Tag: Food
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Chicken roulades with spinach and mushrooms
I made this last night and really enjoyed it. When I’ve had one of those days where nothing really worked right, I take solace in the fact that I can still throw good ingredients together and make a scrumptious dinner. What’s nice about this recipe is that it doesn’t require as much effort as you’d…
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Swedish Pancakes
This is a recipe that brings me back to weeks of cold gloomy winter days in Germany. My mom would make pancakes to cheer everyone up when it was cold dark and wet outside. The sweet smell would lure depressed family members from the far corners of the house to sit, talk and smile at…
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German style potato pancakes
I like me some fried greasies from time to time, and when I do potato pancakes often the bill. This is a pretty standard recipe not much different from a glut of them on the internet, but I feel that the magic happens in the cooking more than the prepping, so I took some pictures…
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Farmers Market Caprese Salad
This weekend I had time to stop by the farmers market. I picked up some gorgeous tomatoes and ultra fragrant purple basil which I threw that together with some fresh mozzarella and balsamic vinaigrette at lunch time. It turned out to be a really wonderful little caprese salad that’s simple to make with the right…
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Making thin burger patties
My ideal hamburger is like those you find at In-N-Out. It has a relatively thin seasoned patty cooked medium well, onion, lettuce, tomato, thousand island dressing and ketchup all on a soft white bun. I never understood the appeal of those thick rare in the center burger patties advertised in restaurant burgers. To me a…
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Goulash and spätzle
One of my favorite treats is my moms goulash and spätzle. Her goulash is variation of the Hungarian meat stew that like so many delicious recipes used to be a way for poor people to utilize food scraps. Spätzle are essentially egg noodles made from scratch. This recipe is one of a few that can…
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Making perfect Hash Browns
I like to make a good American style breakfast at least one day of the week and for me, that’s always included a large serving of golden brown crispy hashbrown potatoes. The perfect start to a lazy Sunday reading the newspaper and lounging around the house. After years of dealing with with frozen hash browns…
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Great tasting BBQ Baby-Backs
My all time favorite BBQ Ribs will always be at Houston’s Restaurant in Pasadena. This recipe, however comes close to the their popular Knife and Fork ribs with Cole Slaw and String Fries at a fraction of the price. It takes some prep work, but if you are planning on being home for most of…
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Products that contain bisphenol-a
Bisphenol-a or BPA is a monomer for polycarbonate plastic. It chemically reacts with other liquid chemicals (monomers) to produce molecules of polycarbonate or epoxies (solid polymers). This has been revised from my previous post after receiving Kevin’s kind update below. Unfortunately recent studies have shown that when plastic containers with BPA are heated or chilled,…