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Shrimp Ceviche
After living on the islands for two weeks, I came home a pescaderian. Not really but I feel so good when I eat fish. And I was craving something summery and fresh. Sooo, why not try ceviche? Note: this being my first time cooking with lime and shrimp, the shrimp don’t necessarily turn pink like…
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Burrata in my pasta and salad
I ordered a salad at lunch a while back and was so disappointed. It was a Burrata salad and the chef had added garlic salt to the cheese. The salt and powdery garlic flavor was so over powering, my salad was ruined. On Sunday, we were shopping for the week’s meals and I saw Burrata.…
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Agua Fresca de Watermelon
Mini seedless watermelons are popping up at all our grocery stores. After one sat on our counter for a week, I figured it was time to get creative. After cutting a few slices for the little one to snack on, I threw the rest into a blender with 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup sugar, and…
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Coastal Kale Salad
Warning: this recipe is extremely addictive for “healthy eaters.” Healthy eater definition: Someone who loves salads, snacks on fruits, has eaten kale and liked it. This does not however mean that they don’t indulge in the double-double every now and again. And this doesn’t mean that they ever skip dessert for any other reason than…
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Snappy Dill Pickles
My book club read “Cooked” by Michael Pollan. And while the reviews about the book were mixed, it did inspire me to get cooking again. I had intended for us all to make pickles together – inspired by the “earth” section of the book. But too much rosé was consumed and we all ended up…
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Green Bean Casserole – another Thanksgiving staple
Casseroles seemed so nasty as a kid. It was a hodgepodge of veggies and some meat mixed with cream of something soup and then baked. But that actually sounds delicious. It is an easy one-pot meal that was a staple growing up. I’m not sure who thought up the green bean casserole as a side…
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Another post without photos – Pumpkin Pie
Ok, like I mentioned in the cranberry sauce post, I’m trying to get all my favorite recipes for Thanksgiving in here. And this is one of my favorite Pumpkin Pie recipes. WARNING: if you don’t like spicy pies, this recipe isn’t for you. There’s plenty of cinnamon and ginger to make your pumpkin (and your…
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Thanksgiving Stuffing
Our family has always called that yummy bread dish that so deliciously compliments the Thanksgiving turkey, stuffing. I don’t recall it ever being actually in the bird, though. And so, technically we are wrong. It should be called dressing. But we aren’t changing and neither is this very basic recipe (with the small exception for…
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I’m back and with fried food
I took some time off to unplug and enjoy friends and family and the river and woods. In fact, there really was no signal. Even though I planned to bring back some photos of the scrumptious bits consumed during our camping trip, I never pulled out my phone. And therefore never took any pictures. I’ll…
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Meat sneaks into my salad
I love salads garnished with meat for dinner. Some favs include salmon salad, thai beef salad, vietnamese salad (that one comes with egg rolls too – so of course it’s scrumptious), nicoise salad…I could go on. And I will in other posts when I throw these together and finally take a photo of them. Today’s…
Scrumptious Bits
all things scrumptious
Scrumptious Bits 