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Eating on a Budget
Nope. I would try to use it up within three or four months, though, as texture suffers after that. I often wrap the meat up in plastic wrap and them put it into quart-sized freezer ziploc bags, which seems to cut down on freezer...
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Are Chinese Restaurants the most intimidating ethnic establishments?
things. If you go for a low calorie salad, ask “strange” questions about the amount of cholesterol in the stuffing or generally seem not to be a bon vivant, things will probably not be as fun – although the...
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Palo Alto lunch: $25/person, near Univ Ave @ 101
(insufficiently pan seared, but not overcooked at all, with a soupy but good curry sacue), garlic noodles (had parmesan on them... weird... oily... not worth the calories), lemongrass chicken (better than last time, interesting...
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I never eat _______ out because nobody makes it right but me.
Actually some brands of liquid smoke are based on real smoke. They capture the smoke from burning wood and bubble it through a liquid, which is what they end up selling.
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Restaurant Week 2008
. They tasted pretty much the same too, overbreaded, overcooked and dry. For dessert, the “chocolat-cappucino torte” tasted like it was sliced straight out of a freezer burned box, and the sauce it was swimming in...
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newlywed would love some of your tried and trues
to modify it. I would recommend keeping your portion sizes regulated (if the recipe says it serves four, serve two portions and store two portions) and look to mix some lower calorie/lower fat recipes in there.
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So...What did You Cook for Sunday Dinner?
. Let boil for 2 (!) hours (note: sorry Grandma, I’m simmering it for 45 minutes only. Boiling cabbage 2 hours? No wonder your apartment house smelled like that...) Shake pot occasionally so that it doesn’t burn and...
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Top Chef - Wedding Wars [Spoilers]
is trying to do everything for everybody. OK, Nikki is a waste. Sounds like Dale is crashing and burning. Can’t tell if this this a head fake or not. Fatigue sets in and Andrew stopped talking? Its a miracle!!!! Meat and...
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Eating Healthy
. A little stock or a little cheese goes a long way to adding umami to your food and not much calories. Or you could go all the way to demi-glace (Elliot’s recipe and tips are very good).
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TJ's vs. supermarkets
lighting and displays, but the actual offerings were depressingly mediocre — certainly none of them looked worth the calories. TJ’s isn’t perfect, and it may not have everything I want or need, but it does have...
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Homemade food gifts you gave
Nah, next time forget the labor and just give him the Scotch. I have the same problem with my father, but he complains that what we bring or make, no matter how tasty, is too calorie laden. So now we just buy him a bottle of good...
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Article about cake mixes in the New York Times
in order to burn off the calories from a piece of banana cake with frosting. That would be in addition to their regular exercise regimen, which is now supposed to be 60 minutes a day. As I haven’t yet figured out how to...
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Do Indian people complain about spicy food? (and other late night musings)
) have told me that my allergy is impossible. My MIL gave me the hairy eyeball about it until I picked up a piece of watermelon to give my daughter and forgot to wash my hands immediately. I looked like I’d been burned. I...
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Budget Cooking
sometimes $0.39/lb. Best bargain in fish is canned. Salmon, tuna and sardines are all very reasonable. One can of sardines is around $1.00, is low in calories, high in calcium and has around 1 gram of omega 3 fatty acids. Dried...
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Need Cookie Recipe
is still yummy. I also got into the habit of setting the timer early so if it says bake 10 min. I set it for 8 min. for the time it takes to get up and get the oven mitt etc., then I’m not scrambling to rescue burning...
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