On The Side

Jasmine is a friend from work that shares my mutual love for food, wine, and all things funny. As such, I asked her if she’d like to guest blog once in a while. Here’s her first post – hope you …

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Recently, I had Caitlin and Traci over to make Belgian Frites. I used the recipe I found online that swore it’d produce some delicious fries. We were craving the fries we had when we were in Europe, and so we …

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I made baked mac and cheese for a work potluck and it was a big hit! Several people told me it was delicious and even more asked for the recipe. While I cannot take credit for the recipe, as I …

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Recently, I was flipping through the pages of a cooking magazine, and found a recipe for garlic bread you bake in the oven as a loaf. Jeff and I tend to make cheesy garlic bread in the toaster oven, but …

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I have to be honest. I kind of cheated on my first bean recipe for this month. The truth is this dish was delicious, but that deliciousness had very little do to do with kidney beans, and honestly not much …

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Cucina Fresca was all about highlighting our favorite foods and our favorite ways to cook them. Since next year’s challenge will be about expanding our horizons and getting out of our comfort zone, I jumped at the chance to make …

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There are a handful of recipes out there that people think are extremely hard to make, and it’s just not so. One of those is homemade cake — not hard, just a little time consuming. Another is pesto — quick, …

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As I mentioned, I cooked with Liz recently and was delighted that she did most of the cooking and I got to watch and take pictures. One of the recipes she made was a no-knead bread that she had started …

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We just couldn’t let the fall season pass us by without cooking our favorite fall vegetable. There are a million delicious ways to prepare Brussels sprouts, but this recipe is my favorite because it uses my favorite flavors –cumin and …

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Happy Day After Thanksgiving, everyone! Here at the Garlic, My Soul headquarters we’re still basking in our Thanksgiving glow…

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