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Sometimes I get into a cooking rut where I cook the same thing over and over again, and then I get so bored that i don't even feel like cooking anymore. One of the things that reliably gets me out of this rut is Real Simple's daily recipe e-mail. Not every recipe I get in my inbox inspires me, but I do have a good selection bookmarked to try. ( Read more... )

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Dinner tonight was Grilled Chicken with Fresh Grape Glaze.  I saw the recipe in Cooking Light magazine (fJune 2005), and since I had some seedless red grapes in the fridge, I thought I'd give it a try.


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The blueberries for sale this season have been magnificent and I can't resist buying them. Having loads of blueberries, however, brings up the oh-so-delicious problem of what to make with all of them.   I couldn't very well keep making bllueberry muffins over and over again now could I?  One of my solutions is Blueberry French Toast.  It's one of ( Read more... )

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I'd been wanting to make blueberry muffins for a while now, and when
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Happy third day of summer!  June 22 was the Solstice - the longest day of the year and the official start of summer!


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I've been in a baking mood lately, as evidenced by the lemon cupcakes I made recently.  Here's a recipe that intrigued me while I was browsing through Chocolate American Style -- White Chocolate and Macadamia Nut Blondies.  It seemed simple enough and Lindt White Chocolate bars were on sale, so I decided to give it a try. 
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I've been in a baking mood lately, so when I saw the recipe for Strawberry-Topped Lemon Cucakes with Limoncello Glaze in the current issue of Bon Appetit, I knew I had to make it.  I didn't have any limoncello in stock, but fortunately, my uncle had brought me a bottle of crema di limone from his recent trip to Venice, so I was all set.


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