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  1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470734225404456697</id><updated>2024-03-05T15:55:00.600-04:00</updated><category term="dairy-free"/><category term="soy-free"/><category term="dinner"/><category term="sugar-free"/><category term="Go-To List"/><category term="vegetarian"/><category term="vegan"/><category term="gluten-free"/><category term="lunch"/><category term="pasta"/><category term="snacks"/><category term="salad"/><category term="product-name"/><category term="appetizer"/><category term="pub-food"/><category term="sauce"/><category term="soup"/><category term="breakfast"/><category term="dessert"/><category term="side"/><category term="marinade"/><category term="Substitutes"/><category term="drink"/><category term="weekend cooking"/><category term="Asian-Inspired"/><category term="quote"/><category term="resources"/><category term="rice"/><title type='text'>Allie&#39;s Changing Kitchen</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/-/appetizer'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/search/label/appetizer'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Allie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07581954586003805873</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBlkH_ADy_sddjEFB4Ujp085lpMIgUhWfHrAoIXcQPiaKBABEuGVFQpYmKEX955d7XhkoCE5XS1pWvCVChstJnugLm-fLhRFFwUYXWNA329ZXMcqCQdW58tN_IS28Bw/s220/318483_10150340432352545_503992544_8190942_1694135906_n.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470734225404456697.post-9112463578375321377</id><published>2013-03-08T09:26:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2013-03-08T10:40:38.252-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="appetizer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dairy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="gluten-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lunch"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pub-food"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="side"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vegan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vegetarian"/><title type='text'>A Green Treat (Avocado Fries)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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  4. I&#39;m not sure if I ever mentioned my love of the idea of avocado fries (have you seen them &lt;i&gt;all &lt;/i&gt;over Pinterest?) to J or not, but either way, he found the recipe on his own and decided to surprise me with a Saturday treat. A lovely, lovely treat.&lt;br /&gt;
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  6. With inspiration from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/avocado-fries-10000001886172/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, he went to work.&lt;br /&gt;
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  8. &lt;b&gt;What To Do&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  9. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
  10. - We used four avocados, but two would suffice for two people. Cut them &lt;i&gt;lengthwise&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;and &lt;i&gt;carefully &lt;/i&gt;remove the pit and the avocado from its skin without disrupting it too much. &lt;b&gt;This means you need avocados that are just hard enough to stay intact, but soft enough to scoop out easily!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  12. - Preheat oven to 350&lt;br /&gt;
  13. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
  14. - We didn&#39;t have any panko in the house, so we used a mortar and pestle to crush up soda crackers with a &lt;i style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;ton &lt;/i&gt;of spices. Mix in whatever you want and have fun with it! &lt;i&gt;We used&lt;/i&gt;: himalayan sea salt, chili powder, onion salt, garlic powder, celery seed, freshly cracked black pepper, Italian blend.&lt;br /&gt;
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  16. - Slice your avocados to resemble fries or wedges.&lt;br /&gt;
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  18. - Dip each piece in egg and coat in the cracker/spice mixture.&lt;br /&gt;
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  20. - Place tinfoil on a baking pan and a baking rack on top of that (to make it easier to turn the soft avocados over without breaking them).&lt;br /&gt;
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  22. - Place the fries on the rack and bake for 20 minutes, turning them over at the halfway point.&lt;br /&gt;
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  24. That&#39;s it! Dip it in homemade curried mayo or agave sweetened ketchup and &lt;b&gt;call it a day!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  28. &lt;b&gt;Boy am I thankful for avocados....but who isn&#39;t, really.&lt;/b&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/feeds/9112463578375321377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-green-treat-avocado-fries.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/9112463578375321377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/9112463578375321377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-green-treat-avocado-fries.html' title='A Green Treat (Avocado Fries)'/><author><name>Allie K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13451477564387357904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThS1x1iuOOf-WhEJ8-z47PSH7ZY7qTHzsscx0bhiQFYWG3JNcPh-EU3oI9cONm0NRB0zCYxNvTplgnf-u6CSeNzAAKHyKTbjl6-uH-Zj27viOqULrsBJjp10HHQUbyZY/s220/g_MG_7770.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihUz5fBX4A9HIBV6fdkSf2a8wATlhFCuRISv17uj27mc2L9oRpZlWPcs37Y8w55P2Xy-T8CxXUCVm7Bk-dblUEhcAJlelwE8jzsspfqaJ7PeuHyHrWHzIaonn8dZdWcVoQOXQMs8J8d0A/s72-c/20130302_143240.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470734225404456697.post-5138491454557692118</id><published>2012-11-27T08:43:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2012-11-27T08:44:23.634-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="appetizer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dairy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dinner"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="gluten-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Go-To List"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lunch"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="side"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sugar-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vegan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vegetarian"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="weekend cooking"/><title type='text'>Fall Harvest Soup</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  29. &lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VNL82pLCMjQ/ULSyXnsrygI/AAAAAAAAAk0/8cK9svjUr8M/s1600/20121029_174226.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;305&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VNL82pLCMjQ/ULSyXnsrygI/AAAAAAAAAk0/8cK9svjUr8M/s400/20121029_174226.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  30. This picture was posted alongside our lasagna roll-ups awhile back. I&#39;m posting the recipe as I made it, although &lt;b&gt;I would make some changes to this the next time around&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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  32. The good things about this soup:&lt;br /&gt;
  33. 1. Other than the chopping, it&#39;s a fairly hands-off meal.&lt;br /&gt;
  34. 2. This is a great way to use up some of your fall vegetables and fruit, without having to use &lt;i&gt;all &lt;/i&gt;of anything - it just requires a few of each thing.&lt;br /&gt;
  35. 3. This is a big match, giving you a healthy dose of fruit and veg for a week.&lt;br /&gt;
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  37. The not-fave things about this soup:&lt;br /&gt;
  38. 1. The apples I chose were a bit too sweet, making this soup better as a &lt;i&gt;side &lt;/i&gt;or a &lt;i&gt;small lunch. &lt;/i&gt;The sweeter the apple, the sweeter the soup (although maybe that&#39;s what you dig?)&lt;br /&gt;
  39. 2. This had a tangy-sweet combo that was delicious for the first five bites but was a bit &lt;i&gt;too much &lt;/i&gt;once bite six came along. &lt;b&gt;I&#39;d take it easy on the combination of balsamic vinegar, white wine and apples&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;b&gt; A simple change in wine and apples would even make a difference.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  41. All in all, I&#39;d hands down make this again. I&#39;d just experiment a little bit with the ingredients. For example: if you like yams more than parsnips, make more of one and less of the other! I personally like more of a &lt;b&gt;spice taste &lt;/b&gt;so &lt;b&gt;I&#39;d go with more masala and less acidic&lt;/b&gt; things the next time around.&lt;br /&gt;
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  43. &lt;b&gt;Enjoy! Now that I&#39;ve ventured (timidly) into the world of soups, I highly recommend having fun with it. It&#39;s extremely easy to do when using the crockpot.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  45. &lt;b&gt;Fall Harvest Soup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  46. &lt;i&gt;A la Allie&#39;s Kitchen&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  48. &lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oSx_sKWBWFU/ULSyWurSLoI/AAAAAAAAAks/jrc3Sp1kel8/s1600/20121029_112308.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;242&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oSx_sKWBWFU/ULSyWurSLoI/AAAAAAAAAks/jrc3Sp1kel8/s320/20121029_112308.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;Note: these are approximations. I had fun throwing things in the pot this time around.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  49. 4 tsp of olive oil&lt;br /&gt;
  50. 1 large sweet potato, diced&lt;br /&gt;
  51. 1 large carrot, diced&lt;br /&gt;
  52. 2 small parsnips, diced&lt;br /&gt;
  53. 2 apples, diced&lt;br /&gt;
  54. 1 1/2 cups of leeks, diced&lt;br /&gt;
  55. 1/2 tsp ginger&lt;br /&gt;
  56. 2 tsp of masala&lt;br /&gt;
  57. 3 tbsp of white wine&lt;br /&gt;
  58. 2 tbsp of balsamic vinegar&lt;br /&gt;
  59. 4 cups of broth (I used vegetable bouillon and water)&lt;br /&gt;
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  62. In a pan, heat oil and add sweet potato, carrot, leek and apple. Heat for 5 minutes then dump in the slow cooker. Stir in ginger, masala, wine and vinegar. Add broth. Cook for 5 - 6 hours on low.&lt;br /&gt;
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  64. Use an immersion blender (thanks to Gram for this gift!) or a regular blender in batches, if need be. Blend away. Top with croutons and tortillas if you have any and serve.&lt;br /&gt;
  65. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/feeds/5138491454557692118/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2012/11/fall-harvest-soup.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/5138491454557692118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/5138491454557692118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2012/11/fall-harvest-soup.html' title='Fall Harvest Soup'/><author><name>Allie K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13451477564387357904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThS1x1iuOOf-WhEJ8-z47PSH7ZY7qTHzsscx0bhiQFYWG3JNcPh-EU3oI9cONm0NRB0zCYxNvTplgnf-u6CSeNzAAKHyKTbjl6-uH-Zj27viOqULrsBJjp10HHQUbyZY/s220/g_MG_7770.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VNL82pLCMjQ/ULSyXnsrygI/AAAAAAAAAk0/8cK9svjUr8M/s72-c/20121029_174226.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470734225404456697.post-1810406981306872515</id><published>2012-03-01T19:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2012-03-01T19:39:24.435-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="appetizer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dairy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dinner"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="gluten-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lunch"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="snacks"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sugar-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vegan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vegetarian"/><title type='text'>Soca + White Bean Spread + Mushroom Walnut Pesto</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  66. &lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ULfpAA26W1g/T1ABzRnM5oI/AAAAAAAAAVY/-THKITn0idE/s1600/0000000sfd.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ULfpAA26W1g/T1ABzRnM5oI/AAAAAAAAAVY/-THKITn0idE/s400/0000000sfd.jpg&quot; width=&quot;301&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  68. &lt;i&gt;Warning: For some reason my photos are even more blurrier than usual!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  72. It&#39;s March! I know everyone was excited about having a Leap Day yesterday, but I have to tell you that I am &lt;i&gt;much&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;more excited about today: March 1.&lt;/div&gt;
