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Rachel Erickson
Feb 21, 20162 min read
Cauliflower "Cream" Sauce Pasta
I'll admit that I gave up on my resolution last week. I was sick and tired of making crappy meals that we didn't really like, and we...
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Rachel Erickson
Feb 20, 20161 min read
Vegan Enchiladas with Cashew Cheese Sauce
I keep hearing all this hype about cashew cheese sauces to be used as vegan substitutes for all kinds of dishes. So we decided to pull up...
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Rachel Erickson
Feb 16, 20161 min read
Vegan Pad Thai
With a successful trip to Natural Grocers, the hubs and I found a package of vegan breaded "shrimp" that we thought would go pretty good...
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Rachel Erickson
Feb 15, 20161 min read
Vegan Lasagna
About 5 years ago, I read the "Skinny Bitch" books, and purchased a cook book to go along with it. Their big idea is that eating animal...
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Rachel Erickson
Feb 7, 20161 min read
GO BRONCOS!!
I have to admit that I've never been excited for a Suberbowl Game, ever. I've never had a team that I cared enough about in the NFL to...
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Rachel Erickson
Feb 7, 20161 min read
Steaks in the New Cast Iron Skillet
Ok, so I understand that we're on the path to learn about vegan foods, but I grew up in the mid-west. My grandparents owned cows for the...
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Rachel Erickson
Jan 17, 20161 min read
Vegan Burritos
This week, we took another meal that we've seriously mastered since we got married over 5 years ago. My husband and I would eat Mexican...
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Rachel Erickson
Jan 10, 20161 min read
Vegan Pasta with "Meat" Sauce
So after the first week trying to cook vegan, we decided to simplify the process a little. Instead of trying to turn a full recipe vegan,...
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Rachel Erickson
Jan 3, 20162 min read
Vegan Thai Coconut Soup
This weekend, I did my grocery shopping on Saturday morning. I'd planned to re-make the amazing Thai Chicken Coconut Soup that we'd loved...
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Rachel Erickson
Jan 2, 20162 min read
Happy New Year 2016!
We spent our New Year's Eve out at Luke's Steak Place in Arvada. It was a close drive, and the food was just what we were looking for to...
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Rachel Erickson
Dec 27, 20152 min read
A Cooking Year in Review
After spending the past year really trying to learn how to use our beautiful new kitchen properly, I have to look back with a lot of...
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Rachel Erickson
Dec 26, 20151 min read
Live Lobsters!!
As my final big cook of the year, the hubs and I went out and bought some live lobsters. Since we'd already had them boiled fresh by a...
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Rachel Erickson
Dec 25, 20152 min read
Duck Confit Christmas Dinner
After the duck legs and wings had their day in the fridge, we had to slowly cook the meat in its own fat to create our Duck Confit...
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Rachel Erickson
Dec 24, 20151 min read
Ravioli and Meatballs for Christmas Eve Dinner
This was our third year in a row making an Italian feast for Christmas Eve dinner, and we decided to pull it back a notch this time. It...
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Rachel Erickson
Dec 22, 20151 min read
Seared Duck Breast Salad Lunch
With my little list of meals that I still wanted to try and cook this year, I made plans for Duck Confit on Christmas Day. So I went out...
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Rachel Erickson
Dec 21, 20151 min read
Bucatini a la Carbonara with Ciabatta Bread
I was pretty nerdy yesterday, and I actually woke up excited to cook dinner. ha Yesterday was my chance to try Carbonara in our...
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Rachel Erickson
Dec 20, 20151 min read
Blue Christmas Cookies
We frosted the cookies blue because the hubs had never seen a blue cookie before, and to be honest with ya, we wanted to eat some blue...
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Rachel Erickson
Dec 15, 20152 min read
My Culinary Education
As a perfect culmination to this year filled with cooking and adventurous eating, I had the awesome opportunity to learn some of the...
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Rachel Erickson
Dec 14, 20151 min read
West Point Visit
After our busy days in the city, we took the train from Grand Central Station up to Garrison to visit our wonderful friends at West...
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Rachel Erickson
Dec 14, 20151 min read
West Point Tour
The grounds at West Point are beautiful. With all of the history and heritage on the grounds, it was an amazing tour that we got during...
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