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Kitchen Bootcamp Roundup – Grains and Legumes

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Another great month of Kitchen Bootcamp has come to a close.  This month, I challenged everyone to try some new recipes that involved cooking with grains and legumes (Chapter 27 in The Professional Chef).  It turned out to be a bigger challenge than I expected because the “legumes” part may have thrown a few people…

Southwest Quinoa Salad

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There are just a few more days to submit posts for this month’s Kitchen Bootcamp challenge… This month is all about cooking grains and legumes, so the possibilites are endless! If you’re interested in participating, be sure to check out all of the details! So, since I’ve had grains and legumes on the brain with…

Kitchen Bootcamp Roundup – Soups

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Another month of Kitchen Bootcamp has come to a close. This month’s challenge was to make soup… What could be better for the month of January?

Though I haven’t posted them all, I’ve actually made quite a few soups this month. We’ve had some cold and snowy weather (though, not as much snow as I know many of you have had), so there have been many nights where I just craved some soup.

Southwest Steak Chili

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The hubs and I are Ravens fans.  Last Saturday night wasn’t really a good night for us Ravens fans. Though the outcome of the game wasn’t what I had hoped for, the night wasn’t a total loss.  You see, since we were staying home to watch the game, I decided to whip up a big…