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Red Tea Sangria + A “Cool” Giveaway!

August 31, 2010

“This is SO good! You can’t even taste the alcohol!” You know you’re in trouble when you find yourself saying this…especially when the beverage is served by the pitcher! I do love to relax with an icy tumbler of sangria, it’s so fruity and refreshing. This Red Tea Sangria recipe from inside the Mighty Leaf [...]

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Things That Made Me Go Mmmm… #3

August 27, 2010

>> How many times have you pored over a restaurant menu, identified a few possibilities and then craned your neck to see what other patrons were eating to help make your decision? That’s me most of the time. So I was pretty excited when I heard about a new location-based app called Foodspotting. It’s like [...]

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Zucchini with Walnuts & Chives

August 25, 2010

Yes, it’s unofficially “Zucchini Week” on Cooking On the Side. The other day I brought you a sweet treat – Chocolate Chunk Zucchini Bread. Today we’ll step over to the savory side, with Zucchini with Walnuts & Chives. Evidently when you plant zucchini in your garden it grows like crazy (you have to see the [...]

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Chocolate Chunk Zucchini Bread

August 23, 2010

Given that I’m allotted about 45 seconds from the time we make it downstairs until my lovable little folks start clamoring to be served breakfast you’d think I’d formulate some kind of breakfast plan to make things easier. Instead, I look a bit like Taz from Looney Tunes, spinning around the kitchen, transferring items from [...]

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Things That Made Me Go Mmmmm… #2

August 13, 2010

>> This Celebration Cake, from Lisa is Cooking, is even more beautiful because she baked it in support of Free Cakes for Kids – a program where volunteers bake birthday cakes for children who might not otherwise receive one. That nearly brought tears to my eyes – what an incredible organization! >> Have you been [...]

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Homemade Pizza

August 10, 2010

The ten minutes of kneading involved in making your own pizza crust provided enough tension relief to save my sanity as I was preparing this Lamb, Goat Cheese & Rosemary pizza. I discovered there was just enough yeast left in the jar to make the dough so I ever-so-carefully inverted it so as not to [...]

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Things That Made Me Go Mmmmm… #1

August 6, 2010

I enjoy browsing through all kinds of interesting articles, recipes, TV shows and other tasty media bites throughout the week. I thought I’d start sharing my favorites with you. Hope you enjoy them! >> Trousers that come with their own napkin? That’s what you get with Gluttony Pants, designed by renowned San Francisco-based chef Chris [...]

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Crispy Baked Chicken

August 4, 2010

“Want French toast!” Try as I might, I could not convince my two-and-a-half year old that the corn flake crumb-crusted baked chicken my husband and I were eating was not the Crispy French Toast we had the morning before. The chicken breast half on my daughter’s plate was cut up so it didn’t look anything [...]

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Crispy French Toast

August 2, 2010

My mother-in-law was visiting a few weeks ago and she mentioned to me that she’d tried a baked chicken recipe from the side of a box of corn flake crumbs. They sell corn flake crumbs?? I guess it shouldn’t have surprised me. It’s no different from graham cracker crumbs and I’ve been buying those for [...]

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Sweet & Spicy Grilled Steak with Tomato Relish

July 27, 2010

You’ve watched over your steak on the grill in hopes of getting it to your desired doneness. You’ve patiently waited while it rests and redistributes all of its juices. Then finally it’s the moment of truth…time to carve. I was full of pride (and relief) when I made that first incision into this Sweet & [...]