From the monthly archives:

January 2012

Duck and Date Meatballs

January 26, 2012

It’s been awhile since we’ve had a 5 Star Makeover.  To recap, our fantastic hosts Natasha of 5 Star Foodie and Lazaro of Lazaro Cooks! pick a monthly theme and then participating bloggers get to interpret as we wish.  So far we’ve made over bacon and eggs (I did a pizza with Egg, Bacon, and [...]

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Chewy Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

January 20, 2012

For most of the winter thus far here in Chicago temperatures have been balmy and mild.  Christmas came and went with barely so much as a dusting of snow.  Brown Christmas indeed.  I was starting to naively believe that we’d hit spring by February.  But then last week we finally got a little over two [...]

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Crab Salad BLT

January 18, 2012

Before Christmas I mentioned my love of holiday traditions, but I realized the other day that I forgot one – new year’s resolutions.  For a long time I never made any.  They seemed like a cliche and I assumed that even if I did make one, my follow through would be poor. Then in 2007 [...]

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Chicken with Apple Balsamic Cream Sauce

January 9, 2012

Back in November while at the Foodbuzz Fest I tried for the first time, and consequently fell in love with, Apple Balsamic Vinegar.  Made from apple vinegar and apple juice it had the characteristic depth of balsamic vinegar with the sweetness of apples.  And having been aged for 5 years it was also slightly syrupy [...]

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