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Plantain chips & salsa

by Running to the Kitchen on April 26, 2013

Plantain Chips & Salsa

The whole time I was making this I was quietly humming Margaritaville in my head. It wasn’t until I was done dicing the last kiwi for the salsa that I stopped to think about why I was humming that song. And then it came to me. When we were in the Dominican Republic in February, [...]

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Shaved asparagus & blood orange salad with toasted quinoa

by Running to the Kitchen on April 19, 2013

Shaved Asparagus & Blood Orange Salad with Toasted Quinoa

I’ve done some awkward things in my life. Trying to shave thin asparagus, stalk by stalk for this salad is definitely one of them. Or maybe that’s more along the lines of just stupid. Awkward would be spending 45 minutes in your foyer trying to take your own headshot against the only white plain background [...]

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Spicy orange beef carnitas

by Running to the Kitchen on April 5, 2013

Spicy orange beef carnitas

And the carnitas love lives on…. Guess what I found out? My beloved carnitas recipe that I’ve made at least 10 times has a whole bunch of sugary corn syrup in those cans of Goya nectar. That’s some bs, isn’t it? I see the word “nectar” and I just assume fruit. Why would you need [...]

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Sweet & crunchy maple orange roasted eggplant

by Running to the Kitchen on December 10, 2012

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To sum up my feelings on eggplant, I’d best describe it as an abusive relationship. I keep giving it a second chance (it’s had about 30 years of second chances) only to be beaten down with it’s mushy texture and blah taste yet again. Thankfully, this pathetic pushover part of me seems to only express [...]

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Orange date smoothie and other things

by Running to the Kitchen on December 7, 2012

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I have a slight obsession with orange juice. As in, if I don’t have it (no pulp Tropicana preferably) every morning, I get seriously bitchy. It’s one of the few times I deem liquid calories worth it. I hoard half gallons of it when they go on sale and stock them in the freezer, keeping [...]

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