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Antique Shopping: My New Love

By A Recipe Junkie On May 18, 2012 · 5 Comments

 

I must confess, if you would’ve told me when I was 12 that later in life I’d be shopping in Antique Stores I probably would’ve have responded with a crazy look in my face.  For it was I, who would gawk at my mother when she would stop the car to look at some [...]

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Grilled Pears & Drunk Cookie Crumble

By A Recipe Junkie On May 16, 2012 · 14 Comments

Look at that photo! Seriously, just look….drool. Okay I’ll stop. So we’ve been grilling every weekend! yes,  almost every weekend.  This is honestly the first time we’ve ever owned a grill.  It’s our new joy, and it gives a chance for the man to get his cooking on.   Last week [...]

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My New Baby!

By A Recipe Junkie On May 14, 2012 · 22 Comments

IT’S HERE, IT’S HERE, IT’S HERE!! Well, it’s been here for almost a week now, and i’m in love.  It came packed neatly in a box, that I quickly opened just to take a peek.  I had to resist putting it together and using it right there at work.  I was so excited, I couldn’t [...]

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To My Mother

By A Recipe Junkie On May 11, 2012 · 6 Comments

To my mother, who threw my first birthday party

 

To my mother, who did what no mother could imagine doing, having to leave 2 of her kids with family to come to The States and begin the process to make us Citizens. Putting distance, and time between us.

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Strawberries on Gorgonzola Toast

By A Recipe Junkie On May 9, 2012 · 9 Comments

Yeah, that’s right! Look at those babies, aren’t they gorgeous? As much as I enjoyed the Beets on Gorgonzola Toast these sugar pies take the cake.  While I was making the beets I remembered I had strawberries, my taste buds starting talking. Strawberries, gorgonzola, cream, [...]

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Sweet Potato Soup

By A Recipe Junkie On May 7, 2012 · 7 Comments

So you know how they say “I didn’t mean for it to turn out like this”, well I didn’t mean for it to turn out like this.  I set out to make tomato bisque, my way.  I had no chicken stock. Did you just fall off your chair?  To my defense [...]

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Beet on Gorgonzola Toasts

By A Recipe Junkie On May 5, 2012 · 2 Comments

I have no sense of direction.  Well, I know when I’m lost. If you ask me how to get somewhere, you’ll get a conversation that starts with “Ummm”, has “turn at the gas station, I think it’s Shell” in the middle, and ends with “sorry, I’m not good with directions”.  Today, [...]

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Tostones y Camarones

By A Recipe Junkie On May 4, 2012 · 3 Comments

 

So I know you are going to make the Grapefruit Guacamole this weekend.  I know you are, you know you are, there’s no need to lie to one another.  Now, as much as I love chips and guacamole, or chips and anything for that matter, I wanted [...]

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Grapefruit Guacamole

By A Recipe Junkie On May 1, 2012 · 9 Comments

Yes I did!  I messed with something that shouldn’t be messed with, guacamole.  I couldn’t resist making this staple dish just a little different.  As I work my way through your Cinco De Mayo celebration, how could I not make guacamole! I already shared my desayuno (breakfast) recipe with you, those [...]

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Mexican Corn Cakes

Mexican Corn Cakes & Eggs

By A Recipe Junkie On April 29, 2012 · 1 Comment

This weekend I set out to make you yummy dishes for Cinco De Mayo! Si Señor, let’s start with desayuno (breakfast),  shall we? My most favorite meal of the day, delicious and simple breakfast. I can have breakfast all day long! I love it long time.  It’s just perfect, you can [...]

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