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  76. March makes me think of warmer weather (although, as we speak, I am waiting for our snow storm to begin..), I think about the first day of spring (yay!), our engagiversary 2 years ago (I know, I know...I&#39;m married now but it&#39;s still special!) and I think about St. Patrick Day celebrations (i.e. sugar-free froot loops and beer. More on that later on in the month :P ). This month, I get to add even more excitement with our trip! It&#39;s March 1 today and we leave bright and early on March 7 for a &lt;i&gt;full&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;week of warm, warm weather and relaxation - just the two of us as hubby and wife. I cannot wait.&lt;/div&gt;
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  80. Happy times, indeed.&lt;/div&gt;
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  84. Speaking of happy times: FOOD. Now that&#39;s a happy topic. I cannot believe how I&#39;ve become a person that is mapping out how dinner will be cooked as I&#39;m eating my morning breakfast. I love it. I spot recipes and I dog ear them and wait patiently for a time that feels &quot;right&quot; to try it out. I&#39;m such a different food person than I used to be...and I love it.&lt;/div&gt;
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  88. Well. I&#39;ve been seeing soca recipes around on blogs and in magazines for some time and finally felt the time was right to try it out. This recipe came from the February 2011 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cleaneatingmag.com/&quot;&gt;Clean Eating Magazine&lt;/a&gt;. It&#39;s one of the easiest things I have ever made. The only reason I think I had been avoiding it is because it&#39;s pancake-ish and I just simply have a bad past with cooking pancakes. Anything batter-like, really, hates me - or they make me feel that way, any way.&lt;/div&gt;
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  92. As I said, this was so very easy and delicious. The only annoying part was that I had to let it &quot;sit&quot;, although I don&#39;t know what would happen if I didn&#39;t? My friend Roshika said that this is often made in Indian cuisine with a ton of spices like cumin. For the purpose of this first recipe, I made it plain. I followed the recipe as is. For toppings, I followed the same recipe for a bean spread. I also had some leftover walnuts from a previous recipe sitting around and a lot of mushrooms that had to be used, so I made &lt;i&gt;my own&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;mushroom walnut pesto-type thing. We had smoked mackerel on the side so we can top each piece with whatever we wanted to. We love food options!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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  94. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh670m7xdyHpWeFKa9oBEDKry5U2OSofm4egWgtquEXc43Z_bPkNBPDNZqDUUUDSaSMaOB3IPWTuJfyBw3rZkdyh3F2hoaAD4T0RBkkQAi5hXD8K-QIS_N0XBy0nw_kR8VNCAacDPNTEY/s1600/00000000fgk.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;301&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh670m7xdyHpWeFKa9oBEDKry5U2OSofm4egWgtquEXc43Z_bPkNBPDNZqDUUUDSaSMaOB3IPWTuJfyBw3rZkdyh3F2hoaAD4T0RBkkQAi5hXD8K-QIS_N0XBy0nw_kR8VNCAacDPNTEY/s400/00000000fgk.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  95. &lt;b&gt;Soca (&lt;i&gt;Chickpea Pancake)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  96. &lt;i&gt;Clean Eating Magazine, February 2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  97. *&lt;i&gt;Note: this does &lt;b&gt;not&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;taste like chickpeas! Had I told J I was making a chickpea pancake, hell would have broken loose: P&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  98. 1 cup of chickpea flour (besan flour)&lt;br /&gt;
  99. 1 1/2 cups of water&lt;br /&gt;
  100. 2 tbsp of olive oil&lt;br /&gt;
  101. 1/2 tsp of salt&lt;br /&gt;
  102. &lt;br /&gt;
  103. 1. Preheat oven to 425. In a bowl, slowly add the water to the flour. Mix until smooth. Let sit for an hour (I let sit for 45 minutes) - wondering what would happen if you didn&#39;t?&lt;br /&gt;
  104. &lt;br /&gt;
  105. 2. Heat a cast iron skillet on high with 2 tbsp of oil - or use any oven-safe round, flat skillet.&lt;br /&gt;
  106. &lt;br /&gt;
  107. 3. Right before you&#39;re ready to start cooking the pancake, pour the oil and salt into the batter.&lt;br /&gt;
  108. &lt;br /&gt;
  109. 4. Pour batter into hot skillet. Let cook for approximately 30 seconds to 1 minute. Put in oven for 25 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;
  110. &lt;br /&gt;
  111. 5. Cut in triangles and eat alone or add things to the top! This would be good as a savoury dish &lt;i&gt;or &lt;/i&gt;a sweet dish.&lt;br /&gt;
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  113. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiITlHX1ek34ob8Wazn5XDj_Cw9wyp-lW1-jvkJBpkf8b_WSHuSL6Bu4ByUJ-gJX19F9GQAQd70fWiYMU2Q0YZyVjT2xYG8Ryay1aykA8gUssGvFlUC5M8pQcKXL9DZpiP3HdIcYymnF-8/s1600/0000000342.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;280&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiITlHX1ek34ob8Wazn5XDj_Cw9wyp-lW1-jvkJBpkf8b_WSHuSL6Bu4ByUJ-gJX19F9GQAQd70fWiYMU2Q0YZyVjT2xYG8Ryay1aykA8gUssGvFlUC5M8pQcKXL9DZpiP3HdIcYymnF-8/s640/0000000342.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  114. &lt;b&gt;White Bean Spread&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  115. &lt;i&gt;Clean Eating Magazine, February 2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  116. &lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  117. 1 cup of white (kidney) beans, drained and washed&lt;br /&gt;
  118. 2 tbsp of basil&lt;br /&gt;
  119. 1 clove of garlic, minced (&lt;i&gt;I cooked mine&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;
  120. 3 tbsp of water&lt;br /&gt;
  121. 1 tbsp of lemon juice (&lt;i&gt;this was my addition)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  122. &lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  123. In a food processor or blender (or Magic Bullet), pulse all ingredients together. &amp;nbsp;You are done!&lt;br /&gt;
  124. &lt;br /&gt;
  125. &lt;b&gt;Mushroom Walnut Pesto&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  126. &lt;i&gt;From Allie&#39;s Kitchen&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  127. &lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  128. 1 1/2 cups of chopped mushrooms (&lt;i&gt;I used a mix of portobello and button)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  129. 2/3 cup of chopped walnuts&lt;br /&gt;
  130. 2 cloves of garlic, minced&lt;br /&gt;
  131. 1/3 of a red onion&lt;br /&gt;
  132. 3 tbsp of water&lt;br /&gt;
  133. 2 tbsp of white wine&lt;br /&gt;
  134. 2 tbsp of lemon juice&lt;br /&gt;
  135. 1 tbsp of olive oil&lt;br /&gt;
  136. 3 tbsp of cilantro&lt;br /&gt;
  137. &lt;br /&gt;
  138. 1. In a pan, cook onion, garlic and mushrooms with 1 tbsp of white wine and oil.&lt;br /&gt;
  139. 2. Meanwhile, pulse the water and walnuts into a paste.&lt;br /&gt;
  140. 3. The process gets a bit sticky after this, but essentially you want to mix your cooked goods (after letting them cool off a bit) with your walnuts. I added water, lemon juice, wine and oil in as needed so my measurements are a guestimate. The walnuts really dry everything out so it&#39;s important to keep adding a wee bit of moisture of some kind until everything is mixed to the consistency you would like.&lt;br /&gt;
  141. &lt;br /&gt;
  142. This would be excellent on pasta, but a lot more liquid would need to be added. For our purpose, we were spooning a dollop out on each of our slices of soca so it worked out.&lt;br /&gt;
  143. &lt;br /&gt;
  144. I took it on crackers with a bit of tuna for lunch the other day - very versatile!&lt;br /&gt;
  145. &lt;br /&gt;
  146. Again: apologies for this low-quality photos....&lt;br /&gt;
  147. &lt;br /&gt;
  148. ~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;
  149. &lt;br /&gt;
  150. How&#39;s everyone feeling about March?? Exciting? Do anything special for Leap Day? :)&lt;br /&gt;
  151. &lt;br /&gt;
  152. Love Love, Allie</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/feeds/1810406981306872515/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2012/03/soca-white-bean-spread-mushroom-walnut.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/1810406981306872515'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/1810406981306872515'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2012/03/soca-white-bean-spread-mushroom-walnut.html' title='Soca + White Bean Spread + Mushroom Walnut Pesto'/><author><name>Allie K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13451477564387357904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThS1x1iuOOf-WhEJ8-z47PSH7ZY7qTHzsscx0bhiQFYWG3JNcPh-EU3oI9cONm0NRB0zCYxNvTplgnf-u6CSeNzAAKHyKTbjl6-uH-Zj27viOqULrsBJjp10HHQUbyZY/s220/g_MG_7770.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ULfpAA26W1g/T1ABzRnM5oI/AAAAAAAAAVY/-THKITn0idE/s72-c/0000000sfd.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470734225404456697.post-7587939414254386649</id><published>2012-02-27T20:49:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2012-02-27T20:49:53.307-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="appetizer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dairy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="gluten-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Go-To List"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pub-food"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="snacks"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vegan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vegetarian"/><title type='text'>Green With Envy (Guac + Collard Green Chips)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  153. &lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jHO0I27R3GU/T0wjWjZ9njI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/pp2eC0_e8dM/s1600/0009easjiase.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;280&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jHO0I27R3GU/T0wjWjZ9njI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/pp2eC0_e8dM/s640/0009easjiase.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  154. Happy Monday!&lt;br /&gt;
  155. &lt;br /&gt;
  156. I always say that, but never actually feel it. It&#39;s pretty much the most dreary day of the week, isn&#39;t it? Monday evenings aren&#39;t too shabby, but Monday mornings and afternoons? Holy they suck! I guess Monday really had no chance, following a most awesome day like Sunday.&lt;br /&gt;
  157. &lt;br /&gt;
  158. To start the week off, I wanted to share two treats that I threw together over the weekend. It was a very &lt;i&gt;social&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;weekend of dinner parties and bachelorettes (well, one of each but they both deserve to be pluralized) filled with lots and lots of girl time - and food. Those two things seem to go hand in hand in my world!&lt;br /&gt;
  159. &lt;br /&gt;
  160. I think I&#39;ve confessed my love for guacamole before - and avocados. You can do anything with an avocado and basically just as much with guacamole. I know we all talk about how versatile hummus can be (which I love), but deep down, I&#39;ll always be tied to my guacamole. This is a recipe for a very, very basic throw together guac but it&#39;s one of my faves. My friend, Lauren, told me to add orange to the next guac that I make but I completely forgot! Next time...&lt;br /&gt;
  161. &lt;br /&gt;
  162. &lt;b&gt;Basic Guacamole&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  163. F&lt;i&gt;rom scratch: I am specifying this because if you are in a pinch, the easiest thing you can do is mix ready-made salsa with avocado and you&#39;re done. And you will be the popular one at the party.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  164. 1 avocado&lt;br /&gt;
