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Green Papaya Salad? Or Is It? (Thai-Style Broccoli Slaw Salad Recipe)
I absolutely adore Thai green papaya salad, or Som Tam. I always order it when I see it on a restaurant menu. In fact, I have actually dined at certain restaurants solely because I’d heard that...
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Green Bean and Potato Salad with Dijon Vinaigrette Recipe
With the heat-o-meter high up in the stratosphere these days, I’m always looking for ways to keep cool. Spending hours in a hot, steamy kitchen, churning out heavy meals is not my idea of a good time!...
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Whole Grain Krispie Granola Bars Recipe
In just a few short days the kids will be heading back to school, and parents everywhere will be breathing a collective sigh of relief. Summer vacation can be tough on us moms and dads! Sure, it was...
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Peanut Butter and Banana Breakfast Cookies Recipe
Ever since Mini SGCC’s accident, it has been a crazy, hectic time around here! Most of my time has been filled up with driving her back and forth to school, taking her to doctor’s appointments,...
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Get Back on Track with Cauliflower Soup
I have been dreaming about this cauliflower soup ever since I first saw it on the Food 52 site last month. I don’t know why. There’s nothing at all that’s fancy about it. And, it’s probably one...
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Heat Up and Cool Down with a Bloody Mary Gazpacho Recipe
You may have noticed that I complain about the heat a lot. That’s because it is HOT here, people! It’s steam coming out of your ears hot. It’s fry an egg on the sidewalk hot. It’s the kind of hot...
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Whats in a Name? (Sauteed Broccoli Rabe with Garlic and Red Pepper)
Broccoli rabe, rapini, broccoletti, broccoli raab. Depending on where in the world you live, these nutritious leafy green bundles go by many aliases. Call them whatever you like. I call them...
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Spiced Eggnog Cupcakes with Vanilla-Rum Swiss Buttercream
When most people think of Thanksgiving desserts, the first thing that usually comes to mind is pumpkin. Pumpkin pie, pumpkin cake, pumpkin flan, pumpkin cheesecake – the list goes on. Thanksgiving...
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Nutty for Homemade Vanilla Almond Milk
Everyone here at Chez SGCC is lactose intolerant in varying degrees. Luckily for me, I’m the least affected. That means I still get to have ice cream from time to time. And, a world without ice...
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A Twist on a Classic: Cauliflower Fried Rice with Ham, Shrimp and Pineapple
A new Asian restaurant recently opened just a few blocks from our house. Actually, it was a popular and well-established place that closed many months ago and reopened at its present, (and very...
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