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From The Blog: Learning To Cook

Looking Back. Regrets? I've Had A Few.

Apr. 30, 2013 5:24 am

Updated: May 2, 2013 9:45 am

I've had an interest in cooking and baking as long as I can remember. Some of my earliest memories are of watching my mom bake bread and dinner rolls. I also remember her scratch made chocolate cakes with chocolate frosting. Imagine frosting that doesn't come out of a can! Scratch made… MORE

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Doc Simonson

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: St. Peter, Minnesota, USA

From The Blog: Healthy Husband, Happy Wife!

Tuna Pan Bagna with Lemony Carrot Salad and Oven Sweet Potato Fries

Apr. 25, 2013 6:01 am

Updated: Apr. 29, 2013 9:42 am

Dinner for day 2 was delightfully simple, though it had a lot of individual components. Here are the recipes:Tuna Pan Bagnahttp://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/tuna_pan_bagna.htmlLemony Carrot Saladhttp://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/lemony_carrot_salad.htmlOven Sweet Potato… MORE

Tuna Pan Bagna with Lemony Carrot Salad and Oven baked Sweet Potato Fries

Tuna Pan Bagna

Tuna Pan Bagna with Lemon Carrot Salad

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Tags: Health, Lifestyle, Meal Ideas, Quick & Easy Meals, Vegetarian

ladanams

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

From The Blog: Learning To Cook

The Unfortunate Gap Between What I Wish And What Is.

Apr. 24, 2013 4:30 pm

Updated: May 3, 2013 12:49 pm

The following is a post from another blog I used to write before I started writing posts here on AR. It is a test, more or less, to see if I can get stupid photos to stay in line. It seems to be working. When we agreed to provide a car to Eldest, I thought that school year mornings would calm… MORE

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Doc Simonson

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: St. Peter, Minnesota, USA

From The Blog: Healthy Husband, Happy Wife!

Cooking is like love...

Apr. 24, 2013 1:50 pm

Updated: Apr. 25, 2013 9:20 pm

"Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all" - Harriet van Horne Food for thought, check out this article about Food and Love from the Huffington post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/06/food-and-love_n_2410936.htmlRemember Healthy husband, happy wife! MORE

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ladanams

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

From The Blog: Healthy Husband, Happy Wife!

Eatingwell Diet - Day 1

Apr. 23, 2013 6:20 am

Updated: Apr. 24, 2013 11:34 am

Morning everyone, So we began our 28 day healthy eating diet found on EatingWell.The diet plan comes in three calorie levels, 1200, 1500 and 1800. This was probably the most difficult part of the diet for us as the foods were so different across the caloric level. I fell in the 1200 range and… MORE

Quick Breakfast Taco

EatingWell Cobb Salad

Almond Crusted Chicken Breast nuggets wih couscous zucchini and cucumber salad

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Tags: Breakfast/Brunch, Health, Lifestyle, Meal Ideas, Quick & Easy Meals

ladanams

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

From The Blog: Swampy's Kitchen

Follow The Recipe ? Who ? Me ?

Apr. 19, 2013 11:25 am

Updated: Apr. 26, 2013 6:22 am

I remember a surprise quiz that my 5th grade math teacher, Mrs. Conroy, gave our class one spring morning. When she handed out the two sided quiz she made sure to tell us in her two pack a day raspy voice to read the all of the problems on the whole quiz before we started our work. Yeah, yeah,… MORE

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Tags: Hobbies, Lifestyle, Seasonal Cooking, Family, Entertaining

Doug Matthews

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Living In: Mendham, New Jersey, USA

From The Blog: Learning To Cook

My Cheatin' Garden

Apr. 19, 2013 11:15 am

Updated: Apr. 25, 2013 11:50 am

I just wanted to show off my garden like King Sparta and FarmChef! Trouble is, I'm not really going to put in a garden this year. So I'm going to cheat and post last year's photos. I just wish I could get them to inline instead of at the bottom of the blog. I have another blog, which I am not… MORE

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Herb Spiral

Tomatoes, Peppers and Basil. Oh my!

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Doc Simonson

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: St. Peter, Minnesota, USA

From The Blog: Healthy Husband, Happy Wife!

New Adventure: Lose 8 lbs in 4 weeks by Eating Well

Apr. 18, 2013 9:27 am

Updated: Apr. 19, 2013 11:17 am

Weight-Loss Diet Meal PlanSee what a 1,200 calorie diet looks like. 4-Week Plan to Slim Down EatingWell's 28-Day Weight-Loss Diet Meal Plan is designed to provide an overall healthy-eating program that meets U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans at three daily caloric levels: 1200, 1500 and 1800. MORE

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ladanams

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

From The Blog: Healthy Husband, Happy Wife!

Chronicles of drinking water

Apr. 15, 2013 7:40 am

Updated: Apr. 16, 2013 6:36 am

I am a pretty methodical person, and project planning is my specialty.Of course having decided to live a healthier lifestyle I wanted to start at the beginning and work my way up.I now face my biggest giant: WATER! He loves water, so cutting off pop and juice for water was a pretty easy… MORE

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ladanams

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

From The Blog: Learning To Cook

Wrong Day. Right Food. Faceless Friday On Sunday.

Apr. 14, 2013 4:29 pm

Updated: Apr. 20, 2013 1:22 pm

It's been a while, but I was finally able to get into the kitchen to do some cooking. Something faceless. Sentence fragments. Cool. Anyway, I made four delicious dishes for our dinner today. Though delicious, and complimentary, they did not present well together. It was a very orange, yellow… MORE