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Smoked Duck and Sausage Gumbo
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I’m really trying hard to clear out stuff from my freezer. It doesn’t help that I keep buying new ingredients, I know, but I still try. I had a few smoked duck breasts sitting at the bottom of my freezer for ages, and I knew I had to make something that would do them…
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Weekend Cooking: Apple Cider Doughnuts
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Post turkey dinner I had a lot of apple cider left over, and was wondering what to do with it. I can’t remember how I stumbled upon the idea of making doughnuts with apple cider, but now that I have, why didn’t I think of this sooner?? There are quite a few recipes out…
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GobbleFest 2017 Leftovers: Turkey Avgolemono Soup
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I shredded the last bits of my leftover GobbleFest turkey meat and stored them in the freezer, along with the turkey carcass. This weekend I just wanted to finish them all off and finally close the 2017 chapter of GobbleFest. What better way to do that than to try a new recipe? I made…
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GobbleFest 2017 Leftovers: Turkey Waldorf Salad
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Happy New Year, everyone! It’s a lazy New Year’s Day, and I wanted to put together a light snack. The first few times I made this was way back in 2012, when I was still actively involved in the Repertory Theater Club (RTC). I made this for a post-rehearsal gathering with the RTC gang,…
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For Your Spice Rack: Eman’s Saudi Spice Mix
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I’ve been meaning to try out Eman’s kabuli rice recipe for a while now, but that dish requires Saudi spice or baharat, which I didn’t have on hand nor can easily get at stores. Finally got around to making it over the New Year’s Day long weekend. I only toasted the spices for about 5…
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GobbleFest 2017 Leftovers: Turkey Noodle Casserole
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When there’s a turkey dinner there’s inevitably leftovers, which opens up opportunities for more culinary adventures. I saved the carcass to make turkey stock later, and while some of the meat I planned to make yummy turkey waldorf salad with, for the family coming over for dinner tonight I decided to try this simple…
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GobbleFest 2017: Twice Baked Potato Casserole
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I actually made this for our first ever GobbleFest back in 2012. At the time we bought our roast turkey from Turkey Point Cafe, and I only made the sides. Back then I wasn’t wise enough to know to make a few dishes in advance, but this time, especially now that I roast my…
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Eman’s Chicken Kabsa
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Mummy wasn’t feeling well a few weekends back, and I was really worried because she took so long to recover and had such poor appetite. I decided to make something nice for her for dinner, in hopes that she’d eat more. I didn’t want to do a lamb dish, because I figured an elevated…
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Weekend Cooking: Lamb Meghazlia Rice
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This was on my To-Make list for a while now, and finally I managed to make it this week. Use a mix of meat and bones for a more flavorful stock; I chose lamb shoulder chops specifically for this purpose. If you’re not keen on making your own meghazlia spice mix, I’m sure subbing…
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For Your Spice Rack: Meghazlia Spice Mix
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It took me a while to finally make Eman’s Lamb Meghazlia, mainly because I needed to mix the meghazlia spice mix myself. Since I have some lamb in the freezer I really needed to get rid of, I set aside some time today to make this spice mix. What took me a while to…