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Category Archives: macaroni/pasta

Maverick-y pasta with potatoes, leeks & broccoli.

Why are they so maverick-y, you may ask? Well, long before Ms. Palin decided to christen herself & Mr. McCain “mavericks”, I was doing the rebellious thing; fashion-wise, personality-wise, life-wise, etc. No- I wasn’t shooting wolves out of helicopters, nor was I a hockey mom. But I was a rebel. And with this blog, I’ve [...]


August 20, 2010

Eh, you’re nuthin’ but an overripe tomato.

Back in the 1920′s, a popular term for a female was a ‘tomato.’ It could vary, ‘hot tomato,’ ‘ripe tomato,’ and a variety of other, most likely equally sexist or racy, forms of the term. My great-grandmother, Mary, used this term a lot from what I’ve heard. If you’ve seen the movie ‘Chicago‘ (one of [...]


August 04, 2010

“Nah, I don’t eat buffalo.”

I know, all my posts lately have been either cupcakes or macaroni & cheese. That says a lot about me, right? I like fatty, cheesy, carb-loaded foods. But in all honesty, macaroni & cheese is probably the most basic, easiest and common comfort food. I can make it blindfolded (same with cupcakes), which is a [...]


April 06, 2010

Three cheese spirals.

Okay so if you read this blog a lot, you’ll know I love macaroni & cheese. I have TONS of recipes for it  (well, this is the fifth one I’ve made; I have a traditional one, one with broccoli, a spicier one with cayenne and one with white cheddar and garlic breadcrumb topping) …but I [...]


March 23, 2010

Herb & garlic “white” macaroni ‘n’ cheese.

I am a huge macaroni & cheese fan. I just love it. Especially with bread crumbs on top, and I love broccoli in it too. But even though I have quite the macaroni & cheese recipe collection (like this one, and this one, and then there’s this one), I am always looking for new ways [...]


February 18, 2010