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Pasta Toss with Tuna & Vegetables

About a week ago, Lis posted a gorgeous recipe on her blog for Pasta Shells with Italian Tuna, Grape Tomatoes & Baby Spinach. After wiping the drool from my lips, I knew I had to make it. The only thing was that when I entered it into the WW points calculator, it said one serving […]

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Chicken Schnitzel

Shane spent a number of years in Germany as a kid, where he acquired a taste for schnitzel. Kian and Sadie also picked up on his love of schnitzel and, to be honest, so did I. Veal or pork pounded thin, dredged in a seasoned flour, fried and served with lemon wedges? Nothing wrong with […]

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Nutella S’mores

We had marshmallows. We had graham crackers. We had a campfire and long, lean sticks. But no chocolate. Nutella was an excellent stand-in. In fact, I think I prefer it… Nutella S’mores 1 graham cracker, broken in half1 well toasted marshmallow (lightly browned on the outside, flowing and hot on the inside)about two teaspoons of […]

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Deep Dish "Pizza"

Shane has spent some time in Chicago recently for job training. While there, he fell in love with deep dish pizza. It wasn’t enough for him to enjoy his culinary discovery, he had to call me and taunt me with it. Repeatedly. Look, I’m a New Yorker. I was born in Beth Israel, grew up […]

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Cardamom Chocolate Chunk Cookies

In a word: yum. In more than one word: I can’t stop eating Shuna Fish Lydon’s Cardamom Chocolate Chunk cookies. I snitch them from the kitchen, brush crumbs off my shirt, dunk them in milk. Just — yum. To be honest, I was a tiny bit disappointed at first. The recipe calls for both ground […]

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RRC #7

Hey! Guess what? Shane & I are going to Russia! (In less than a month!) And I can’t decide if I’m more excited about seeing an embalmed Lenin, visiting a city that inspired this song (translation), or being “forced” to eat samples on the Red October Chocolate Factory tour.b The trip is also the inspiration […]

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FDA Deadline Extended!

A Lemon Vanilla Cupcake bon bon from Temper Chocolates. “Lemon zest and vanilla beans infused in a white chocolate ganache over a creamy graham cracker ganche, enrobed in milk chocolate.” According to Don’t Mess With Our Chocolate, the FDA has extended their comment period to May 25! If you haven’t done it already, go to […]

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Spinach Stuffed Potato Skins

Image Source. If you’re looking for a lighter version of the cheese laden and bacon studded potato skins served at American pubs everywhere, his WW recipe isn’t going to sate that craving. But if you’re looking for good side dish, one that help reaches your veggie quotient for the day, give these a try. I […]

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Fruity Hootch Packs Healthy Punch, Study Sez

Fruity cocktails count as health food, study finds Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:35AM EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A fruity cocktail may not only be fun to drink but may count as health food, U.S. and Thai researchers said on Thursday. Adding ethanol — the type of alcohol found in rum, vodka, tequila and other spirits […]

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Supernatural Brownies

The NYTimes’ Julia Molskin wrote this of the following recipe: [The Supernatural Brownie] is an accidental creation by [Nick] Malgieri, who (in a rare human moment for a pastry chef) once forgot to double the flour when baking his own fudge brownie recipe. He also adds a measure of brown sugar to the basic formula. […]

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