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Super Bowl 2012 Recipes from Spinach Tiger

by angela on February 3, 2012

No doubt you are either hosting a super bowl party or attending one on Sunday and need an idea for something to bring besides cheese and crackers. Even if you don’t follow football, you are looking forward to the food. Super Bowl means super size, super gooey, super starchy, super appetite time. Here are some [...]

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Tuscan White Bean Bruschetta with Crispy Kale and Prosciutto

by angela on February 2, 2012

Continuing down the bean path, I am reminiscing about a trip we once took to Tuscany. We ended up eating lunch one day at a small outdoor cafe in the middle of nowhere in a town called Volpaia. No one spoke English, except Azura, our guide. We ordered several bruschetta including one with a hot [...]

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Crostini with Edamame Avocado Spread

February 1, 2012

Edamame, olive oil, lime, nori sea salt and avocado on Italian toast is going to be my appetizer of choice this Sunday. I love Super Bowl Sunday. It’s the first serious feast since the New Year and a great time to pull out big, hearty comfort food and appetizers, dips and spreads. Bean spreads have [...]

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Vanilla Buttermilk Pie with Pears and Backing Up Your Blog

January 30, 2012

Buttermilk pie is a brand new dessert for me. I had no idea that such a thing even existed, but the folks here in the South know how to use buttermilk. They fry chicken in it. They make pancakes and biscuits with it. And, of course, they make red velvet cake over and over again. [...]

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Meatballs with Savory Blueberry and Pear Compote

January 26, 2012

It’s time again for the 5 Star Makeover. We are a group of bloggers who take an ordinary dish with a theme and turn it to something unexpected with a gourmet twist. This dish certainly does that. Meatballs with savory blueberry compote, also known in Italy as polpette con milistri, is quite a surprise of [...]

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Beautiful Poached Eggs

January 18, 2012

Do you like poached eggs as much as I do. Have you tried to make them and it’s been hit and miss? We’ve all had those days, where the yolk breaks, or gets too hard. When you have a day of perfection, however, you want to talk about it. The eggs in the picture were [...]

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Spinach Tiger Fit Chicken Noodle Soup

January 13, 2012

This is classic chicken noodle soup. It’s not the chicken noodle soup I grew up on. We never used noodles; we used a tiny pasta, called pastina. We never added chicken to the soup. The boiled chicken was eaten in the second course with salad. We always topped our soup with Italian grated cheese. While [...]

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Scarlett O’Hara Raspberry Pie

January 11, 2012

If Scarlett were to bake a pie, which would have been a cold day in Atlanta’s July, she would have made Raspberry Pie. It’s stands out from the crowd. It’s decadent, when pie is often seen as more common. It’s expensive as pie making goes, even if frozen raspberries are used. In the cookbook, Desserts [...]

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Skinny Grill Salmon that Tastes Like Butter

January 7, 2012

This title is misleading. All salmon, if made properly should taste like butter, only better. The naturally occurring omega 3′s in salmon make it a “good fat” fatty fish, that needs little fuss. When salmon is overcooked, and it often is, it loses it’s flavor and appeal. Did you know that if you see that [...]

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Shredded Brussels Sprouts Salad with Baby Peas, Toasted Almonds and Lemon

January 5, 2012

I’m here with a ten kisses recipe to get you healthy new year started, no matter what your food needs are. Scratch everything you think you know about Brussels Sprouts, how and when to serve them, and think bright green shredded salad with toasted almonds, and lemony, garlicky olive oil. You might love roasting them [...]

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