  165. 1 small tomato, diced&lt;br /&gt;
  166. 1/4 of a red onion, diced&lt;br /&gt;
  167. 1 tsp of garlic salt&lt;br /&gt;
  168. 1 tbsp of lemon&lt;br /&gt;
  169. paprika&lt;br /&gt;
  170. &lt;br /&gt;
  171. Mix everything together and top with paprika. That&#39;s it! Double this if you can, I only had one avocado on hand at the time.&lt;br /&gt;
  172. &lt;br /&gt;
  173. &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://sites.google.com/site/allieschangingkitchen/basic-guacamole&quot;&gt;Print this recipe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  174. &lt;br /&gt;
  175. Next in line for &lt;i&gt;green goodness&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;is collard chips. I&#39;ve made kale chips and loved them, but bought collard greens at the grocery store the other day and thought I&#39;d give it a try with that. I&#39;ve been trying to buy a different &#39;green&#39; at the grocery store each week - I.e. swiss chard, kale, collard, etc - and didn&#39;t really know where to begin with these giant leaves. Chip form was a wonderful, wonderful, surprising way to start.&lt;br /&gt;
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  177. &lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IQGCC7-7_6k/T0wjWIXe_RI/AAAAAAAAAUI/F2BhyT1C3tY/s1600/000009asdjk;2.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;301&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IQGCC7-7_6k/T0wjWIXe_RI/AAAAAAAAAUI/F2BhyT1C3tY/s400/000009asdjk;2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  178. &lt;b&gt;Collard Green Chips&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  179. &lt;i&gt;From Allie&#39;s Kitchen&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  180. Collard Greens (&lt;i&gt;I used about 5 or 6 big leaves)&lt;/i&gt;, leaves pulled off of the stems and ripped into pieces (chip-size)&lt;br /&gt;
  181. Lemon juice&lt;br /&gt;
  182. Olive oil&lt;br /&gt;
  183. 1 - 2 tsp of Garlic Salt&lt;br /&gt;
  184. Salt and Pepper&lt;br /&gt;
  185. &lt;br /&gt;
  186. Preheat oven to 350. Wash the greens and shake dry as much as possible. In a bowl, toss the leaves with olive oil and lemon juice (don&#39;t coat it, &lt;i&gt;toss&lt;/i&gt;). Cover a baking pan with tin foil and lay the greens out in a single layer. Sprinkle with garlic salt, salt and pepper. Bake for approximately 20 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;
  187. &lt;br /&gt;
  188. These start to shrivel up pretty quickly so about half way through (10 minutes), I took them out and spread them out even more. If the leaves are on top of one another (which they will be at the start - that&#39;s okay), they won&#39;t get crispy. I just kept doing this until they were done. When a few were crispy, I removed them and spread the remaining ones out more.&lt;br /&gt;
  189. &lt;br /&gt;
  190. &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://sites.google.com/site/allieschangingkitchen/collard-green-chips&quot;&gt;Print this recipe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  191. &lt;br /&gt;
  192. These were SO good! Recommend!&lt;br /&gt;
  193. &lt;br /&gt;
  194. &lt;b&gt;Enjoy the week! Tomorrow is the reveal post to show you what I got in my Foodie Pen Pal box!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  195. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  196. &lt;b&gt;PS - Did you see my new bowl? I&#39;m so excited about it. My mom and I picked two of these up (She got her own) at Home Sense. They come with lids! Love, Love.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  197. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  198. &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/allieschangingkitchen&quot;&gt;Check Me Out On Facebook.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  199. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/feeds/7587939414254386649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2012/02/green-with-envy-guac-collard-green.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/7587939414254386649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/7587939414254386649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2012/02/green-with-envy-guac-collard-green.html' title='Green With Envy (Guac + Collard Green Chips)'/><author><name>Allie K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13451477564387357904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThS1x1iuOOf-WhEJ8-z47PSH7ZY7qTHzsscx0bhiQFYWG3JNcPh-EU3oI9cONm0NRB0zCYxNvTplgnf-u6CSeNzAAKHyKTbjl6-uH-Zj27viOqULrsBJjp10HHQUbyZY/s220/g_MG_7770.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jHO0I27R3GU/T0wjWjZ9njI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/pp2eC0_e8dM/s72-c/0009easjiase.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470734225404456697.post-5059562297041818129</id><published>2012-02-24T07:49:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2012-02-24T07:55:16.656-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="appetizer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dairy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dinner"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="gluten-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Go-To List"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="marinade"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pasta"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="product-name"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pub-food"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="salad"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sauce"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vegan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vegetarian"/><title type='text'>Spinach {Pasta} Salad + {Slow Cooker} Chicken Wings</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  200. &lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T-KwBY-zOwE/T0bXKHOv0PI/AAAAAAAAATQ/oaiP8fT_zN0/s1600/000000asdas.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;264&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T-KwBY-zOwE/T0bXKHOv0PI/AAAAAAAAATQ/oaiP8fT_zN0/s640/000000asdas.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  201. &lt;br /&gt;
  202. Happy end of the week!&lt;br /&gt;
  203. &lt;br /&gt;
  204. I have a few good &quot;pub&quot; or &quot;fast food&quot; type meals to share with you - done the healthier + intolerance-free way. During the past week, we&#39;ve had &lt;i&gt;another&lt;/i&gt; really great pizza, some portobello mushroom burgers (which were so good, I basically went back to the store the next day to get more mushrooms...) and the above chicken wings and spinach salad.&lt;br /&gt;
  205. &lt;br /&gt;
  206. It feels like I&#39;m a bit of a kid all over again. Like I was just treated to a week of &quot;junk&quot; food (which as a kid, pizza, chicken nugget or western sandwich nights were clearly your favorite). It&#39;s an awesome feeling to know that we can have those same pleasures whenever we want - and without the expense, both literally and physically.&lt;br /&gt;
  207. ~~~~&lt;br /&gt;
  208. I input a little break here because this is the point where my blog decided not to save my previous writing. I have just spent the last hour - yes, hour - sitting here and writing an extremely long blog post. I thought it was pretty good. Unfortunately, my wireless and blog decided to both not cooperate at the same time and now I&#39;ve lost it all. After a week of having &lt;i&gt;no&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;time to blog, I could just cry but ALAS I won&#39;t. I&#39;ve got a wonderful hubby who just cheered me up with a berry/cantaloupe/vanilla rice milk smoothie so I will move on. :)&lt;br /&gt;
  209. &lt;br /&gt;
  210. I had written a long post about my relationship with chicken wings&amp;nbsp;(admittedly, 2 paragraphs might have been too much anyway), and how my feelings on them have ebbed and flowed over the years. I wrote about my issue of eating meat off of the bone. And how we used to consume many a chicken wing on a Wednesday or Thursday evening in university without thinking twice. Even last year, I was still convincing myself that I enjoyed eating a basket of wings at a noisy bar ~ I guess we all change, right? I&#39;ve come to learn that I can still embrace chicken wings, just in the comfort of my own home and if J either bakes, bbqs or slow cooks them....&lt;br /&gt;
  211. ~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;
  212. Instead of heading out for 25 cent wings this weekend, cook at home, be healthier and save the money (because with wings, comes draught beer) - or even better: let the slow cooker do the work for you! (&lt;i&gt;and hey: drink better beer with them at home, too!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  214. &lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fxqefvGL7zU/T0bnr8G225I/AAAAAAAAATo/C3H_Os0Vd8Y/s1600/0000000sadjlkf.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;301&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fxqefvGL7zU/T0bnr8G225I/AAAAAAAAATo/C3H_Os0Vd8Y/s400/0000000sadjlkf.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  215. &lt;b&gt;Beer + BBQ Slow Cooker Wings&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  216. &lt;i style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;From Allie&#39;s Kitchen (by J)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  217. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;
  218. &lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  219. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;
  220. 1/2 of a bottle of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://organicvillefoods.com/products/bbq-sauces/original-organic-bbq-sauce/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; style=&quot;color: #0033cc;&quot;&gt;Organicville&#39;s BBQ Sauce&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  222. 1/3 can of beer (the cheap stuff!)&lt;/div&gt;
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  224. A few pinches of your favorite hot sauce (Frank&#39;s obviously!)&lt;/div&gt;
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  228. Plop those chicken wings in your slow cooker and cook for 3 hours on high or 6 hours on low. That&#39;s it. Literally: that&#39;s all you have to do,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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  232. &lt;i&gt;Notes:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  234. - Although the BBQ sauce is sweetened with Agave Nectar instead of sugra, I just realized it&#39;s also sweetened with molasses...sigh! Just use a 1/2 bottle of any sugar, soy, dairy free BBQ sauce.&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;I&#39;ll update the product page soon.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  236. - J came home for lunch and put the wings on high for 3 hours. The 6 hour time is just a guestimate for low.&lt;br /&gt;
  237. - The BBQ sauce is Gluten-free&lt;/div&gt;
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  241. &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://sites.google.com/site/allieschangingkitchen/beer-bbq-slow-cooker-wings&quot;&gt;Print this recipe.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  245. The one thing I &lt;i&gt;do &lt;/i&gt;remember noting in my other really good post was that wing nights were filled with just that: wings. You&#39;d rarely have a vegetable to go along with it (maybe a slice of carrot or celery?). I can&#39;t believe that used to be fun!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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  249. Tonight, we were craving a spinach salad...so I tried to switch things up a bit by playing around with the dressing and adding pasta! LOVE. So easy, too.&lt;/div&gt;
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  251. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-aeVMNYd6KCb1WqgD_D4zytfUTiAg3DK2wG4wywTTN2U0teEWvyfedoWMt4xIn_Y2GSQWRWjwB4mPoj5cmAiZV6Yng-LyjhVmvuRUVHxSwSWqdMh2JOIfHsINn8KjQsCJGvmreP70-0/s1600/000000000asaj.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;301&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-aeVMNYd6KCb1WqgD_D4zytfUTiAg3DK2wG4wywTTN2U0teEWvyfedoWMt4xIn_Y2GSQWRWjwB4mPoj5cmAiZV6Yng-LyjhVmvuRUVHxSwSWqdMh2JOIfHsINn8KjQsCJGvmreP70-0/s400/000000000asaj.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  253. &lt;b&gt;Spinach {Pasta} Salad &lt;i&gt;or &quot;&lt;/i&gt;There&#39;s Pasta In My Spinach Salad!&quot;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  256. &lt;i&gt;From Allie&#39;s Kitchen&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  258. Cook your pasta.&lt;br /&gt;
