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Now Eat This: Grilled Cheese
When I read the recipe I thought, “We have a toaster oven at work. I can totally broil this for lunch!” And so it began. I found out at lunch the first day that our toaster oven does not have a sheet or drip tray of any sort. I was tentative about the cheese oozing…
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Now Eat This Zucchini and Eggplant Vegetable Lasagna
I received Rocco’s book a few days before my girl friends were coming down for the weekend. One was planning on making her awesome Arroz con Pollo but another is vegetarian. I assured Veggie Girl that I’d handle her meals and when I saw this recipe I thought “I can handle this!” If your knife…
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Rocco DiSpirito’s “Now Eat This”
When I was Christmas shopping for the Boyfriend Chef I saw Rocco DiSpirito’s “Now Eat This” but was hesitant to buy it. I already have so may cookbooks, some of them “diet,” and really how good can a 350 (or less) calorie serving be? Fast forward three months. We’re at a family gathering and I…
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Caramelized Butter Tarts
The Boyfriend Chef & I love watching “The Best Thing I Ever Ate” on the Food Network. Not so long ago they aired the “Ever made for the holidays” episode and we were determined to made Beau MacMillan’s Caramelized Butter Tarts. I fancy myself a baker more than a cook. I like having a specific…