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Aug 02

Summer Sangria Recipe

Are you in a place where you have access to the most amazing, fresh and affordable peaches this summer?  You can’t miss.  You shouldn’t miss.  You should definitely make this… Sangria recipe this summer:  Carolina Peach Sangria. (read full article)

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Jul 01

4th of July Desserts: Cherry Pie Cups

Every year, just before summer arrives, I eagerly anticipate their arrival.  They’re here, they’re juicy and they’re ripe, and they’re irresistable.  Yep, they’re cherries!  I’m happy to eat them on their own, (read full article)

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Jun 24

4th of July Recipes: Tequila- Soaked Watermelon Wedges

If you don’t have any kids around, or if you have a good place to put these where the kids won’t get to them and want to grab a slice to munch on, then this is a good recipe for you to make for a 4th of July (or other summery) party: Tequ (read full article)

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Apr 19

Argentine Asado Dinner Party

A wonderful friend in our Gourmet Dinner Group is from Peru.  She travels all over South America on business, and she comes back with the most amazing rustic plates and dishes, and she collects authentic recipes and food experiences along the way.  (read full article)

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Apr 15

How to Make Classic Beef Empanadas

Our neighborhood’s Gourmet Group had another one of our dinner parties last weekend. The theme:  Gourmet Argentine Asado, which is an outdoor beef barbecue. All of the food at the party was excellent (be sure to see my next post for all of th (read full article)

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Mar 29

Easter Dessert Recipe: Lemon Truffle Cake

Here’s the perfect dessert for Easter: Lemon Truffle Cake. It’s a four-layer white cake with a creamy lemon filling. The “lemon truffle” consists of lemon curd with white chocolate and cream cheese mixed in. It’s pretty (read full article)

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Feb 04

Super Bowl Recipes: BLT Wraps

Quickie quiz: A. Will you be watching The Big Game? B. Will you be more interested in the food associated with the game? C. Will you be on your computer while everyone else watches the game. D. All of the above?  None of the above? I’m gonna g (read full article)

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Jan 28

Game Day Grub: Taco Soup

My brother has always had quite a fond attachment to Fritos.  As a kid he chose Fritos over any other type of chip-like snack, popping them into his chili and tucking them underneath the tuna in his tunafish sandwiches.  I never understood the appe (read full article)

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Jan 26

Citrus-Infused Guacamole w/ Baked Cumin-Dusted Tortilla Chips

I live in the land of year-round, ripe and affordable avocados (Southern California). I don’t think I ever even had avocados as a kid, but in my house now they’re pretty much daily eats. We slice them up in the morning and top our omelett (read full article)

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Jan 07

Chocolate Cake: a low sugar, low fat recipe

One of the goals for my healthy look at 2010 is to bake nutritious things without losing the flavor and satisfaction of eating something really evil. I plan on using a lot more whole grains and very little white flour in my quest to be sporting a bik (read full article)

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Dec 06

Holiday Appetizers: Pomegranates, Pecans and Peppers

If you’re planning holiday parties this season, I have some festive ideas to share- along with three appetizer cookbooks very worthy of purchase for your ever-growing cookbook collections! The first recipe comes from New Flavors for Appetizer (read full article)

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Dec 03

Holiday Appetizers: Margarita Shrimp Bites with Southwestern Sauce

You still have time to enter the Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry Recipe Contest.  Combine your favorite ingredients with Puff Pastry to come up with something new… and you may win an all-expense paid trip to New York City for you and a friend! Det (read full article)

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Oct 29

Butterfinger Pie (with Chocolate Spiders!)

Each month, a few blogging buddies and I get together and have a little pie party called The Great, Big Pie Bakeoff. Everyone is welcome to participate- we keep the details for each month’s theme on our little pie website. This month’s t (read full article)

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Oct 26

Kid Friendly Halloween Recipes! (Trick-or-Eat)

Welcome to The Recipe Girl’s Trick-or-Eat post.  Today, nine favorite food, craft and lifestyle bloggers await behind nine haunted houses with an array of holiday treats created just for you.  At the end of this post, you will find two of the (read full article)

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Oct 25

Trick-or-Eat and some Pumpkin Treats!

Please join me on Monday, October 26, when I join forces with nine of the webs best food & lifestyle bloggers for the delightfully frightful Halloween collaboration, Trick-Or-Eat. Nine haunted houses have been trimmed and tricked out on your beha (read full article)

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Oct 05

Prize Winning Pie Contest Recipes!

Our community held it’s annual Fall Harvest Festival this past weekend.  It’s our attempt to experience a bit of what autumn is like in most parts of the country… caramel apple-making stands, displaced hay bales, & store-bough (read full article)

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Sep 24

Portuguese Dinner Party (inspired by David Leite)

As soon as I got wind of David Leite’s new cookbook, The New Portuguese Table: Exciting Flavors from Europe’s Western Coast, I knew it was going to have to be an immediate addition to my ever-expanding cookbook collection. David Leite d (read full article)

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Sep 03

Labor Day Gourmet Grilling Party Menu

Our neighborhood’s Gourmet Group gathered for a dinner party last weekend. Nineteen of us celebrated & toasted the summer’s end. Our hostess used a rubber band to wrap asparagus around formula (or coffee) cans, stuck a glass inside (read full article)

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