  259. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dressing:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  260. In a small bowl, mix together:&lt;br /&gt;
  261. - 1/4 cup of Renee&#39;s 1/2 Caesar&lt;br /&gt;
  262. - 1/4 cup of Helman&#39;s Mayo&lt;br /&gt;
  263. - 1 tbsp of balsamic vinegar&lt;br /&gt;
  264. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salad Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  265. In a large bowl, mix together:&lt;br /&gt;
  266. - 2 cups of spinach, cut/ripped&lt;br /&gt;
  267. - 1 cup of tomato, diced&lt;br /&gt;
  268. - 1 cup of cucumber, cut small&lt;br /&gt;
  269. - 1 cup of Fresh Gourmet Organic Seasoned Croutons, crushed&lt;br /&gt;
  270. &lt;br /&gt;
  271. Once pasta is cooked, drain and let cool. Mix together with dressing then add in salad ingredients. Mix well and serve!&lt;br /&gt;
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  273. &lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gz-VI33ckKk/T0bpAs0fsbI/AAAAAAAAAUA/9uVN-dUS6fY/s1600/fastfoodfridays.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gz-VI33ckKk/T0bpAs0fsbI/AAAAAAAAAUA/9uVN-dUS6fY/s200/fastfoodfridays.png&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://sites.google.com/site/allieschangingkitchen/spinach-pasta-salad&quot;&gt;Print this recipe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  274. &lt;br /&gt;
  275. Aren&#39;t these &lt;i&gt;much &lt;/i&gt;better options for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://mooshujenne.com/?page_id=823&quot;&gt;Fast Food Friday&lt;/a&gt; night? &amp;nbsp;I think so! I&#39;ve been cooking with a few different product names as of late and need to update the &quot;Brands I Love&quot; page. I haven&#39;t really done that since I &quot;cut out&quot; sugar. I also would like to further explain the way I handle sugar. For example, Hellman&#39;s Mayo has sugar listed as the 6th ingredient, so I want to make sure to tell you that on the other page. I&#39;ll let you know when I make those updates. I&#39;m also going to remove brands that simply &quot;work&quot; with my diet, and only include truly brands that I love.&lt;br /&gt;
  276. &lt;br /&gt;
  277. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Have you liked the new &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/allieschangingkitchen&quot;&gt;Allie&#39;s Changing Kitchen Facebook page&lt;/a&gt; yet? It&#39;s very new, so bare with me! Go on over to visit. Happy Friday! :)&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/feeds/5059562297041818129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2012/02/spinach-pasta-salad-slow-cooker-chicken.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/5059562297041818129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/5059562297041818129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2012/02/spinach-pasta-salad-slow-cooker-chicken.html' title='Spinach {Pasta} Salad + {Slow Cooker} Chicken Wings'/><author><name>Allie K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13451477564387357904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThS1x1iuOOf-WhEJ8-z47PSH7ZY7qTHzsscx0bhiQFYWG3JNcPh-EU3oI9cONm0NRB0zCYxNvTplgnf-u6CSeNzAAKHyKTbjl6-uH-Zj27viOqULrsBJjp10HHQUbyZY/s220/g_MG_7770.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T-KwBY-zOwE/T0bXKHOv0PI/AAAAAAAAATQ/oaiP8fT_zN0/s72-c/000000asdas.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470734225404456697.post-2759020467868221271</id><published>2012-02-03T11:06:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2012-02-03T11:18:57.129-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="appetizer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dairy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dinner"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Go-To List"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lunch"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="marinade"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pub-food"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="salad"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sauce"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sugar-free"/><title type='text'>My Best (Cheese-less) Pizza So Far (Fast Food Fridays)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  278. &lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U-GwRN4zuis/Tyvu678RgYI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/p8GK-bIrR9Q/s1600/0000abd5.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;272&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U-GwRN4zuis/Tyvu678RgYI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/p8GK-bIrR9Q/s640/0000abd5.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  280. I have a pretty awesome line-up of songs on. It&#39;s my day off and I&#39;m going to enjoy some blogging, pinning, music and reading (maybe a chore or two...we&#39;ll see) - all by the fire. Sounds pretty good, right?&lt;/div&gt;
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  284. To start this post off, you&#39;re going to get a list of the songs I&#39;m about to listen to because sharing music is just about as awesome as sharing food:&lt;/div&gt;
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  286. 1. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l36CW8MUc0Y&amp;amp;feature=bf_prev&amp;amp;list=FLYiZPetwR7sqSdPCx5Qgang&amp;amp;lf=mh_lolz&quot;&gt;You and I - Ingrid Michaelson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  288. 2. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBpGtbOA7Ss&amp;amp;list=FLYiZPetwR7sqSdPCx5Qgang&amp;amp;index=14&amp;amp;feature=plpp_video&quot;&gt;Where the Road Meets the Sun - Katie Herzig and Matthew Perryman Jones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  290. 3. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62i9Sodwp5o&amp;amp;list=FLYiZPetwR7sqSdPCx5Qgang&amp;amp;index=16&amp;amp;feature=plpp_video&quot;&gt;Flume - Bon Iver&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  292. 4. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O-BwV0DDUY&amp;amp;list=FLYiZPetwR7sqSdPCx5Qgang&amp;amp;index=22&amp;amp;feature=plpp_video&quot;&gt;Roll Away Your Stone - Mumford and Sons&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  294. 5. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvOCrRVDPpI&amp;amp;list=FLYiZPetwR7sqSdPCx5Qgang&amp;amp;index=21&amp;amp;feature=plpp_video&quot;&gt;Rambling Man - Laura Marling&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  296. 6. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeZMTOSeHVw&amp;amp;list=FLYiZPetwR7sqSdPCx5Qgang&amp;amp;index=25&amp;amp;feature=plpp_video&quot;&gt;Be My Honeypie - The Weepies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  298. 7. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrMmr1oMPGA&amp;amp;list=FLYiZPetwR7sqSdPCx5Qgang&amp;amp;index=36&amp;amp;feature=plpp_video&quot;&gt;Skinny Love - Bon Iver&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  300. 8. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHGecjIgJ70&amp;amp;list=FLYiZPetwR7sqSdPCx5Qgang&amp;amp;index=34&amp;amp;feature=plpp_video&quot;&gt;Relator - Scarlett Johansson and Pete Yorn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  304. If you don&#39;t know any of those songs, please introduce yourselves.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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  308. Okay. &amp;nbsp;Moving on.&lt;/div&gt;
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  312. Another week is over and now it&#39;s February. How did that ever happen?&amp;nbsp;January used to be the longest and most dreaded month of the year - so I thought. We didn&#39;t even do much of anything this last month, hid inside most weekends getting our house set up, watching movies and playing a whole lot of Settlers of Catan.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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  316. *Side note: Does anyone play Settlers and have a similar obsession with the game? If so, here&#39;s a treat we found on our good &#39;ol friend, Google, the other day for the foodie-obsessed Catan lovers: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=catan+pizza&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=N&amp;amp;biw=1141&amp;amp;bih=595&amp;amp;tbm=isch&amp;amp;tbnid=k_r-dXFEgV-clM:&amp;amp;imgrefurl=http://boardgamegeek.com/image/65551&amp;amp;docid=qFDI81hFl_auEM&amp;amp;imgurl=http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic65551_md.jpg&amp;amp;w=500&amp;amp;h=375&amp;amp;ei=BfIrT5i4KuGtsQKTndiJDg&amp;amp;zoom=1&amp;amp;iact=hc&amp;amp;vpx=89&amp;amp;vpy=140&amp;amp;dur=978&amp;amp;hovh=194&amp;amp;hovw=259&amp;amp;tx=148&amp;amp;ty=98&amp;amp;sig=109830769328055437414&amp;amp;page=1&amp;amp;tbnh=121&amp;amp;tbnw=156&amp;amp;start=0&amp;amp;ndsp=18&amp;amp;ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&quot;&gt;Catan Pizza&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=catan+cookies&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=N&amp;amp;biw=1141&amp;amp;bih=595&amp;amp;tbm=isch&amp;amp;tbnid=djnRQA2dAZOqdM:&amp;amp;imgrefurl=http://www.slashfood.com/2009/01/27/settlers-of-catan-goes-foodie/&amp;amp;docid=o2hB9wZNwaUkdM&amp;amp;imgurl=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.slashfood.com/media/2009/01/catan012709.jpg&amp;amp;w=425&amp;amp;h=337&amp;amp;ei=GPIrT9nAHYarsALLvr2SDg&amp;amp;zoom=1&amp;amp;iact=hc&amp;amp;vpx=91&amp;amp;vpy=139&amp;amp;dur=53&amp;amp;hovh=200&amp;amp;hovw=252&amp;amp;tx=122&amp;amp;ty=101&amp;amp;sig=109830769328055437414&amp;amp;page=1&amp;amp;tbnh=123&amp;amp;tbnw=155&amp;amp;start=0&amp;amp;ndsp=18&amp;amp;ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&quot;&gt;Catan Cookies &lt;/a&gt;and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=catan+cupcakes&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=N&amp;amp;biw=1141&amp;amp;bih=595&amp;amp;tbm=isch&amp;amp;tbnid=uK5SGk6eE8G26M:&amp;amp;imgrefurl=http://www.funnyden.com/funnypictures/category/misc-28/catan-cupcakes-3698.html&amp;amp;docid=7yk-ednj_rb3BM&amp;amp;itg=1&amp;amp;imgurl=http://www.funnyden.com/funnypics/3698/7819-kcDcJ.jpg&amp;amp;w=580&amp;amp;h=387&amp;amp;ei=KfIrT7bED-aJsQKG8JCgDg&amp;amp;zoom=1&amp;amp;iact=hc&amp;amp;vpx=468&amp;amp;vpy=104&amp;amp;dur=3176&amp;amp;hovh=183&amp;amp;hovw=275&amp;amp;tx=94&amp;amp;ty=115&amp;amp;sig=109830769328055437414&amp;amp;page=2&amp;amp;tbnh=125&amp;amp;tbnw=181&amp;amp;start=16&amp;amp;ndsp=22&amp;amp;ved=1t:429,r:7,s:16&quot;&gt;Catan Cupcakes&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;
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  322. &lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BxnjHsjoqiw/Tyv2eBnqhQI/AAAAAAAAAQY/bge7FvCXyng/s1600/fastfoodfridays.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BxnjHsjoqiw/Tyv2eBnqhQI/AAAAAAAAAQY/bge7FvCXyng/s1600/fastfoodfridays.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I&#39;m not going to ramble on about life too much today (other than what I&#39;ve already done..sigh). I need to get straight to the point because this was A-MAZING. Every bite &#39;J&#39; took was followed by a satisfied &quot;mmm...&quot; - the key measure of success. As it&#39;s Friday and we all love to indulge in some junk food, eat this! Do it. Make it. &lt;b&gt;This pizza truly does not need cheese&lt;/b&gt;! Switch up the toppings... do whatever you like, but make sure to try the sauce and the chicken marinade! Also: If you&#39;re a blogger, join in on &lt;a href=&quot;http://mooshujenne.com/?page_id=823&quot;&gt;Fast Food Fridays&lt;/a&gt;! If you&#39;re not a blogger...why not do a guest post? My blog welcomes you.&lt;/div&gt;
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  326. &lt;b&gt;Cheese-less Chicken Pizza&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  329. &lt;i&gt;From Allie&#39;s Kitchen, Quantity: 2 pizzas with a wee bit of leftover sauce&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  333. &lt;b&gt;Crust&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  335. Spinach Tortilla Wraps (I double J&#39;s up, but I just use one). Use any wrap (or pita) that your diet will allow.&lt;/div&gt;
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  339. &lt;b&gt;Pizza Sauce&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  341. 1/3 cup of olive oil&lt;/div&gt;
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  343. 3 cloves of garlic, minced&lt;/div&gt;
