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Spicy Pancetta Pasta {YCCT!}

By Derek On August 23, 2012 · Add Comment
This was the very first pasta dish I ever fell in love with. While working at the Harbourlight Restaurant in New Zealand, our head chef would make staff meals at the end of the night, utilizing cheaper ingredients and perishables. He whipped up this dish for me one late, late evening, and I loved it so much that I had to get the recipe. My love affair with cooking may very well trace it's roots back to this easy dish.
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Sweet Zucchini Bread

Sweet Zucchini Bread (and a Mea Culpa)

By Derek On August 16, 2012 · Add Comment
This recipe has been passed down for at least five generations in the family, maybe further. My great-grandmother learned this one from her mother, who was from Germany, and it has made its way to me via my mother. I adapted this for quicker cooking in a 9-inch round cake pan instead of a bread loaf pan, and it's been under the "treat" glass on the countertop many times. The girls love it so we try not to let them know that there is two cups of zucchini in it, because the veggies they don't know can't hurt them, right?
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Bloody Mary

Summer Garden Bloody Mary {Sunday Drink}

By Derek On August 12, 2012 · 1 Comment
The idea for this one came across my reader last week from edibleMadison.com. It looked too tasty not to try, especially with the abundance of fresh produce available right now at our local farmer's market (this is being written in mid-August). So I re-imagined the recipe, and lo-and-behold, it still turned out wonderfully. That's the beauty of the Bloody Mary...just about anything works!
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Wonton Crisps

Borrowed Friday – Wonton Crisps

By Derek On August 12, 2012 · 2 Comments
Today’s borrow comes from one of the greatest named blogs in all of foodland:  Burp! Where Food Happens.  Burp! is run by a pair of foodies from the great state of Wisconsin, and these two are just about the hub/center of Wisconsin food blogs. Today’s featured recipe is one recipe with four variations in it, [...]
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Cookie Dough Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip

Three Favorites Cookie

By Derek On August 9, 2012 · 4 Comments
If you like chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal cookies or peanut butter cookies, there's a good chance you'll like this recipe. It's a combination of all three of those favorites in one mouthwatering cookie. So don't blame me if you don't enjoy these cookies...I can't help it if your tastebuds are malfunctioning!
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Chicken sous-vide

Chicken Sous-Vide

By Derek On August 9, 2012 · 2 Comments
  I’ve heard great things about cooking sous-vide.  Things like: “best chicken ever” or  ”scrambled eggs as delicious as custard” or “brussels sprouts that taste like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups“.  Okay, I actually haven’t heard that last one, but if I had and it were true, I would buy up all the brussels sprouts in [...]
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Recipe for a Long Night

By Derek On August 7, 2012 · 3 Comments
The premise of R365 is "A Recipe a Day and Life Along the Way." Tonight it's going to be blatantly obvious that this recipe is the life part of the equation. I'm a husband and a father of three young children. By young, I mean three under the age of three. The youngest is only 6 weeks old. He's the cause of much of the chaos these days. He's been colicky, so my wife isn't sleeping at night. Consequently, during the day, she's exhausted, but left to tend to two hyper toddlers. Those two are even more agitated lately because they're competing for attention. It's a vicious cycle, and one of us has been sleeping on the couch for over a month.
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