe with the flavor of caramel and a little crunch of toasted walnuts. Who doesn’t like fudge? I’m willing to bet that no one out there is raising their hand in answer to that question. Chocolate is the clear frontrunner when it comes to fudge, no doubt about that, but the runner-up flavor is hands down this brown sugar fudge. It’s smooth, it’s tooth-achingly…
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Easy chocolate swirled fudge filled peppermint and candy canes. 10 minutes, 5 ingredients! Too early for holiday treats? Who are you kidding. I clearly have no concept of time or seasons when it comes to holiday baking. I made you a mint chocolate chip pie in August, peppermint fudge cookies in September, and some crazy super-soft Gingersnaps just last week. I’m a seasonally…
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Hot Milk Cake Scalded milk produces a moist crumb in this simple yet stunning cake from Dr. Ho s Humble Pie in North Garden, Virginia. serves 10-12 Ingredients 1 1⁄4 cups whole milk 2 1⁄2 tbsp. vanilla extract 3 cups flour 2 tsp. baking powder 1⁄2 tsp. kosher salt 1 lb. unsalted butter, softened, plus more for greasing 3 cups sugar 5 eggs 1 (1-lb.) box confectioners sugar…
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This recipe is coming down the generations through my husband side. My grandmother in law is where the recipe originated for me (not sure where she got it) and it is my mother in law’s claim to fame now. The truth is that usually my hubby makes it when we have it, but maybe I better step it up and be the one to make it so that the tradition of women married into the family…
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I have such great admiration for people who bake elaborately decorated cakes with beautiful flowers and other frosting and fondant decorations! There are so many talented bakers and bloggers creating gorgeous desserts, and I always say that ‘someday’ I’ll take a cake decorating class to learn how to do it myself! But – I know myself – and I really don’t have the patience (nor…
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I have some really exciting news to share, Yummy Pics: A Food Blogger’s Guide to Better Photos has been on the top 100 list for 6 months! I am super excited about this and have to thank all of you who have purchased a copy — thank you so much. When I released the ebook in October of last year I never imagined that it would remain on the top 100 list for the following six months…
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This sauce looks bland from here. I know. All that white. But its totally not. I ve had a jar of it in the refrigerator for the past week, and it s one of those things that makes just about everything you put it on (or in) better. I go about making it in a mortar and pestle, but have done it in a food processor in the past when I m short on time. We re talking about garlic…
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I first had this fiery, deeply flavorful chicken dish as a friend’s home along with dosas and ever since hooked to it. I was told it’s a traditional Chettinad chicken curry and that there are quite a few variations to this recipe. In today’s version, chicken is simmered in coconut milk and gets its unique flavor from a blend of quite a few spices like fennel seeds, coriander…
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I adore birthdays. Not only my birthday but my sisters’ birthdays, parents birthdays, and my friends’ birthdays, too. Heck, I even like strangers’ birthdays! In the past I ve been known to celebrate a little thing called Nealeygras , which is basically a week-long celebration of my birth. My boyfriend thinks this is incredibly narcissistic I think it’s just a good excuse to…
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One thing about making your own almond milk is that you end up with a lot of leftover almond meal as a result. But even if you re not making almond milk, perhaps you bought a bag of almond flour on impulse that is now hanging out in your cupboard awaiting culinary inspiration. Wait no more! Here are five ideas for using up your stash of almond meal. If your almond meal is leftover…
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White Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge: You are only 4 ingredients away from peanut butter fudge-perfection. I’ll let you in on my guilty holiday secret; I am on a fudge kick. I love it. My kids love it. And even my “anti-sugar” husband steals pieces when I’m not looking. They all come home asking what kind of fudge I’ve made that day. Yesterday, I made everybody’s favorite, a…
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Easter’s coming up and everyone’s looking for that one great recipe of cake that will just blow everyone away. You’re in luck today, because I think I’ve got just the recipe for you! The moistest chocolate cake, filled with silky custard, covered in drizzling chocolate ganache glaze & topped with fluffy mounts of custard lightened with whipped cream. Oh and one more…
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You can adapt this chicken curry with coconut milk recipe in many different ways to suit your palates and I have mentioned some variations below, while I explain the flow of how I make it. If you use canned or packaged coconut milk, this is a very easy dish to put together in under 30 mins. Making your own coconut milk will obviously elevate the flavour of the curry but it’s…
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Since beginning her career as a professional journalist in 2007, Nathalie Alonso has covered a myriad of topics, including arts, culture and travel, for newspapers and magazines in New York City. She holds a B.A. in American Studies from Columbia University and lives in Queens with her two cats. A small cup of almond milk. Photo Credit YelenaYemchuk/iStock/Getty Images Vegans…
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