#dinner suggestions

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Sitting on a couch with my girlfriend, joking and talking with each other and our boyfriend, who is cooking dinner. Our other girlfriend is sitting at the table already, scrolling through her phone and occasionally reading out funny posts she finds for us to enjoy. With the smell of food in the air, we are comfortable and happy.

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somebody please suggest me something for dinner that involves cheese. a lot of cheese. 😅😅

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[dinnertime]

Chile-Crisp Shrimp and Green Beans Recipe

This stir-fry is inspired by the taste and textures of chile crisp, that fiery condiment made by infusing oil with dried chiles, garlic and shallots For this 20-minute recipe, make a quick version of the oil while the shrimp marinates in a combination of soy sauce, sugar, red-pepper flakes and cumin Use the infused oil to cook the green beans (or asparagus), shrimp and peanuts, then serve topped with the fried shallots and garlic

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Pizza Night

My husband and I started making pizzas in business school (1000 years ago). Over time, my husband has taken over the pizza making in our family. He has experimented with many dough recipes. He has perfected the cooking process by using a 1/2 inch thick slab of steel in a 550 Fahrenheit degree  oven. He switches oven setting continually between broiling and baking.  I help buy the ingredients and…

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Happy Thanksgiving Day

Let the games begin…

After a delicious breakfast of maple walnut scones we started preparations for Thanksgiving 2017. I share with you today’s Kitchen Blackboard with our Thanksgiving menu. We like to change our menu slightly every year. My husband continues to use a dry brine on the turkey which we decided was more flavorful. This year he is making the turkey in a spatchcocked way, which is in…

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Welcome Autumn

There are so many people who feel the same as Nathaniel Hawthorne (today’s quote). They love autumn days, the crisp air, the clear blue skies, and the colors of the leaves changing. I try so hard to belong to this group of people but I must admit I am always sad to let summer go. However, mindfulness teaches us to appreciate the present moment. And so I will shift my focus and appreciate the…

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A September Sunday

It’s been a day getting updates about Hurricane Irma.

Today, we met our son in Philadelphia to bring some things for his apartment and to take him out to lunch. We enjoyed amazing burgers at Bobby Flay’s Burger Palace. They were delicious. One of my husband’s childhood friends is joining us for dinner tonight. Today we are enjoying a vegetarian meal of Coconut Rice Noodles with eggplant. The dish…

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