Szechuan Green Beans

AKA – a recipe to use up a TON of Asian condiments sitting neglected in your fridge. Lately, I’ve had a thing for green beans. Not sure why. I mean, they are so average. Predictable. Every day. I think there is something about their crunch that is winning me over (yeah, I’m one of those [...]

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Scalloped Tomatoes

Scalloped Potatoes I get. Scalloped Tomatoes? Never heard of it! It is the height of tomato season, so what better time to try a new tomato dish? I adore tomatoes, but mostly I like them raw or just lightly cooked. I think that’s why I gravitated towards the recipe – it was something totally new [...]

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Plantains!

Quick – name a food you could eat every day for the rest of your life. Ok, I’ll go first since I’m here, and since I’m pretty sure you’ve already guessed my answer (ahem…plantains). This past spring we took a trip to Costa Rica and our hotel served fried plantains every.damn.day. Yes, it was a [...]

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Pomegranate glazed chicken

Let the grilling begin! I have a bottle of pomegranate molasses in my refrigerator that is a bit past its prime. Way, way past its prime… I don’t know why I’ve kept it sitting around for so long – since it adds such an interesting flavor to food. But whatever, it’s been sitting there a [...]

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Vanilla Mashed Sweet Potatoes

  This week is all about excess. Fitting that I have chosen to start a diet this week too, no? Perhaps said diet will need to wait for next week since it’s all about heavy cream infused with butter this week. I can already hear my cellulite conspiring against me.   On our vacation last [...]

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Pureed Parsnips

 Haute cuisine circa 1998 Throughout our lives, there are moments we all remember when we were introduced to something new – something eye-opening. I remember one such moment from a visit to Cafe Boulud in NYC in the late ’90′s. I was maybe 18 at the time and just starting to realize that I loved [...]

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Coke Pulled Pork and Parmesan Lime Corn

Hobo Mondays Thursdaynightsmackdown has a new once a month blogging event called Hobo Mondays: come up with a meal to feed 2 for under $5. Well, we are looking for ways to cut down our grocery bill over here at Pantry Raid, so I thought this was prime opportunity to get off my butt and [...]

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Potato Galette with Gruyere

Does this girl ever eat healthy? It’s all about portion control, right? Once again, this recipe is actually about being frugal – I had some potatoes that were starting to get wrinkly and needed to be used asap. I’ve always wanted to make a galette, so thought this would be a perfect opportunity and found [...]

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