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  345. herbs: Lots! I used a mix of basil, marjoram and the fridge herbs we keep. :)&lt;/div&gt;
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  355. 1 piece of leftover chicken (fresh, boneless would work too), sliced &lt;i&gt;very&lt;/i&gt; thin.&lt;/div&gt;
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  357. 2 tbsp of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.franksredhot.com/products/buffalo-wings-sauce&quot;&gt;Frank&#39;s Buffalo Sauce&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  359. 2 tbsp of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.renees.com/en/productinfo.aspx?id=re086&amp;amp;c=Dressings&amp;amp;ti=0&amp;amp;t=Original%20%C2%BD%20Fat%20Dressings&quot;&gt;Renee&#39;s 1/2 Caesar&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  365. &lt;i&gt;Quantities enough for what you want, really.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  385. &lt;i&gt;On J&#39;s, I added cheese and a bit of leftover bacon we had. I didn&#39;t add anything extra to mine and &lt;b&gt;loved&lt;/b&gt; it.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  399. 5. Place both pizzas in oven for about 6 minutes, maybe a bit longer if your oven doesn&#39;t run hot. You want the tortillas to be crispy enough that you can pick it up, but not burnt!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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  401. &lt;i&gt;Note:As this is an oily sauce, it may not be super crispy... but easy enough to eat with a fork and knife.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  405. &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://sites.google.com/site/allieschangingkitchen/cheese-less-chicken-pizza&quot;&gt;Print this recipe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  413. I&#39;ve said it already and I&#39;ll say it again: Make this. So good.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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  417. &lt;b&gt;On The Side: &lt;/b&gt;Our side that went along with this pizza was a simple corn (canned) + avocado + tomato salad mixed together with 1tbsp of both lime juice + olive oil. Easy Peasy.&lt;/div&gt;
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  421. Any&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mooshujenne.com/?page_id=823&quot;&gt;Fast Food Friday&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;clean-er recipes to share? What do you like to make on Fridays? Have a routine? Want to submit a guest post any non-bloggers?? :0) Happy Friday!!&lt;/div&gt;
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  425. &lt;b&gt;Oh! And last thought...I updated my&lt;a href=&quot;http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/p/travels.html&quot;&gt; Travel Page&lt;/a&gt;. Still missing a few things, but...check it out!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  427. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/feeds/2759020467868221271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2012/02/my-best-cheese-less-pizza-so-far-fast.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/2759020467868221271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/2759020467868221271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2012/02/my-best-cheese-less-pizza-so-far-fast.html' title='My Best (Cheese-less) Pizza So Far (Fast Food Fridays)'/><author><name>Allie K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13451477564387357904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThS1x1iuOOf-WhEJ8-z47PSH7ZY7qTHzsscx0bhiQFYWG3JNcPh-EU3oI9cONm0NRB0zCYxNvTplgnf-u6CSeNzAAKHyKTbjl6-uH-Zj27viOqULrsBJjp10HHQUbyZY/s220/g_MG_7770.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U-GwRN4zuis/Tyvu678RgYI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/p8GK-bIrR9Q/s72-c/0000abd5.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470734225404456697.post-1078967649341828004</id><published>2012-01-11T20:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T09:00:22.770-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="appetizer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dairy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dinner"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="salad"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soup"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sugar-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vegan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vegetarian"/><title type='text'>Our &#39;Healthy Ladies&#39; Dinner Party</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
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  429. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Dinner Party Crew (minus Ali..and a bit blurry...)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  432. As just about everyone has noted in every possible way: January is about new beginnings. Well, our dear friend Becca has left us for Saskatchewan for a few months. To say our farewells and good lucks, we put together a &#39;feel good&#39; dinner party. It&#39;s a good way to give our hugs, but also for everyone else to kick-start the year with a healthy meal filled with great company, vibes and conversation. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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  436. There weren&#39;t really any rules as this was mostly as a way to send Bec off, but everyone &lt;i&gt;did &lt;/i&gt;have to bring &lt;i&gt;something &lt;/i&gt;to eat - with a goal of it being as healthy and clean as they could possibly make it!&lt;/div&gt;
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  439. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Roshika hosted on her beautiful new dining table&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  442. I don&#39;t have all of the recipes, but will add them in as I get them. I wanted to showcase the great meal we had anyway! We didn&#39;t even plan the whole &quot;you bring a main, you bring a side...and so on&quot; so we were entirely impressed to have covered mostly all of the basis without duplication!&lt;/div&gt;
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  446. We typically have potlucks and fill our plates with a variety of food. This time, we sat down and enjoyed each &quot;course&quot; on its own. We started off with some &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cleaneatingmag.com/Recipes/Recipe/Green-Tea-Pomegranate-Lemonade.aspx&quot;&gt;Green Tea Pomegranate Lemonade&lt;/a&gt;, along with some smoked salmon with Renee&#39;s Cucumber and Dill (my fave!) on Melba Toast. (Both brought to you by Ms. Gena...)&lt;/div&gt;
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  450. We then moved on to some appetizers! Vegetable Spring Rolls (brought to you by Bec..) and deviled eggs (brought to you by Steph..). &amp;nbsp;The veggie rolls were done so much better than every time I try to make these puppies! I do have the recipe for the peanut sauce, but will add that in later.&lt;/div&gt;
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  454. The deviled eggs didn&#39;t even have mayo in them! Simply avocado and Frank&#39;s Hot Sauce mixed with the yolk. They were sooo good and creamy. I&#39;ve never thought of adding avocado and skipping the mayo!&lt;/div&gt;
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  458. After that we moved on to....salads! Are you impressed yet with all of the great food we brought together without a big plan? I still am!&lt;/div&gt;
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  462. Amanda brought a very green salad that included both potatoes and apples. Interesting, right? Never thought to put those two together in a cold salad, but it totally worked. She also made her own salad dressing that was all me-friendly (with the exception of the wee bit of mustard she put in. Eep! I asked not to know whether she meant Frenchy&#39;s, powder or dijon. I don&#39;t want to know. Overcoming fears because really - who has a fear of mustard? LeSigh.)&lt;/div&gt;
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  466. Ms. Ali brought us a lentil salad which she said only had lemon juice and olive oil as the dressing. Easy-peasy...completely my cup-of-tea. I&#39;m going to try this one for my workday lunches.&lt;/div&gt;
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  472. Now on to our main-ish dishes: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.joanne-eatswellwithothers.com/2011/06/african-sweet-potato-soup-with-peanut.html&quot;&gt;African Sweet Potato Soup with Peanut Butter and Black Beans&lt;/a&gt;. I brought this wonderful dish to the group. I made a few changes from Joanne&#39;s original recipe over at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.joanne-eatswellwithothers.com/&quot;&gt;Eats Well With Others&lt;/a&gt;. I&#39;ve added the adaptation down below.&lt;/div&gt;
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  476. Then we have the biryani that Roshika whipped up. Last time I tried her version of this, she simply ground up some cashews and added coconut milk and spices for the sauce. As we have an all-nuts-except-peanuts allergy in the group, she did this same thing but with peanuts. Both were a-mazing. I&#39;ve always loved biryani from that first time I tried it in Korea (I know, weird. First Indian restaurant in Korea) and I basically lived off of it during my month in India. I&#39;m in love with how many variations there are - yum.&lt;/div&gt;
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  482. For dessert, we simply drizzled some pure maple syrup (Actually pure. Not all maple syrups are really pure. Check your labels!) over berries. We devoured it in minutes. Amy had worked all day and came in from out of the city, so this was the absolute perfect choice of dessert.&lt;/div&gt;
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  486. Cheryl made this amazing guac-like dip - with avocado and white beans being the main stars. We contemplated adding this to our meal, but smartly decided to save it for our &#39;What&#39;s Your Number?&#39; girly movie-watching. Beans and avocado together give you that creamy-dip-enjoyment without having to feel sorry for yourself that you&#39;re missing out on all those creamy-dairy-filled-asiago-and-artichoke-type dips that are everywhere in the grocery store.&lt;/div&gt;
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  496. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.joanne-eatswellwithothers.com/2011/06/african-sweet-potato-soup-with-peanut.html&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;African Sweet Potato Soup with Peanut Butter and Black Beans&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  498. &lt;i&gt;adapted from Joanne&#39;s recipe @ Eats Well With Others&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  504. 1 tbsp olive oil&lt;/div&gt;
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  518. 1 can of black beans, drained and rinsed&lt;/div&gt;
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  522. 1/2 cup of 100% peanut butter (just peanuts!)&lt;/div&gt;
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  528. 3 tsp cilantro &lt;i&gt;(I used those freezer cubes of cilantro as I didn&#39;t have any fresh- have you seen them?)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  530. 1 1/2 tbsp lime juice&lt;/div&gt;
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  536. Serves 4 - 6 (or 8 small bowls like we did!)&lt;/div&gt;
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  542. 1. Heat oil in a soup pot. Add curry paste and cinnamon. Stir for a minute to coat. Add in onion, garlic, sweet potato and jalapeno. Stir and cook for 5 - 7 minutes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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  544. 2. Add beans and broth. Melt the peanut butter in your 1/2 cup of boiling water. Add that to the pot. Add red pepper flakes and cilantro.&lt;/div&gt;
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  546. 3. Bring to a boil, cover and immer. Cook for about 25 minutes.&lt;/div&gt;
