Refreshing Orzo Salad

Growing up, one of my favorite meals that my mom would make was Grecian orzo salad.  Recently, I was in the mood for orzo salad and I decided to try to replicate hers.  Thinking back, my mom’s orzo salad included Feta cheese, kalamata olives, and red peppers.  Well, I don’t like Feta cheese and I [...]

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Orzo with Sausage, Peppers and Tomatoes

This dish encompasses some of my very favorite things: adorable pastina, chicken sausage, and peppers.  It’s also easy… ridiculously easy.  You just start browning the sausage at the same time as you put the orzo’s water on to boil, and by the time the orzo is done, you have your sauce ready to go.  It [...]

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Tamale Pie

Growing up, I was never much of a television watcher.  Partly, that was because I just didn’t have that much time with all of my extracurricular activities, and partly it was because I really preferred reading.  Yes, I was one of those.  These days, I still prefer reading, but I have recognized that there are certain [...]

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Roasted Red Pepper and Goat Cheese Sandwiches

Hiking is one of my favorite pastimes.  Growing up, my family did a fair bit of hiking, but we didn’t consider it a hobby, per se.  Hiking was more of a way to get where we wanted to go.  You see, we often wanted to go to places that were a bit out of the way.  Like [...]

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Roasted Vegetable Pasta Sauce

Despite the title of this blog, I am actually something of a neat freak.  Although I do flail about and throw flour everywhere while I bake, I’m an extremely tidy cook and am very conscientious about cleaning my condo – particularly the kitchen, since I spend so much of my time there.  But one cleaning [...]

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