Potaje de Vigilia (Spanish Fasting Soup with Beans, Thickened with Bread)

January 15, 2012

This time of year always brings with it a dilemma: you want healthy and light after weeks of feasting but at the same time for many of us it is cold outside and we want warming and hearty.  Year after year I seem to turn to the same solution: bean soup.

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Grown Up Crispy Chocolate Globs

January 12, 2012

Ostensibly this post is about food, Crispy Chocolate Globs to be exact.  But first I need to share something more exciting–Skamp has arrived!

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Spice Crusted Beef Tenderloin: How to Slide a Non-Conventional Holiday Meal past Your Conventional Family

January 5, 2012

Despite the title above, I would just like to say that this would also make a rockin’ Valentine’s dinner. For what it’s worth.

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Top 11 Foodie Recommendations from The Spiced Life for 2011

January 2, 2012

My favorite stocking stuffer this year–onion goggles!  No more tears!  Who cares if I look ridiculous?! Happy New Year!  I love end of year lists.  Best cookbooks, best blogs, best albums, etc…  

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Espresso Hazelnut Lace Cookies

December 30, 2011

I am so sorry I did not get this post to you in time for Christmas cookies.  I made the plain hazelnut version with my mom, sent two thirds home with her (she and my dad love these cookies) and I kept one third, figuring I would photograph them in a day or two.

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Simple Nam Prik Pao Fried Rice

December 27, 2011

I have a fabulous post to share with you about the meal I made for Christmas Day–but it will take a moment to organize, especially in the recipe department.  I wanted to get something out in the meantime, and this simple, short post about nam prik pao, or Thai chili jam fits the bill perfectly.

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Sweet and Spicy Everyday Food Almonds

December 23, 2011

I hope this post finds you in time for any last minute snack or munchie ideas you might need for the holidays, because these almonds are fantastic and dead simple to make.

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Espresso Chocolate Chip Mandelbrot

December 20, 2011

The sad truth is that I have published this recipe before.  The even sadder truth is that I published it without photos, and that has bothered me so much to this day that I finally could not stand it any more, and decided to re-publish it.  Since I have made these cookies every single Christmas [...]

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Indian Scarlet Runner Bean and Chickpea Stew with Crimini Mushrooms

December 18, 2011

My mother warned me.  She came to visit, she adored this stew (it was what I would call a good bet–not a sure thing but not a big risk either, my mom is definitely coming around to Indian food), and she said “Did you write down what you did so you can do it again?”  ”Yes, [...]

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Be A Good Cookie! Meringue Cookie Flavors for the Holidays and Cookies for Kids’ Cancer (GIVEAWAY)

December 13, 2011

I had a very hard time writing this post.  Striking the right tone seems important, yet it is eluding me.

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