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Taste Buds: French Dinner! Part 1: Braised Fingerling Potato Coins

Our French dinner was the first time the Cooking Adventures of Ms B and Cindy became a cooking club. We welcomed a coworker, who happens to live across the street where I live, Josh. Now, unlike Cindy or me, Josh has been cooking since he was a kid. For his housewarming, his parents got him [...]

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Taste Buds: Mediterranean Dinner Part 3: Semolina and Nut Halva

Before Cindy and I accidentally flipped to the recipe page in Chef’s Mediterranean cookbook, I had no idea what a halva was. Having not heard it before, we thought, oh cool, it’s exotic to us, so let’s make it! Wiki says there’s many different kinds of halva, and they’re all typically dense and sweet. Hence, [...]

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Taste Buds: Mediterranean Dinner Part 2: Couscous with Colorful Vegetables

A continuation from last week’s post, this dish was the perfect side dish with all the healthy elements and flavorful lightness that is truly Mediterranean. Cindy prepared this dish and I’m so proud on how she tackled the vegetables because that was a lot of chopping! The Vegetables Involved: Zucchini Eggplant Green Beans White Cabbage [...]

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Taste Buds: Mediterranean Dinner Part 1: Panfried Red Snapper with Basil and Citrus

After our first cooking adventure, Cindy and I had time to plan the next one and we had decided on making a Mediterranean dinner for Chef and Cindy’s fiance. It was pretty much by default that we chose this cuisine because of Chef’s several cookbooks staring at us. I will post our 3-course meal in, [...]

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Taste Buds: Homemade Marinara Sauce/Spaghetti alla Bolognese

Okay, I know this is simple for a lot of people. But believe me, making a sauce from scratch rather than buying a jar is a huge accomplishment for me. Incidentally, a lady who makes tamales gave us loads of tomatoes. Like a sign from the cooking gods, my CuisinArt newsletter featured my blender, with [...]

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Taste Buds: Penne + Farfalle Tuna Casserole

Well, what do you know, two Taste Buds posts in a row. Been in the kitchen a lot this week. I’m getting inspired with Kam’s desserts so I’m thinking of giving that a shot soon. For now, here’s a quick and easy pasta dish from the ever reliable Epicurious app. The original recipe was just [...]

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Taste Buds: Baked Southwestern Tilapia

Well, because Kam’s contributions are always in this fabulous presentation, I needed to step up my game with my Taste Buds entries aslo LOL! And really, I love taking pictures of food, I just get lazy transferring from an SD card to my computer, so I resort to my camera phone and call it a [...]

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Taste Buds: Turkey Burger with Gorgonzola Cheese on Focaccia Bread

This was a huge sandwich, but it’s okay because other than the focaccia bread, all the ingredients are pretty light. I think I mentioned on my panini post that we love paninis during the summer. It’s been hot lately, so we have been moving towards the sandwich direction. This was so easy to make. Although [...]

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Taste Buds: Ham & Egg Panini with Gorgonzola Cheese

I’ve been spending too much time in the kitchen but not enough time at the gym. Oh well right. At least I am making progress on one of my challenges. This one, though, is not my creation. So, I spent time in the kitchen with Chef, mainly washing the dishes though. We haven’t taken out [...]

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Taste Buds: Roasted Chicken Wings with Lemon and Garlic

I really want to do my “bwahaha”! Seriously, you have no idea how this is such an accomplishment for me! I set my mind in cooking something a couple of weeks ago when I purchased the magazine I mentioned in my kitchen challenge post. Then, one morning, as I was preparing my breakfast on my [...]

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Taking the Kitchen Challenge and Then Some

This initiative did not start with the desire to learn how to cook. It’s really not a Julie & Julia kind of thing of honing your skills. It’s not about the fact that homemakers must know her way in the kitchen (but I still agree). This goal started with the house rule that whoever doesn’t [...]