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  552. &lt;i&gt;This was extremely tasty. If you want to see some visually appealing photos of the original recipe, make sure to pop over to Joanne&#39;s blog. Mine are not so great, but I promise you it&#39;s good. Peanut butter + sweet potato + beans. You can&#39;t really go wrong, can you? This WAS quite peanut-ty tasting, so make sure you&#39;re a lover of that flavour before tackling this.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  558. &lt;i&gt;- I didn&#39;t actually put the whole jalapeno in as I&#39;ve never cooked with one, myself. Next time, I&#39;d listen to the recipe and put it all in!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  560. &lt;i&gt;- I wouldn&#39;t skimp on the cilantro, lime, maple syrup and garlic. Could definitely play around to bring these flavours out more&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  562. &lt;i&gt;- My &quot;medium&quot; sweet potato MAY have been too small. I&#39;d use a bigger one next time.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  566. &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://sites.google.com/site/allieschangingkitchen/african-sweet-potato-bean-soup&quot;&gt;Print this recipe.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  570. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;So - rumor has it that Blogger has made it possible for me to reply to comments. Let&#39;s try it out! Comment away and I will hopefully be able to comment back! Also - did you see my new &lt;a href=&quot;http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/p/my-recipes.html&quot;&gt;recipe index&lt;/a&gt;? The updated &lt;a href=&quot;http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html&quot;&gt;about me&lt;/a&gt; page? &lt;i&gt;If any blogger wants to learn how to make the index, I can teach!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/feeds/1078967649341828004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-healthy-ladies-dinner-party.html#comment-form' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/1078967649341828004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/1078967649341828004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-healthy-ladies-dinner-party.html' title='Our &#39;Healthy Ladies&#39; Dinner Party'/><author><name>Allie K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13451477564387357904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThS1x1iuOOf-WhEJ8-z47PSH7ZY7qTHzsscx0bhiQFYWG3JNcPh-EU3oI9cONm0NRB0zCYxNvTplgnf-u6CSeNzAAKHyKTbjl6-uH-Zj27viOqULrsBJjp10HHQUbyZY/s220/g_MG_7770.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzWfGuk8nkdDi5Rpk63CRKqTRmKQi9u57knFxBUWaB4UUyoCqjy8y1VMe0GfISjQUhh7p2OePJTYXP6aXgYHRBSbmFPsqlcUv_B4f6p__G3psZHWcuOPyFcTsVxwG5PqFEbqm3zqgxTU/s72-c/70.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470734225404456697.post-8106495118240178256</id><published>2012-01-08T15:16:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T20:12:33.799-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="appetizer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dairy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="gluten-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Go-To List"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lunch"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="salad"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sugar-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vegetarian"/><title type='text'>A Winter Salad Break</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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  575. I know I&#39;ve talked about my love for kale, but I think my true favorite raw &#39;green&#39; is arugula. I know not everyone likes it - and it certainly doesn&#39;t work &lt;i&gt;with&lt;/i&gt; every dish, but every time I buy it, I throw it in almost everything (only raw, though!).&lt;/div&gt;
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  579. We got a panini press for my bridal shower way back in April, but have just &lt;i&gt;now&lt;/i&gt; started using it. It&#39;s hard to remember that you&#39;ve gotten new gadgets, as it welcomes new things to your already established routine. Any way. We&#39;ve been eating a lot of paninis lately and arugula has found a happy home in every one of them, including our breakfast paninis.&lt;/div&gt;
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  583. This salad was inspired by a salad shown in the January/February 2012 &lt;a href=&quot;http://cleaneatingmag.com/&quot;&gt;Clean Eating Magazine&lt;/a&gt;. It&#39;s not at all the same, but it&#39;s inspiration came from the nut + winter green + onion + egg combination. I didn&#39;t have any of the ingredients that that recipe had called for for the dressing, so I made up a different one entirely on my own. If I try out the real thing, I&#39;ll make sure to blog about that one too!&lt;/div&gt;
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  587. &lt;b&gt;Arugula Salad with Egg&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  589. &lt;i&gt;Inspired by the Winter Greens Salad in &lt;a href=&quot;http://cleaneatingmag.com/&quot;&gt;Clean Eating&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  593. Hard boil 1 egg per serving of salad.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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  597. In the meantime, add the following to your salad bowl (quantities really depend on what you want!):&lt;/div&gt;
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  599. - arugula&lt;/div&gt;
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  605. - parsley (I only did this because I had it on hand)&lt;/div&gt;
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  609. For the dressing (this is for 2 servings), mix together:&lt;/div&gt;
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  611. - 1/4 cup of olive oil&lt;/div&gt;
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  613. - 1 tbsp of lemon juice&lt;/div&gt;
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  615. - 1 tbsp of maple syrup&lt;/div&gt;
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  619. Drizzle salad with dressing.&lt;/div&gt;
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  623. When the eggs are done, cut each in 3 and place on top. You&#39;re done! Easy, right? That&#39;s all I have to write for now. Today is uber-organizational-day for J and I. Mini get-our-house-in-order projects each day!&lt;/div&gt;
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  631. &lt;b&gt;PS -&lt;/b&gt; I have &lt;i&gt;finally&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;updated the &#39;About Me&#39;&lt;/b&gt; section....it was a &lt;i&gt;tad&lt;/i&gt; outdated! I&#39;ve also added a&lt;b&gt; Good Reads&lt;/b&gt; widget along the side if you care to check out some of the cookbooks I own...Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;
  632. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  633. &lt;b&gt;What is your favorite greens to use for salads in the winter?? Any gems to share?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/feeds/8106495118240178256/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2012/01/winter-salad-break.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/8106495118240178256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/8106495118240178256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2012/01/winter-salad-break.html' title='A Winter Salad Break'/><author><name>Allie K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13451477564387357904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThS1x1iuOOf-WhEJ8-z47PSH7ZY7qTHzsscx0bhiQFYWG3JNcPh-EU3oI9cONm0NRB0zCYxNvTplgnf-u6CSeNzAAKHyKTbjl6-uH-Zj27viOqULrsBJjp10HHQUbyZY/s220/g_MG_7770.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hhAVRHv_vpI/Twno70x4x5I/AAAAAAAAAJQ/s9FGhI6gM30/s72-c/43.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470734225404456697.post-493938797295989760</id><published>2012-01-04T22:08:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T20:12:11.840-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="appetizer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dairy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="gluten-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Go-To List"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="snacks"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sugar-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vegan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vegetarian"/><title type='text'>Appy Schmappy: Roasted Eggplant Dip + Two Bruschetta Options</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  634. &lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uUbe_N3tuGY/TwUEsiwmECI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/n0usuxiuuz8/s1600/6.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;301&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uUbe_N3tuGY/TwUEsiwmECI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/n0usuxiuuz8/s400/6.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  635. &lt;br /&gt;
  636. I can&#39;t believe that Christmas Eve was already so long ago. Oh well. You&#39;re getting my update now.&lt;br /&gt;
  637. &lt;br /&gt;
  638. As J and I are newlyweds in our first home, we were fortunate enough to be able to host Christmas Eve with my immediate family. As J&#39;s family all lives in Ontario, it&#39;s extremely special to us to be able to spend the holidays with at least one of our families (hoping next year to have a house full of both sides! Fingers Crossed). A long time ago, my family decided we&#39;d take Christmas Eve and not share it with anyone - including grandparents. Way back when, we&#39;d play board games and eat fondue. Eventually, my brother and sister both had a kid and we all learned that although a fondue was fun, unique and &quot;special&quot;, it was expensive and left us all feeling like we ate a bowl full of oil. Add two little girls into the mix with all of that hot oil...on Christmas Eve. Danger Bay! So ... we&#39;ve moved forward and have been on to each bringing two appetizers or munchies (now that there are four &quot;family units&quot; rather than it just being the five of us). This plan has stuck. It&#39;s lovely. We always make too much food and we always &lt;i&gt;eat &lt;/i&gt;too much. But it&#39;s Christmas EVE. Who cares?! We eat. We sometimes dance with my nieces (I almost always do) and this year, we got to have my little nephew around (and I got to dress him in my cat&#39;s elf cat. Obviously). Special times.&lt;br /&gt;
  639. &lt;br /&gt;
  640. We had (not all things I could have) spinach dip, wonton chicken salsa bites, steamed salmon, Thai chicken wraps, (need recipes, Mom!) meatballs, roasted eggplant dip and two bruschetta toppings!&lt;br /&gt;
  641. &lt;br /&gt;
  642. Both of the appy/snack options I brought were great! Like super duper great!&lt;br /&gt;
  643. &lt;br /&gt;
  644. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  645. &lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3GdsneQf-No/TwT_e2rdTrI/AAAAAAAAAGE/nKfcJ_91N14/s1600/40.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;280&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3GdsneQf-No/TwT_e2rdTrI/AAAAAAAAAGE/nKfcJ_91N14/s640/40.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  646. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  647. &lt;b&gt;Roasted Eggplant Dip&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  648. I, personally, thought the roasted eggplant dip was completely stellar. My brother-in-law even liked it and he basically dislikes &lt;i&gt;all &lt;/i&gt;vegetables. Yay me. The only problem was that I was in a room full of people that didn&#39;t like hummus (I know, right?) Only my mom and I in my ENTIRE family have the hummus obsession. So. So. Strange. Moral of the story: This dip looked too &quot;hummus-like&quot; and I roasted a very large eggplant so I had lots of dip left. This is a perfect take-to-a-party recipe.&lt;br /&gt;
  649. &lt;br /&gt;
  650. &lt;b&gt;What To Do:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  651. &lt;i&gt;Confession: I wrote these ingredients down so long ago and have NO idea where it came from. I searched online and in my cookbooks, but there are so many variations of this dip, I couldn&#39;t find the one! Either way....&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  652. 1 large eggplant&lt;br /&gt;
  653. 3 tbsp tahini&lt;br /&gt;
  654. 4 cloves of garlic&lt;br /&gt;
  655. 1 1/2 tsp of salt&lt;br /&gt;
  656. 1/4 cup of lemon&lt;br /&gt;
  657. 2 tbsp olive oil&lt;br /&gt;
  658. &lt;br /&gt;
  659. 1. Roast eggplant and garlic (whole and in skin) at 425. Rub both with oil. Take the garlic out after 15 - 20 minutes (my oven runs warm, so I took them out after 15). Keep the eggplant in for another 5 or 10. Check it!&lt;br /&gt;
  660. 2. Let the eggplant cool for 20 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;
