Indian Lentil Pancake Originally uploaded by improvisationalgourmet I took an Indian Lentil Cooking Class. The first thing that we made was this Lentil Pancake. Soaked lentils and rice were combined and blended on a coarse setting. Indian spices, both fresh and dried, were added to the mix: red chillies, ginger, onions, cilantro, and curry leaves. […]
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Last year during the Holiday season Lori asked me to join and blog about my cookies and baking. Well, in the true fashion of a side-tracked Mom, I am just getting around to joining now. Truth be told, when we talked about it last year, I was on the tail end of my baking with […]
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Happy New Year! I am working on my kitchen on this New Year’s Day. I have attacked my spice cupboard, and decided to inventory everything! After doing so, I found out that I had plenty of poppy seed, cloves, allspice, bay leaves, curry powder, turmeric, sesame seeds, ground mustard, cumin, cream of tarter, garlic powder, […]
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Every year, my dear friend Kelly has a massive cookie party. You need to understand that this is NOT a cookie exchange. She bakes dozens of different kinds of cookies, then invites her friends over to eat cookies — and then take a plate home! Her husband serves up some to-die-for chili and appetizers. I […]
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Welcome to Delicious Decisions Through the BetterU program from the American Heart Association, I came across this site called Delicious Decisions. Besides a great recipe database, it offers plenty of other tips. I was particularly interested in the ones on managing stress! Take a look at their site as a step to improved health!
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