Category: Recipes
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Pasta with Easy Summer Sauce
Last night I made this quick dish before we headed out to Blues on the Green, a free outdoor concert that is provided once a week. The concert was great (Marcia Ball was performing), but the pasta was even better. It’s such an easy dinner, and with the summer heat, I was glad that the…
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Bruschetta with Chickpea Salad
As I mentioned a few days ago, I bought Fresh Food Fast by Peter Berley, a wonderful vegetarian cookbook. I love how the book is set up; it’s divided by seasons, then into individual menus. It’s so useful to me, because I’m always fretting about what to serve with what. Last night I tried his…
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Cantaloupe tonight
Let me just preface this post by saying that I love cantaloupe. It’s definitely my favorite fruit. I’m not a big fruit-eater; I’ll eat the occasional banana drizzled with chocolate syrup, a grape or two, maybe a slice of apple smeared with peanut butter. It’s just that fruit is so…juicy. If I’m not thirsty, I…
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It’s pasta! (Again)
We eat a lot of pasta. Mainly because I love it so much, but also because it’s cheap and versatile. I remember the first pasta dish I ever made was tossed with sauteed zucchini and garlic, and topped with Parmesan cheese. My dad tasted it and said, “Where’s the sauce?” I’ve come a long way…
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Roots
Every now and then, it’s nice to remember where you came from. I came from a little town in New Mexico, where I lived with my mom and dad, my sister, my brother, and my grandma. My grandma lived with us until we moved to Texas, and she taught me so many things. I learned…