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My most Southern dish to date.

October 5, 2011
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Happy Hump Day! Doesn’t it feel good to be half way to Friday? Earlier this week I had a craving for a super Southern dish, Shrimp & Grits. I’ve had it twice before at Crook’s Corner, a local restaurant in Chapel Hill that’s famous for this stuff. I love the restaurant deeply but couldn’t justify [...]

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New Recipe Page & Nutrition Info: Mango Cheesecake

May 25, 2011

I haven’t been feeling great the past couple of days which means my cooking has consisted of making sandwiches and eating leftovers.  Sadly, there’s no new and fun dish to share with you today but I did make a recipe page for my Mango Cheesecake!  It can be found under the Splurge-worthy desserts page and [...]

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New Recipe Page with Nutrition Info for Pasta Noe: A Creamy Fennel Linguine

April 14, 2011

Hi!  I finally got around to creating a recipe page for the amazing Pasta Noe dish I made for the fennel Ingredient Challenge back in March!  If you missed it, here it is.  The recipe and nutrition information can be found under Splurge-worthy Entrees.  I put it there mostly because each serving has 27g of [...]

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The 24 Hour Chocolate Chip Cookie that’s Worth the Wait

March 29, 2011
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Good morning, everyone! I come to you with a pick-me-up since, well, it’s only Tuesday and I think it’s necessary. I volunteered to bake cookies for a classmate’s birthday today and wanted to let you in on the happiest chocolate chip cookie… ever.

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Meatballs, Meet Texas Pete

March 16, 2011

For those of you who know me well, you know I am utterly addicted to Texas Pete.  Made in North Carolina, it’s my hot sauce of choice for eggs, burritos, quesadillas, tacos, rice and beans and pretty much anything that needs a little kick… like my meatballs. I got the idea one day when I [...]

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