  661. 3. While the eggplant is cooling, add the garlic (out of the skin, of course), lemon, tahini, salt and oil in a bowl, food processor or Magic Bullet (of course I used the Bullet!).&lt;br /&gt;
  662. 4. Slice the eggplant, scoop out the middle and puree it with the above ingredients.&lt;br /&gt;
  663. 5. Drizzle with oil and paprika to garnish.&lt;br /&gt;
  664. &lt;br /&gt;
  665. &lt;i&gt;Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  666. &lt;i&gt;If you don&#39;t have tahini, buy it. It&#39;s expensive but lasts a long time in your fridge. It comes in h-a-n-d-y.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  667. &lt;i&gt;I would use much less lemon. Perhaps my eggplant wasn&#39;t actually considered &quot;large&quot;, but the lemon ratio was a bit strong for my liking.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  668. &lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  669. &lt;b&gt;Bruschetta Toppings&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  670. &lt;i&gt;These are my own creations (woot!). Instead of worrying about the timing of getting baguettes in and out of the oven, I bought baguette crackers (any would do!). These were a big big hit. Especially the mushroom one.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  671. &lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  672. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  673. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoI6fLzpaAM5mWpZ7hCqmhOo5n5NjDrBz1rnLhl3gbj2SPhscS4zK0R3upCqALfrIEStQ9l1KtD4axJE9gYe8UpayQhr2utb-y_-mHKAccdEsEifDpwMNfrqNTVyuPGUpp43zVmOxZIjZf/s1600/13.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;322&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoI6fLzpaAM5mWpZ7hCqmhOo5n5NjDrBz1rnLhl3gbj2SPhscS4zK0R3upCqALfrIEStQ9l1KtD4axJE9gYe8UpayQhr2utb-y_-mHKAccdEsEifDpwMNfrqNTVyuPGUpp43zVmOxZIjZf/s640/13.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  674. &lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  675. &lt;b&gt;Balsamic Mushroom Bruschetta&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  676. Chop up:&lt;br /&gt;
  677. 1 shallot&lt;br /&gt;
  678. 1 clove of garlic&lt;br /&gt;
  679. About 1/4 cup of parsley&lt;br /&gt;
  680. About 1/2 cup of mushrooms, cut very small&lt;br /&gt;
  681. Balsamic&lt;br /&gt;
  682. &lt;br /&gt;
  683. Cook everything (but the parsley) with balsamic. Add parsley. Voila!&lt;br /&gt;
  684. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  685. &lt;b&gt;Tomato Basil Bruschetta &lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The more typical)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  686. Chop up (no specific quantities):&lt;br /&gt;
  687. Red onion&lt;br /&gt;
  688. Tomato&lt;br /&gt;
  689. Parsley&lt;br /&gt;
  690. Basil&lt;br /&gt;
  691. Garlic Clove&lt;br /&gt;
  692. &lt;br /&gt;
  693. Mix with olive oil and a dash of lemon juice.&lt;br /&gt;
  694. &lt;br /&gt;
  695. &lt;br /&gt;
  696. &lt;i&gt;Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  697. &lt;i&gt;Obviously everyone loves the typical tomato/basil combo, but the mushroom mixture was an absolute hit! It was gone within 30 minutes (and remember: it was out with all that other great food) and people were raving about it. I personally love to add mushrooms to everything, so it made sense to me...but so happy that it worked out for everyone else.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  698. &lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  699. &lt;i&gt;Also: Bruschetta does NOT need to have cheese added. No one missed it.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  700. &lt;br /&gt;
  701. &lt;br /&gt;
  702. &lt;b&gt;So....Feel like commenting yet? Sharing more recipes? Have you tried mine out or plan on trying one of these out? :)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  703. &lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/feeds/493938797295989760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2012/01/appy-schmappy-roasted-eggplant-dip-two.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/493938797295989760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/493938797295989760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2012/01/appy-schmappy-roasted-eggplant-dip-two.html' title='Appy Schmappy: Roasted Eggplant Dip + Two Bruschetta Options'/><author><name>Allie K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13451477564387357904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThS1x1iuOOf-WhEJ8-z47PSH7ZY7qTHzsscx0bhiQFYWG3JNcPh-EU3oI9cONm0NRB0zCYxNvTplgnf-u6CSeNzAAKHyKTbjl6-uH-Zj27viOqULrsBJjp10HHQUbyZY/s220/g_MG_7770.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uUbe_N3tuGY/TwUEsiwmECI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/n0usuxiuuz8/s72-c/6.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470734225404456697.post-7503137040715815061</id><published>2010-12-15T20:33:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-12-15T20:46:25.538-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="appetizer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dairy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sugar-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vegetarian"/><title type='text'>Carrot &amp; Parsnip Fries</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TQldVcEg-oI/AAAAAAAAAgg/UMn4jFQnL-w/s1600/P1000499.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TQldVcEg-oI/AAAAAAAAAgg/UMn4jFQnL-w/s320/P1000499.JPG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Who would have thunk it? &amp;nbsp;Yes, thunk it. &amp;nbsp;One - I like parsnips. &amp;nbsp;Two - Parsnips and carrots make a delicious and healthy substitute for fries!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  704. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Garlic salt, pepper - whatever you like. &amp;nbsp;This was my first time cooking with parsnips and they did not smell. &amp;nbsp;I heard they&#39;re quite smelly - maybe when you boil them? &amp;nbsp;I just made a single layer of carrots and parsnips and tossed them with oil and threw them in the oven as if they were sweet potato fries.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/feeds/7503137040715815061/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2010/12/carrot-parsnip-fries.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/7503137040715815061'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/7503137040715815061'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2010/12/carrot-parsnip-fries.html' title='Carrot &amp; Parsnip Fries'/><author><name>Allie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07581954586003805873</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBlkH_ADy_sddjEFB4Ujp085lpMIgUhWfHrAoIXcQPiaKBABEuGVFQpYmKEX955d7XhkoCE5XS1pWvCVChstJnugLm-fLhRFFwUYXWNA329ZXMcqCQdW58tN_IS28Bw/s220/318483_10150340432352545_503992544_8190942_1694135906_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TQldVcEg-oI/AAAAAAAAAgg/UMn4jFQnL-w/s72-c/P1000499.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470734225404456697.post-3056961216942749802</id><published>2010-11-29T21:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-11-29T21:17:30.152-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="appetizer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dairy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dinner"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="snacks"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soup"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sugar-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vegetarian"/><title type='text'>Honey...I&#39;m Gonna Be Late (Recipe: Lemon Grass-Shrimp Soup)</title><content type='html'>I just made this tonight because Jon was going to be a bit late coming home from work. &amp;nbsp;Our kitchen has been rearranged (I.e. moved all coffee items to a shelf &lt;i&gt;outside &lt;/i&gt;of our small kitchen - we love our coffees and cappucicnos, so it cleared a lot of space) and cleaned. &amp;nbsp;Every time this happens, I become really motivated to find a &quot;different&quot; recipe - or come up with something on my own - and lay all of my ingredients out on my neat counter top. &amp;nbsp;Seeing as I had more time to play/work with tonight, I thought I&#39;d dig into another type of soup I&#39;ve been dreaming about....&lt;br /&gt;
  705. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TPRP6_PJpnI/AAAAAAAAAfg/J0J37E31qsk/s1600/P1000463.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TPRP6_PJpnI/AAAAAAAAAfg/J0J37E31qsk/s320/P1000463.JPG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  706. Tonight&#39;s menu: &amp;nbsp;Lemon Grass - Shrimp Soup with a side of Red Curry Tuna and Crackers. &amp;nbsp;I found this recipe online, but did more of my own changes and additions than anything.&lt;br /&gt;
  707. &lt;br /&gt;
  708. &lt;b&gt;Noodle Soup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  709. 1. &amp;nbsp;Heat 2 cups of water and 1 cup of broth in a soup pot on the stove.&lt;br /&gt;
  710. 2. &amp;nbsp;Prepare other ingredients:&lt;br /&gt;
  711. - Smash 1 stick of lemon grass and cut into 1 inch pieces&lt;br /&gt;
  712. - Cut a 1 inch piece of ginger into pieces, big enough to take out of soup later&lt;br /&gt;
  713. - Prepare 1 tbsp of fish sauce, 1 tsp of maple sugar, and 2 tsp of red chili paste&lt;br /&gt;
  714. - Cut 4 large button mushrooms&lt;br /&gt;
  715. - Prepare 3 tbsp of lime juice&lt;br /&gt;
  716. &lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TPRQFga2ZlI/AAAAAAAAAfk/_u7_4MbCZ3A/s1600/P1000468.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TPRQFga2ZlI/AAAAAAAAAfk/_u7_4MbCZ3A/s200/P1000468.JPG&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;- Have about 20 small shrimp ready to go (I had cooked shrimp)&lt;br /&gt;
  717. - Rice noodles - enough for 2&lt;br /&gt;
  718. &lt;br /&gt;
  719. 3. &amp;nbsp;Add lemon grass and ginger to pot. &amp;nbsp;Boil for 5 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;
  720. 4. &amp;nbsp;Add fish sauce, sugar, and chili paste. &amp;nbsp;Boil for another few minutes.&lt;br /&gt;
  721. 5. &amp;nbsp;Add mushrooms and lime juice.&lt;br /&gt;
  722. 6. &amp;nbsp;Add shrimp. &amp;nbsp;If cooked, turn soup down and let it simmer. &lt;br /&gt;
  723. 7. &amp;nbsp;Four minutes prior to eating, add noodles in.&lt;br /&gt;
  724. 8. &amp;nbsp;Serve with fresh cilantro on top!&lt;br /&gt;
  725. &lt;br /&gt;
  726. **This recipe was altered from another one I saw which means it can be altered just as easy again from this. &amp;nbsp;It turned out to be in between a good Vietnamese Pho and a Thai Hot and Sour soup. &amp;nbsp;Yum Yum!&lt;br /&gt;
  727. &lt;br /&gt;
  728. &lt;b&gt;Tuna and Crackers&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  729. Assuming Jon would be coming home extremely hungry, I thought we needed a bit of &quot;crunch&quot; to go along with the soup:&lt;br /&gt;
  730. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TPRPuy5q7FI/AAAAAAAAAfc/PeZ338xaWuc/s1600/P1000465.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TPRPuy5q7FI/AAAAAAAAAfc/PeZ338xaWuc/s200/P1000465.JPG&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;1 can of tuna&lt;br /&gt;
  731. 1/2 tsp of red curry paste&lt;br /&gt;
  732. 1/4 cup of mayo&lt;br /&gt;
  733. &lt;br /&gt;
  734. Mix together and add cilantro. &amp;nbsp;Serve on crackers. :)</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/feeds/3056961216942749802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2010/11/honeyim-gonna-be-late-recipe-lemon.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/3056961216942749802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/3056961216942749802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2010/11/honeyim-gonna-be-late-recipe-lemon.html' title='Honey...I&#39;m Gonna Be Late (Recipe: Lemon Grass-Shrimp Soup)'/><author><name>Allie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07581954586003805873</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBlkH_ADy_sddjEFB4Ujp085lpMIgUhWfHrAoIXcQPiaKBABEuGVFQpYmKEX955d7XhkoCE5XS1pWvCVChstJnugLm-fLhRFFwUYXWNA329ZXMcqCQdW58tN_IS28Bw/s220/318483_10150340432352545_503992544_8190942_1694135906_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TPRP6_PJpnI/AAAAAAAAAfg/J0J37E31qsk/s72-c/P1000463.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470734225404456697.post-5251702754528096131</id><published>2010-11-22T20:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-11-22T20:39:36.925-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="appetizer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dairy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soy-free"/><title type='text'>5DollarDinners.com</title><content type='html'>Visit this site.&amp;nbsp; Intolerance or not, this site rocks.&amp;nbsp; Easy to read recipes.&amp;nbsp; Well laid-out site.&amp;nbsp; Printable grocery lists and meal plans.&lt;br /&gt;
