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The Taboulehs
When I was younger my cousin Angela would come over some weekends to babysit while my mom was out or had to work. I have a lot of fond memories of these times spent watching and rewatching The Naked Gun trilogy, eating Baskin Robbins ice cream, and tending to the needs of our extremely sensitive…
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Hasselback Potatoes
Quick little recipe this evening – these potatoes look extremely fancy and taste crispy and salty and perfect. If you want to make these potatoes the only strong recommendation I offer is that you choose an extra sharp knife otherwise the process becomes tedious and unpleasant. I chose this Nigella Lawson recipe last night to go…
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Lemon Roasted Asparagus
Roasted asparagus and Seinfeld (especially episodes heavily devoted to Uncle Leo) – I think I have finally discovered how to relax at the end of the day. I am one of those compulsive people that needs to spend their waking hours busy doing something, something that is most likely unproductive but somehow necessary, in my…
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Scarlet Soup
I have often read that fruits and vegetables richest in colour provide the most abundant health benefits; this soup is a wonderful sunset red – a therapeutic marriage of tomatoes, sweet peppers, and roasted garlic. If you are lucky enough to have seasonal tomatoes I think they would make an even tastier soup, but…
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Sesame Soy Tofu
Transitioning to a full-time work schedule after spending months daydreaming about said schedule when one is unemployed is difficult at best and absolutely exhausting at its worst. It’s not the content of my days but rather the adjustment of getting up at 7:00 in the morning and trying not to stay up past 10:00 at…