Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner

Well, I did it. I entered my very first cooking contest.
In entering the recipe that I did I also took a big risk. Even though the rules of the contest didn’t stipulate that the recipe had to be something simple or easy to prepare, I felt no matter what it was necessary for [...]

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How To Have A Date Night On A Sunday Morning

September 5, 2009

This post originally appeared as part of a guest post series I’m doing over at Building Camelot on September 2, 2009.
One of our favorite indulgences in my house is the lazy Sunday where we stay in our pajamas well into the afternoon. Days like this are the perfect opportunity to make the morning that date [...]

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Cooking in advance

August 25, 2009

The other day while I was out running some errands, I ventured into the grocery store to pick up a few quick items. Out of habit I scanned the meat section for any deals and stumbled upon a buy one, get one sale on ground chicken from this otherwise expensive organic chicken company. [...]

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Random Feeding Thoughts

July 28, 2009

A week ago Sunday my wife and I were able to escape the bonds of parenthood and catch a movie for the first time since before our son was born. While we were enjoying the new Harry Potter movie, our son was busy showing Grammie where she could find his dinner.
I got a big [...]

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Into the “Stratta”sphere

May 12, 2009

So, yesterday was “Make-up Mothers Day” in our house. Now, before you go thinking that I forgot, or neglected to do anything for Mothers Day for my wife, she was working. Working for a hospital means that she works every third weekend and, as luck would have it, this year her regularly scheduled [...]

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Quinoa – The Incas weren’t wrong

March 23, 2009

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This past Fatherhood Friday over at dad-blogs.com one of my fellow daddy bloggers used his post to inquire about some helpful recipes that were cholesterol friendly. As a recent diabetic I have struggled with changing how I eat and cook, so I understand his dilemma.
Due to my Italian heritage I love pasta [...]

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