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Penne ala Vodka
One of my New Year’s resolutions was to cut out cocktails during the week. But because I am the master self-enabler — and also really, really good at justifying just about anything — I make exceptions when it comes to adding cocktail ingredients to food. Case in point: Penne ala Vodka.
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Huevos Rancheros … or, Breakfast for Dinner
It happens sometimes – even to Sendik’s biggest fan. It happened to me on Sunday. I had plans to go to the Mequon store after my workout. But there I was at the gym, where I had just done my time on the treadmill. As I was disinfecting the console for the machine’s next victim, Stephen Tyler began butchering the National Anthem to open the Patriots / Ravens game. It was awful (a little pitchy, dawg!), and yet, I was completely riveted. Like a car crash you know you shouldn’t slow down to peek at but you just can’t help it. And after one look at Tom Brady’s mug, I was sucked in. I needed Sunday football in my life.
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Croque Monsieur
I’m working through shaking off the Packers’ loss, and I hope you are too. Although I am still quite sad and disappointed over how the season ended, I’ve managed to drag myself out of bed after I realized that sobbing in a fetal position is no way to go through life. Not to dwell, but weren’t you so looking forward to a few weekends of playoffs, and then a Packers Super Bowl repeat? Football has a twisted way of giving purpose to dismal late January weekends — but the football gods just weren’t with us on Sunday.
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Happy Hot & Spicy Food Day!
Just when you thought the holidays were over, Hot & Spicy Food Day comes along on January 16th. Because apparently when it comes to food, there’s always something to celebrate. 
I took these incredible wings to a paddle tennis party last Saturday night. Normally, I would test a recipe before serving it to a bunch of people I barely know, but I went out on a limb (I should have known it would be great – Michael Symon’s like, a total genius). Suffice it to say, the one problem I encountered was that I only made about 50 pieces and that wasn’t nearly enough.
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Chinese Chicken Legs
Last Thursday, I — along with the rest of the jiggly New Year’s resolutioners — found myself in the super-unfortunate and un-fun spot of waiting for cardio equipment at the gym. Those of us who took four (*ahem*) six weeks off from our workouts during the holiday season had at last come to our senses and turned up for our turn on the treadmill. If we thought we were going to be greeted with open arms by those hard bodied witches, I mean, dedicated souls, who had been attending their spin and cardio and yoga sessions all along and without fail throughout the month of December, we were sadly mistaken.
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Keema Beef Curry
Good-bye, December. Good-bye month of binge eating and drinking and sleeping too little and partying too much and committing random acts of embarrassing behavior in front of neighbors and friends (don’t ask). Hello, January! Hello fresh beginnings and shiny new resolutions just itching to be broken. My short list: get to the gym more than once a week. Eat less. Drink fewer cocktails. Be nicer. Part ways with the 80′s once and for all. Have more patience. Eat more healthily, and I will …..
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Eggs Benedict Casserole with Easy Hollandaise Sauce
I was talking to some friends this past weekend about the order of events in their home on Christmas morning. I’m not going to name them here (they know I love them), but here’s what they do: first, they open their stockings. But before they open any presents, they proceed in an orderly fashion to a formal, hot breakfast of bacon and eggs, the whole nine yards. After dining, they take turns opening one present at a time. Gift opening comes to a complete halt when someone unwraps an item of clothing and (wait for it) the recipient must try on and model said apparel for the rest of the family, receive compliments and admiration, and offer up effusive thanks. Then the civil, one-at-a-time gift opening can resume. Well, I was kind of snickering (they weren’t) because – first of all, this must take hours. And, not to make it sound like I can’t manage to maintain some small modicum of decorum in my house, their order of events is in sharp contrast to what happens at our home on Christmas morning.
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Thai Inspired Shrimp in Wonton Cups
I almost feel guilty that I’ve never shared this recipe here before. Like I’ve been holding out on you or something, and it’s been giving me a bad case of food blogger guilt for the past two days. This is one of the best appetizer recipes in my entertaining arsenal (that sounds weird, like my arsenal is entertaining) — I meant to say, it’s one of the best recipes in my arsenal of entertaining favorites.
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Hot & Spicy Party Mix
So, usually when it comes to Chex Mix, I go with the traditional recipe from the back of the box – the old stand by. And I do still love it. But since I think like a food blogger and not a normal person, I decided to see what else was out there in the way of riffs on Chex Mix. I must be feeling rebellious today. This version is spiced up with cayenne pepper and curry powder and it’s definitely an edgier, more daring flavor combo, but what can I say … I’m an edgy kinda gal.
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Angel Hair with Crab & Prosciutto
I’m pretty sure the recipe gods were against me today. Here’s what happened: I made a new dish this morning called Bowties & Boursin. It totally stunk. Or as my daughter would say, it was an epic fail. An F- on the recipe grading scale. It’s still sitting on my cooktop in a big sticky mess because I don’t really have the heart to throw it out just yet. I might try to doctor it, but it’s definitely not ‘blogworthy’ as written. I don’t even understand how it came to be a recipe that anyone would even publish for someone like me to go out and attempt to make. Good thing I know about this recipe though. This one is awesome. You should absolutely try it.
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