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spiced cashew granola cookie wedges

by Kristina Sloggett on May 17, 2013

in baking,Cooking Light,Dessert,Gluten Free,recipes,snacks,Vegan

spiced cashew granola cookie wedges

Remember when I made Jason the Giant Mall Cookie for his birthday?

I had a craving for one yesterday. One we could enjoy while watching [click to continue…]

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lemon poblano mac and cheese

by Kristina Sloggett on April 19, 2013

in Cooking Light,Dinner,Gluten Free,recipes,Vegan

lemon poblano mac and cheese

Crazy roller coaster week, right? From Boston and Texas and MIT to a couple more ambulance rides [click to continue…]

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crispy eggplant stacks

by Kristina Sloggett on March 25, 2013

in Cooking Light,Dinner,Gluten Free,recipes,Vegan

crispy eggplant stacks

There is a Basset Hound in our neighborhood. Jason had a Basset growing up, and being a long dog person myself, I love seeing this pup out and about. The other day, he was walking by our house and I said, “there’s the Basset – loping along…”  - Jason called him Hopalong Bassety.

I have been [click to continue…]

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six ways to use marinara

February 1, 2013

I still have a bit of my slow cooker basil marinara left, and there is definitely no shortage of things I can top with this freshly fragrant sauce. In this month’s issue, Cooking Light shared their Six Ways to Use Marinara Sauce – while many look appealing, this is a list largely made up of foods my omnivorous [...]

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slow cooker basil marinara

January 30, 2013

While an anti inflammatory diet gives tomatoes the side eye, they are one of my favorites and sometimes I feel like indulging. I know – indulging? Yes. When you like marinara and the many foods that like to swim in it, this is a form of indulgence. Don’t even get me started on summertime, when [...]

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basil cardamom apple brown betty

December 15, 2012

I am once again partnering with Cooking Light and The Chew, working with recipes from the show. This time I chose a dessert from Mario Batali, and I was asked to recreate the recipe and make it my own. Make it my own is exactly what I did. Using my favorite herb and spice (basil [...]

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apricot havarti puffs

December 6, 2012

Sweet and savory, sweet and salty, sweet and spicy. Sweet. Pillowy doughy… sweet. It really is the most wonderful time of the year. Those two up there were my taste testers. The rest magically stayed intact. You need a couple taste testers, right? You need to eat melty cheese every day now and then. You [...]

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praline pumpkin mousse cornucopias

November 17, 2012

I was invited by Cooking Light and The Chew to make one of the holiday recipes from the show (I was actually invited to join a taping of The Chew last week, and rats Rats RATS I could not go). But did I want to put my own spin on one of The Chew’s holiday recipes [...]

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mushroom lentil burgers

September 7, 2012

Are you guys tired of my “I love fall” talk? I know I’ve been talking about fall a lot, and how much I am looking forward to it…  I really have enjoyed this summer – summer in Portland is generally good and this year has been perfect. We still have very warm days (yesterday’s temperature [...]

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