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crockpot

Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

June 17, 2011
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I’ve already confessed my love of cooking related catalogues, especially the ones with recipes. I think it’s completely an offshoot of my love for magazines. And the catalogues are actually a really good thing, because then I get a hit of glossy love without the guilt of an actual magazine, which I feel compelled to [...]

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Chicken in a Pot

February 28, 2011
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The time has come to share one of my great secrets. I cook whole chickens in my crock pot. I’ve been doing this for quite sometime. And for some reason, it makes me feel guilty. Because it’s so easy, and it doesn’t seem like a fine culinary technique. But it’s delicious. So we keep doing [...]

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Crockpot White Bean Chicken Chili

January 21, 2011
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This is the time of the year when the weather gets particularly dicey around here. We’ll have blistering cold, followed by a slight warm up, followed by more blistering cold. And if we’re unlucky, we have an La Nina year like this one, where all of that cold is wasted on a total LACK of [...]

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Chana Masala

February 15, 2010
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On my first date with Noel, way back in February of 2004, he took me to an Indian restaurant before we went to see a production of Sweeney Todd. Anxious to impress this guy that I knew I really, really liked, I didn’t have the nerve to tell him that I had never had Indian [...]

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Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

January 11, 2010
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So, is it cold enough out there for you? If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, chances are your answer to that question is yes! Because here we are, a week and a half into the year, and it’s freezing! Literally. I’m not sure we’ve really made it above freezing so far this year. Our [...]

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Chicken and Mushroom Risotto

November 27, 2009
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Are you looking for something to do with that leftover turkey? Well I’ve got a recipe for you. And as a bonus, you can put it in the slow cooker before you head out shopping today and it will be waiting for you when you get home. Back in October, I shared a recipe with [...]

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Butternut Squash Risotto

October 25, 2009
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Ah Sundays. They’re always bittersweet. They’re the ultimate relaxation day of the week, full of fun, football, friends, and of course the market–but they’re also when you have face the reality of going back to work the next day. Well, unless it’s my every other Sunday, when I’ve got the following Monday off. But no [...]

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Roasted Beets with Goat Cheese and Pomegranate Dressing

October 16, 2009
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Sometimes, I think my subconscious knows things before the rest of my body does. Like this past Monday, when I had a sudden desire to start cooking like a crazy person, I should have known that something was up. Why else would I have a sudden desire to make enough food for three dinners all [...]

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