Ingredient Challenge

Pasta Noe: A Fennel, Pancetta & Greek Yogurt Alfredo Delight

March 14, 2011

Happy (Ingredient Challenge) Monday! I want to begin by letting you know this Ingredient Challenge has special meaning to me. Rob is gearing up to move to Alicante, Spain in a few weeks for a fun, new job and this is the last dish I cooked in his cute, Noe Valley apartment! I’ve never been [...]

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Tomorrow’s Feature Challenge Ingredient, A Yummy Breakfast from Old Bread and Dinner at Zuni.

March 13, 2011

Happy Sunday! Before breakfast this morning I sprinted down to Whole Foods to pick my ingredients for this week’s Challenge dish.  With almost no one in the store (ahhhhh, how grocery shopping should always be), I poked around the produce department for the feature ingredient:  FENNEL Another completely new ingredient for me!  I got a [...]

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Ingredient Challenge Monday: Tofu

February 28, 2011

Happy Monday!  Today’s Ingredient Challenge features dishes made with tofu!  Having never cooked with tofu before I will admit this was a learning experience… but still a delicious one!  Here’s what I came up with: Red Curried Tofu & Fresh Veggies over Brown Jasmine Rice I started off with 2 14-oz. blocks of tofu which [...]

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Monday’s Feature Challenge Ingredient

February 26, 2011

Good morning!  I’m slowly waking up and getting ready to go for my 2nd 10 mile training run with the girls this morning!  This one is going to be epic because we have a very special destination!  Stay tuned for pictures and a run recap tomorrow.  The the feature ingredient for Monday’s Ingredient Challenge is [...]

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Ingredient Challenge Monday: Something Red for Valentine’s Day!

February 14, 2011

Happy Valentine’s Day!  In honor of this fabulously ridiculous holiday, the Ingredient Challenge theme this week was “something  red.”  That’s it, no key ingredients required. Here’s my “something red”:  Red Velvet Cheesecake  I love cheesecake and red velvet cake so when we had to come up with something red to make this week, I automatically thought [...]

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Valentine’s Day Ingredient Challenge & Black Bean Veggie Burgers

February 11, 2011

Happy Friday!  Since Monday is Valentine’s Day, myself and the other Ingredient Challenge bloggers decided on a creative theme for next week’s Challenge!  Instead of one ingredient like we’ve done in the past, this week we decided on a theme : “Something Red” Up for this week’s challenge are Dixie Chik Cooks, AndLoveItToo, From the [...]

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Caution: Food Processors May Bite

January 31, 2011

I’m sad to report that my Ingredient Challenge date dish never quite happened yesterday.  The food processor blade and I had a fight, and the blade won.  So, instead of making what were going to be wonderful Whole Wheat Date & Prosciutto Ravioli yesterday, I spent 4 lovely hours in the UNC Emergency Department having [...]

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