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Kitchen Magic

Rachel — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:48:14 +0000

The school year has wound down and it’s definitely been an eventful last half of the school year for our family. A life changing decision, a whirlwind move to a new city, new neighborhood, new schools. The kids had their legs swept right out from under them, and they’ve been wonderful about it. While the [...]

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Salmon Patties with Avocado and a Spicy Chipotle Avocado Aioli

Rachel — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:07:30 +0000

I’m here to make a confession. Get settled in comfy, y’all. It’s about to get fishy. I was probably 18 the first time that I can remember eating fish voluntarily, and liking it. It wasn’t even a big deal fish, it was a starter fish like mahi-mahi or tilapia, and I’m fairly sure I dipped [...]

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The New{ish} and Improved Mouthwatering Mondays – Week 2 – Featuring YOU!

Rachel — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:30:54 +0000

Happy Monday, y’all! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I’m going to start today on a bit of a sad note and with a P.S.A. PLEASE – PLEASE – PLEASE, if you drink – do not DO NOT Drive. Our family lost a very dear friend this weekend. Friday night, my Mother-in-Law’s very best friend was hit and killed by [...]

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Roasted Poblano Chipotle Cheddar Burgers

Rachel — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:35:45 +0000

I remember way back when Nathan and I started dating – way back when Moby Dick was a minnow, he would tell me about this burger place and this burger to end all burgers that he would eat when he was attending A&M Corpus Christi. I heard about this burger for years y’all – YEARS. [...]

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Winner, Winner {Avocado} Dinner: California Avocados Cinco de Mayo Recipe Fiesta Winners

Rachel — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:14:33 +0000

Y’all absolutely made my mouth water with the recipes that y’all came up with and shared for the California Avocado Cinco de Mayo Recipe Fiesta. Seriously y’all – go check out the recipes. It’s entirely possible that I bookmarked every. single. recipe. As an added bonus, I discovered some absolutely delicious new (to me) food [...]

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Mouthwatering Mondays – Week One

Rachel — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:39:09 +0000

We’ve had that burger up there twice in the past two weeks for two reasons. 1) It’s that good 2) It’s that good I’ll be sharing the recipe with y’all later this week, but for now y’all can just drool over the picture. I hinted last week that there are changes coming to the blog [...]

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Dark Chocolate, Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies with Browned Butter

Rachel — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:12:10 +0000

I had a really hard time coming up with a name for these cookies. Can you tell? There’s dark chocolate chips, melted dark chocolate, nuts, craisins, coconut oil and browned butter… mmmmm browned butter. I want to write sonnets about browned butter. It’s that amazing. I’ve seen recipes with browned butter floating around the web, [...]

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Monday – Manic, Marvelous, Mouthwatering ..

Rachel — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:26:29 +0000

Bringing a bit of interruption to today’s Mouthwatering Monday to inform y’all that there are some changes coming! Changes to Mouthwatering Mondays Changes to how you do/can/should be subscribing! Feedburner is going the way of the do do birds, so I’m working on a new way of subscribing as well as a weekly newsletter! [...]

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Grilled Avocados with Black Bean and Sweet Corn Pico de Gallo

Rachel — Fri, 03 May 2013 03:14:04 +0000

Alright y’all. It’s not often that I say this, but I’m pattin’ myself on the back over this recipe. It is absolutely, positively, hands down one of the best recipes that I’ve ever made. Seriously. If you’ve never grilled an avocado, you’re missing out. Once you’ve eaten a grilled avocado your life changes for the [...]

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Just Feeding Giraffes

Rachel — Thu, 02 May 2013 18:26:56 +0000

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