Tag: recipe
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Day 1 Strawberry Quinoa Kale
Most people know I hate salad. My mother never made us eat salad growing up. We had fresh vegetables and fruits or they were served within soup and stir fry. The concept of eating raw vegetables with dressings was entering foreign territory. When I first moved out of my mom’s house into college where the…
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Lavender Lemon Cake
After attending the bookclub meeting, I had a craving for tea and cake, specifically lavender tea. Did you know lavender is used to treat anger and insomnia?
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Meatball Stuffed Ridged Gourd
Ridged gourd is one of those vegetables I was completely turned off by as a kid. It has a strange bitter taste, it looks green, and it has spikes. Seriously, it is a not an appetizing looking vegetable. My mother used to make meatballs stuffing them into these ridge gourd and cooked them in a…
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Chocolate Honey Banana Bread
Spring seems less likely to arrive as March enters mid-month with temperature barely above freezing. Some days, it’s a balmy 50 degree F and then the next, dips below freezing with freezing wind.
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Veggie Chik Lettuce Cup
Meatless Mondays started out as a way for my boyfriend and I to have dinner together instead of eating out or working late. We also found it as a good habit to have for our quest to maintaining a healthy and fit lifestyle.
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Blood Orange Juice and Apple Bits Green Tea
It’s another cold night in New York. What started a warm 40 degree day dipped down to the teens as sun hovered over the horizon and beyond. As much as I love winter, these are days where I wish it were spring, minus the allergies.
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Chocolate Strawberry Cupcake for Two
As the month of February and Valentine’s Day fast approaches, I started to think about what to do for a special dinner. Last year, I made chocolate fondue with strawberries for dessert. It was a small enough batch for two people without leftover ingredients so I needed something similar without making a huge batch that…
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Basil Tofu Cotta with Strawberry
With my boyfriend’s mother around, I’ve been eating more creamy food and sometimes enjoying it and other times, not so much. I’ve found that I like many of the Italian desserts if they are made right, such as tiramisu, bomboloni, and panna cotta.
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Spicy Tomato Sauce + Spicy Beef Ragu
Last week, one of my favorite Italian places, I Tre Merli, closed down. It’s as close as you’ll get to real Italian food that isn’t watered down to American taste, however, it is on the pricier side. I’ve measured all spaghetti alla vongole to this place. The best place for this dish was definitely Genoa,…
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Fried Gnocchi with Spicy Soppressata
Spicy soppressata are the best invention ever! It’s better than those fake spicy italian sausage and salami. Then I had seen a recipe online for fried gnocchi and thought why not? Spicy fried food is always a good option.