Category: Recipes
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Coconut Milk Curry
Today we got a new oven and it is cause for rejoicing. For the past four years we’ve used one that is older than we know, more than 100 degrees off and terribly terribly ugly. But a new oven was a luxury, and so we pushed the want aside and made do just fine. But…
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Quinoa Salad
Each week Green B.E.A.N. Delivery brings a bin-full of freshness to our front door. I really really love that we use their service. Coming home to a bin filled to the brim each Thursday is one of my favorite things. I never cease to become giddy when I unload our container and arrange everything in…
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Summer Drinks
In the summer of 2009 our drink of choice was the Mojito. 2010 was the summer of the Gin & Tonic. This summer? I think I’ll have an Americano and the mister will have a Negroni. As always, when it begins to warm up outside and the sun sets later, we stretch out our evenings…
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Carrot Cake
You know what perks up a bad day? Cake. Any type really will do, but I’m especially fond of a rich carrot cake topped with cream cheese frosting. I really wish I weren’t such an emotional foodie, but I am. Some days I can eat an apple and some almonds and call it a treat,…
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Zucchini Bread
This week I’ve packed up a 4,000 square foot office with my co-workers and downsized to a 1,000 square foot temporary space in a pilot’s lounge at the old Indianapolis airport. Out one window I see planes taking off. The other window looks over a jet in the hangar. Nothing feels like what I know.…
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In the Kitchen
When I was young my family lived in a brick farmhouse built in the 1800s. Of all the rooms in that house, I have more memories that take place in the kitchen than in any other room. I would stand at our Hoosier cabinet and sift flour for my mom when she baked. I’d curl…
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Spaghetti al Limone
There are moments when I think I’d like to be shaped like a supermodel. But then I step into a kitchen, any kitchen, and suddenly the thought of being plump is much more enticing. Pasta dishes have become an increasing obsession for me these days. I blame PBS. As Regan and I were watching television…
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Devil’s Food Cupcakes
Heading into Monday I decided some cupcakes for my co-workers were in order. This weekend the rest of my co-workers wrapped up the leadership retreat that I attended at the beginning of the year. Perhaps each of them had a remarkable experience, but just in case their experiences felt anything like mine, they are going…
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Toaster Oven Magic
In the midst of our Sunday baking yesterday I turned to fill the preheated oven with a pan full of little breakfast kolaches. Sitting in their glass pan perfectly rounded and puffed beautifully, I was so eager to smell the scent of baking dough fill our house. Sadly, when I opened the oven door no…