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Pasta Primavera -w- Jackfruit

Pasta Primavera from the recipe below, my only real tweaks were to add fresh habanero and jalapeño (for some zing) to the mix of garlic, onion, zucchini, tomato, bell pepper, jackfruit, spinach, basil, and cilantro (instead of oregano). Added some … Continue reading

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Espresso Rubbed Chuck Roast & Mujadara

Combined one of my favorite vegetarian dishes (mujadara) with one of my favorite carnivore treats for an absolutely epic dinner. Rubbed the chuck roast with mustard as a binder, generously coated it with my dad’s espresso rub, let it sit … Continue reading

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Veggie Chili with Homemade Cornbread

Cool weather calls for chili,  in this case 3 bean vegetarian chili with homemade southern style cornbread.  Added black,  red kidney,  and garbanzo beans, corn, Chipotle, diced tomatoes, my own seasoning and a can of Hop Dang Diggity IPA to … Continue reading

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Vegetarian Peanut Butter “Chicken”

Made this the other day, came out fantastic. I started with this recipe: Quick Easy Peanut Butter Chicken and tweaked it a bit. For starters I obviously did not use actual chicken but a bag of Gardein Chicken Tenders (vegan … Continue reading

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Mujadara -w- Spiced Yogurt

My latest #vegetarian meal from scratch, #mujadara with spiced yogurt. I’ve never cooked with lentils before and this absolutely delicious dish opened up entirely new culinary doors for me. I combined two recipes to get here, one of the most … Continue reading

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15 Minute Ribs?

Got my hands on a pressure cooker over the weekend, and I can honestly say if I use it for nothing else – making ribs with the thing has turned a half day ordeal into a quick snack. I always … Continue reading

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Keto Friendly Pumpkin Spice Cheesecakes (for the basic bitch in all of us).

Ingredients: 8oz cream cheese (room temperature, makes it mix easier). 1/4 cup sour cream. 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream. 1/2 cup erythritol. 1 Tbsp Pumpkin Pie Seasoning (McCormick) Combine the cream cheese, sour cream, heavy whipping cream, and erythritol sweetner … Continue reading

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Ketogenic Fat Bombs (Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bites).

Really can’t stand when an online recipe has 5 pages explaining the life experience of whoever came up with it, to wit – this is a modification of a recipe I found online to add more chocolate and more flavor … Continue reading

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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Made dinner last night for the family, linguine with red clam sauce, only my red clam sauce also has chunks of diced tomato, bacon, and shrimp…  was damned tasty! 🙂  I think I like it even better than my usual … Continue reading

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Working on a new recipe this morning…

GF Caramel Yellow Blondie layer cake.  Top layer is yellow cake, bottom layer is blondie, between the layers is caramel glaze as well as over the top.  In my head I think it will work… LOL

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