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simple supper: red snapper fillets with a cornmeal crust

Two posts in one day? I must be procrastinating! True. This post, however, will not have any photos because my camera’s batteries were low and we were just too hungry (and lazy) to wait for anything not food related. I…

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let’s have a pumpkin carving party: peel ’em & eat ’em prawns + roasted pumpkin seeds

Since my pumpkin cupcakes were not scary in the least, I decided that I had to have some creep-out factor to my pumpkin carving party (our library dvd copy of jeepers creepers didn’t do the trick after all). A couple…

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leftovers: galettes de riz

Yesterday I decided to spend a bit of time to have a great lunch. I had some red swiss chard and left-over rice and I had remembered seeing Clotide’s recipe for Galettes de Riz which seemed like an excellent way…

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hooray for autumn: spicy squash pasta

Last night I was cheering that it had only rained one day this past week. I spoke too soon and I managed to get all soaking wet from my bike ride today. I’ve been busy this past week volunteering my…

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oh polenta: polenta casserole

I had only 1 prior experience with polenta (about 10 years ago) and I wasn’t pleased with the results…but something pushed me to try again and I’m so glad I did.

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ginger pineapple chicken — the speedy way

Last night I told Cornelius I would have dinner ready by the time he returned from doing laundry. Time wise, I didn’t hold up my end of the bargin, but it wasn’t for lack of trying. He left with 2…

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