Author: Tina

Pomegranate Mojito

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Pomegranates are a fun.  Is it weird that I think a fruit is fun?  I feel like I’m eating an exotic fruit.  You know, because anything that’s not an apple or orange is pretty exotic to me. My husband and I saw a bin of pomegranates at the grocery store.  I can’t remember how long it’s been since I’ve had one so my husband grabbed a couple of them.  If you’ve never had one before, you eat the seeds, which are sweet and tart.  I eat the pips seeds and all and I think most people actually do.  You get a …

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Skillet Pizza

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Last week I only had the desire to eat bagels and pizza.  Does anyone else get into a “food mood”? These food anti-cravings I have are annoying.  They cause me to be grossed out by basically everything that is even remotely good for me.  Worse, this type of food is not good material for food blogging either.  Even my husband, who doesn’t get sick of food easily, said while eating the fourth bagel of the week “we should probably have real food.”  I blame stress at work, getting a flu shot and feeling like crap, and having a cavity filled last …

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Brown Sugar Cookies

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I have a secret.  I used to hate thin cookies.  I thought that they were the worst thing in the baking world.  Don’t judge me… I can hear the gasps all over the internet now!  😉 I’ve learned over time that there are two kinds of flat cookies in this world.  There are ones that end up flat and gross due to a baking catastrophe (like not enough flour).  Then there are ones that are meant to be thin and delicious, like these wonderful brown sugar beauties. Side bar.  I get attached to my kitchen tools and when I need a replacement …

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Spinach Pie Spaghetti Squash

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Do you find it intimidating to work with squash?  If yes, it’s not as scary as it seems.  I promise. I used to be intimidated by squash.  No, I didn’t think that it would beat me up.  😛  I simply had no idea how to cook with it, which meant it was foreign to me.  Of course anything foreign seems difficult and intimidating (for example, the fact that only my husband bakes bread in this house).  Having a food blog inspired me to try a few different kinds of squash last year and boy have I been missing out on some good …

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Baked Acorn Squash

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I’ve been wracking my brain, trying to come up with a dinner recipe using this acorn squash.  We got it at a local farm and it’s been sitting in the fridge looking to be eaten.  In the end I decided to make it the way that my husband loved it as kid.  He convinced me to post about it because despite it’s simplicity, it’s worth being showcased.  I can never remember which squash is which.  Let’s be realistic here, there are tons of different kinds and a lot of them look kind of similar.  They are all squash after all. …

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