  735. &lt;br /&gt;
  736. Dairy free Section.&amp;nbsp; Gluten-free Section.&amp;nbsp; DFGFSF (dairy soy and gluten-free) recipes.&amp;nbsp; Most recipes have so few ingredients that it makes it very easy to substitute.&lt;br /&gt;
  737. &lt;br /&gt;
  738. I&#39;ve already passed it on to a few people.&amp;nbsp; Heart. Heart. Heart.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/feeds/5251702754528096131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2010/11/5dollardinnerscom.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/5251702754528096131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/5251702754528096131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2010/11/5dollardinnerscom.html' title='5DollarDinners.com'/><author><name>Allie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07581954586003805873</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBlkH_ADy_sddjEFB4Ujp085lpMIgUhWfHrAoIXcQPiaKBABEuGVFQpYmKEX955d7XhkoCE5XS1pWvCVChstJnugLm-fLhRFFwUYXWNA329ZXMcqCQdW58tN_IS28Bw/s220/318483_10150340432352545_503992544_8190942_1694135906_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470734225404456697.post-5241690087543501832</id><published>2010-11-11T21:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-11-24T08:49:16.459-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="appetizer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dairy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dinner"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Go-To List"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sugar-free"/><title type='text'>I&#39;m Back, I&#39;m Back!</title><content type='html'>&amp;nbsp;....and more motivated than ever...kind of.&lt;br /&gt;
  739. &lt;br /&gt;
  740. I don&#39;t know what we&#39;ve been eating for the past little bit but it has just seemed as though J and I were throwing together some pretty decent meals that were free of all bad things, but just didn&#39;t seem to be, oh I don&#39;t know, bloggable?&amp;nbsp; J has also been making a lot of the meals in the past week or so and he doesn&#39;t exactly follow recipes, so to blog and tease about a meal that I wouldn&#39;t know how to even - myself - replicate...well, that wouldn&#39;t be very nice.&lt;br /&gt;
  741. &lt;br /&gt;
  742. Anyway.&amp;nbsp; Back to it.&amp;nbsp; This week, Jon made a big batch of slowcooker chicken which made some good soup, some chicken sandwiches and which then gave me the idea of combining our favorite quinoa (which we haven&#39;t had for so long) with some leftover chicken (like torn off of bone-in chicken).&lt;br /&gt;
  743. &lt;br /&gt;
  744. So here it is....this recipe came from www.wholefoodsmarket.com, but I made some changes to it myself.&amp;nbsp; Here&#39;s what I did:&lt;br /&gt;
  745. &lt;br /&gt;
  746. &lt;b&gt;Quinoa with Chicken and Asparagus&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  747. 1 cup of quinoa&lt;br /&gt;
  748. &lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;1 cup of vegetable broth&lt;br /&gt;
  749. &lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TNyQPkZPMBI/AAAAAAAAAY4/q4HmiYqLwFw/s1600/P1000266.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TNyQPkZPMBI/AAAAAAAAAY4/q4HmiYqLwFw/s200/P1000266.JPG&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;1 cup of water&lt;br /&gt;
  750. 1 tbsp of olive oil&lt;br /&gt;
  751. 1/2 cup finely chopped red onion&lt;br /&gt;
  752. 1/2 bunch of aspargus cut into 1-inch pieces&lt;br /&gt;
  753. 1 large clove of garlic, minced&lt;br /&gt;
  754. 1 cup of shredded chicken (or whatever you have)&lt;br /&gt;
  755. 1/2 cup of baby spinach leaves&lt;br /&gt;
  756. &lt;br /&gt;
  757. &lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TNyQs2ODs8I/AAAAAAAAAZA/0DCdrmwTv58/s1600/P1000270.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TNyQs2ODs8I/AAAAAAAAAZA/0DCdrmwTv58/s200/P1000270.JPG&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;1.&amp;nbsp; Combine water, broth, and quinoa in a pot and bring to a boil. Cook for 15-20 minutes or whenever the quinoa absorbs all of the liquid.&lt;br /&gt;
  758. 2.&amp;nbsp; Meanwhile, in a pan, cook asparagus and onion in oil for 5 - 7 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;
  759. 3.&amp;nbsp; Add garlic.&amp;nbsp; Cook for another minute.&lt;br /&gt;
  760. 4.&amp;nbsp; Add finished quinoa and chicken to pan.&amp;nbsp; Stir and add spinach leaves until leaves wilt (around 3 minutes).&lt;br /&gt;
  761. &lt;br /&gt;
  762. 5.&amp;nbsp; Serve!&lt;br /&gt;
  763. &lt;br /&gt;
  764. .........................................&lt;br /&gt;
  765. &lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TNyQ82a7ANI/AAAAAAAAAZE/KiAtvLbdPuY/s1600/P1000272.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TNyQ82a7ANI/AAAAAAAAAZE/KiAtvLbdPuY/s200/P1000272.JPG&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  766. Now, since I hadn&#39;t been &quot;owning&quot; the kitchen for a bit, I wanted to make the dinner extra special.&amp;nbsp; As all of the above was going on, I also made this appetizer - which I served together with the quinoa.&amp;nbsp; Delish!&amp;nbsp; This came from allrecipes.com, but I changed it a bit for myself.&lt;br /&gt;
  767. &lt;br /&gt;
  768. &lt;br /&gt;
  769. &lt;b&gt;&quot;Stuffed&quot; Portobello Mushrooms&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  770. &lt;br /&gt;
  771. After cleaning two portobello mushrooms (without stem), I placed them in a baking pan.&lt;br /&gt;
  772. &lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TNyQfQruoqI/AAAAAAAAAY8/334kdTrh1EQ/s1600/P1000267.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TNyQfQruoqI/AAAAAAAAAY8/334kdTrh1EQ/s200/P1000267.JPG&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  773. &lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;In a bowl, I mixed together a couple tablespoons of olive oil, 3 cloves of garlic, almost a tablespoon of balsamic, approx 2 tbsp of chopped red onion (chopped small!), basil, and one piece of chopped chicken bacon (just because I had it in my fridge).&lt;br /&gt;
  774. &lt;br /&gt;
  775. Then, I spooned the mixture onto each mushroom, drizzling any extra over the pan.&amp;nbsp; I baked these in the oven for 15 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;
  776. &lt;br /&gt;
  777. Yum!&lt;br /&gt;
  778. &lt;br /&gt;
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  780. &lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TNyRLUtKMSI/AAAAAAAAAZI/p00xKVQGSXo/s1600/P1000273.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TNyRLUtKMSI/AAAAAAAAAZI/p00xKVQGSXo/s320/P1000273.JPG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/feeds/5241690087543501832/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2010/11/im-back-im-back.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/5241690087543501832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/5241690087543501832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2010/11/im-back-im-back.html' title='I&#39;m Back, I&#39;m Back!'/><author><name>Allie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07581954586003805873</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBlkH_ADy_sddjEFB4Ujp085lpMIgUhWfHrAoIXcQPiaKBABEuGVFQpYmKEX955d7XhkoCE5XS1pWvCVChstJnugLm-fLhRFFwUYXWNA329ZXMcqCQdW58tN_IS28Bw/s220/318483_10150340432352545_503992544_8190942_1694135906_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TNyQPkZPMBI/AAAAAAAAAY4/q4HmiYqLwFw/s72-c/P1000266.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470734225404456697.post-8900210641313151323</id><published>2010-09-10T11:15:00.000-03:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T10:45:40.281-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="appetizer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="breakfast"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dairy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dinner"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="drink"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="gluten-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pasta"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pub-food"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="side"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="snacks"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soup"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soy-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sugar-free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vegan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vegetarian"/><title type='text'>Grown-Up Chicken Fingers &amp; Fries</title><content type='html'>There&#39;s nothing I crave more than a good potato-in fry or hash brown form - and some chicken - in finger form - for dipping!&amp;nbsp; Grown-up, healthy meals can involve these things, too.&lt;br /&gt;
  781. &lt;br /&gt;
  782. (&lt;i&gt;more of my &quot;own&quot; creations..&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;
  783. &lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TIo9cRFK8rI/AAAAAAAAAS4/53eGRVwDMOc/s1600/2010-09-08+18.38.44.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TIo9cRFK8rI/AAAAAAAAAS4/53eGRVwDMOc/s200/2010-09-08+18.38.44.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chicken Fingers&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  784. 2 boneless chicken breasts, sliced (big enough for dipping!)&lt;br /&gt;
  785. 1/4 of a lemon&lt;br /&gt;
  786. pepper, pepper, pepper!&lt;br /&gt;
  787. garlic&lt;br /&gt;
  788. vegetable broth&lt;br /&gt;
  789. &lt;br /&gt;
  790. &lt;br /&gt;
  791. &lt;br /&gt;
  792. &lt;br /&gt;
  793. 1.&amp;nbsp; Cook chicken in garlic and olive oil.&amp;nbsp; Sprinkle a lot of pepper on both sides of the chicken.&lt;br /&gt;
  794. 2.&amp;nbsp; Once the chicken has started to cook, add juice from lemon (1/4 of a lemon if it&#39;s a big one!) and enough vegetable broth to have the chicken simmering it it.&lt;br /&gt;
  795. 3.&amp;nbsp; Once done, eat alone or dip in something like Thai Chili Sauce&lt;br /&gt;
  796. &lt;br /&gt;
  797. &lt;b&gt;Curried Potato - Fries/Hash browns&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  798. 1 big potato, cut into very, very small pieces&lt;br /&gt;
  799. curry powder&lt;br /&gt;
  800. olive oil&lt;br /&gt;
  801. &lt;br /&gt;
  802. In my&amp;nbsp; mind, potatoes always take so long to cook after a long day at work.&amp;nbsp; Since we (J) diced them really small, we were able to microwave them for about 6 minutes or so - maybe more - until we could smell them. We coated them in curry powder before microwaving so the curry could start to cook right into the potatoes.&amp;nbsp; Once done - enough - I threw them in the hot frying pan with a bit of olive oil and harden them up, and we had our adult fries!&lt;br /&gt;
  803. &lt;br /&gt;
  804. &lt;b&gt;Broccoli&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  805. Let&#39;s face it - we still need a bit of veg.&amp;nbsp; Once the chicken was cooked, but still simmering, I threw some broccoli in the pan to simmer in the same pot.&amp;nbsp; Delish.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/feeds/8900210641313151323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2010/09/grown-up-chicken-fingers-fries.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/8900210641313151323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1470734225404456697/posts/default/8900210641313151323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://allieschangingkitchen.blogspot.com/2010/09/grown-up-chicken-fingers-fries.html' title='Grown-Up Chicken Fingers &amp; Fries'/><author><name>Allie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07581954586003805873</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBlkH_ADy_sddjEFB4Ujp085lpMIgUhWfHrAoIXcQPiaKBABEuGVFQpYmKEX955d7XhkoCE5XS1pWvCVChstJnugLm-fLhRFFwUYXWNA329ZXMcqCQdW58tN_IS28Bw/s220/318483_10150340432352545_503992544_8190942_1694135906_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qev1gafAYw4/TIo9cRFK8rI/AAAAAAAAAS4/53eGRVwDMOc/s72-c/2010-09-08+18.38.44.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>

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