Captivated Kitchen Archives
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Quick and Super Easy Buttermilk Biscuits (03/16/10) I would imagine that most of you think just because I like to cook and it is usually from scratch that I love spending time in the kitchen. Well, on one part you’re right and then on another you’re wrong. How can that be you ask?…{read more} |
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Hartford Election Cake (03/02/10) I love my double oven and I also love my counter mixer. These two tools make it difficult for me to imagine life during the colonial period. Although I do knead some of my bread by hand, my mixer comes in handy quite often and…{read more} |
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Linguini with Zucchini and Chickpeas (02/17/10) Every once in a while, I get a little selfish and decide to make something just for me. I don’t worry about allergies, the visually turned off because it looks a little weird, a sensitive palette, finicky eaters, or heavy handed salt…{read more} |
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Sweet Potato Black Bean Chili (02/10/10) Okay. After you read this post, please don’t hate me or call me names. I apologize for not sharing this recipe with you sooner because it is absolutely delicious. I’m talking really, really good like I bought a bucket of sweet…{read more} |
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Butterfly Strut (11/02/09) This is my masterpiece. After seeing it at Mama-Jenn, I just had to make it. I spent much time putting it together so that the children would have an example of what we were making. Actually, the hard part was finding…{read more} |
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Cinnamon Swirl Muffins (10/20/09) Within the past two weeks, I’ve made this recipe about seven times. No kidding. What is that about seven dozen, 84 muffins? I didn’t eat half of them, but about one third of the disappearance of that stash is probably…{read more} |
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Hummus – Nutritious and Easy to Make (09/24/09) I love hummus. Who would have known? Well, considering I really just love anything with chick peas in it, I guess that may be why I like it so much. Lily and Canyon enjoy popping chick peas into their mouths, but River will only eat…{read more} |
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Peanut Butter – 365 (09/22/09) If it were up to River, Lily, and Canyon, all I would serve for breakfast, lunch, and dinner would be peanut butter sandwiches on homemade bread. For snack, they would probably happily eat peanut butter on a…{read more} |
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It Can Taste Just as Good at Home (09/15/09) Even though I promote cooking and eating at home, I do enjoy eating out every once in a while. The thought of sitting down, being given a list of a variety of foods to choose from, having my chosen meal brought to me…{read more} |
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The Art of Back to School Lunches (09/08/09) With the start of school, my vacation is also over. Shorts are replaced with sturdy corduroy pants, colored chalk with #2 pencils, and grilled hamburgers and hot dogs with brown bag lunches. Yes, it is time to go back to school…{read more} |
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100% Whole Wheat Bread (09/02/09) I’d been talking about it but putting this off for months. I was originally motivated by Beth from When I Come Up for Air (where are you Beth?), but decided it was so much easier to go to the store, grab a loaf of bread off of the…{read more} |
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I Have Sinned (06/25/09) Okay. When I returned home after almost two weeks of vacation where I refused any invitations to use cooking tools, spread my own butter, or wash any dishes, I found getting back into the kitchen kind of hard to do…{read more} |
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Fast Food Chicago Style (06/08/09) One of the best things about travelling is seeing how other “foks” eat. The first thing I always look for is a bakery. Once the bakery is located, I look for the real food (nutritional value, proper amount of daily servings, etc.) because…{read more} |
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Tofu Lasagna Rolls (05/28/09) I am going to be a bit controversial. Some of you will stay and continue to visit and some of you will leave, never to return again. Ever…never. Tofu! There, I wrote it and you read it. That wasn’t so bad, was it? I am going to pause a moment for anyone offended to quietly exit the site…{read more} |
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Smooth Minestrone and Pesto Soup (05/12/09) I often say that I haven’t always enjoyed cooking. What sent me to the kitchen and started me clanging pots and pans together was my desire to have what I wanted to eat, when I wanted to eat it were my children. I had…{read more} |
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Spicy Spinach and Chickpea Soup (05/06/09) I love my double oven and I also love my counter mixer. These two tools make it difficult for me to imagine life during the colonial period. Although I do knead some of my bread by hand, my mixer comes in handy quite often and…{read more} |
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How to Make Your Own Playdough (04/03/09) A no fail fun “toy” for children is play dough (a.k.a. Play-Doh). I don’t remember playing with it as much when I was younger as I do now with my children. It is kinda’ cool and fun until pieces of non-play dough get rolled and…{read more} |
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Delicious and Hearty Black Bean Soup (04/29/09) First off, don’t let the pictures scare you, but rather inspire you. That is how I got interested in cooking. The pictures did it for me. I like taking pictures and I like pretty pictures. The secret to getting me to do something (or not do…{read more} |
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