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stuffed crusted center cut pork roast

December 4, 2009

Nearly two weeks ago I was contemplating a celebratory dinner for my fatherhood blog’s first ‘blogoversary’. It had a been a really fun year connecting with so many great dads and moms and I was proud of what I had accomplished.
A few days before I had been grocery shopping and picked up a center [...]

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thanksgiving rewind: apple & pecan smoked turkey

November 30, 2009

Over the next few days I’m going to be doing a quick review of my Thanksgiving culinary adventure. Today I’m going to start out with how I prepared the turkey. I had intended to smoke the turkey this year, however, I was the victim of an equipment malfunction.
Even though I ended up roasting the [...]

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roasted butternut squash lasagna with port wine cranberries

November 16, 2009

For the second entry in my fall flavors series I’m offering up my roasted butternut squash lasagna with port wine cranberries. If you want to learn a little more about the story behind how I came up with this recipe, you can check out the post on my fatherhood blog, Real Men Drive Minivans.
As [...]

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roasted butternut squash and apple bisque

November 3, 2009

today over on my fatherhood blog, real men drive minivans, i posted the first recipe in my fall flavors series. i also created a quick video of me making the bisque and thought i’d share that over here.

hardware

dutch oven or large stock pot
blender or immersion blender
measuring cups and spoons, wooden spoon

software
4 cups roasted butternut [...]

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fall flavors

October 28, 2009

yesterday on my fatherhood blog, real men drive minivans, i talked about the flavors that evoke memories of the season. as a tribute to fall, i’m doing a fall flavor series utilizing butternut squash and cranberries. in today’s video i make the two recipes that serve as the foundation for the different dishes in [...]

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rethinking stuffed peppers

October 18, 2009

This post originally appeared on my fatherhood blog Real Men Drive Minivans on September 29, 2009.
One of the things I enjoy about cooking, and talking about the things I make, is how one dish can be reinterpreted to better reflect someones tastes or to adapt to the ingredients on hand. A good friend of [...]

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when are pancakes not pancakes?

October 17, 2009

This post originally appeared on my fatherhood blog Real Men Drive Minivans on August 3, 2009.
When it is a Dutch Baby, of course!
But what exactly is a Dutch Baby? It is a sweet breakfast dish sometimes called a German pancake that resembles a yorkshire pudding or a popover and is derived from the German [...]

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