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Twitter: Pizza dough is in plastic bags and slowly rising in the fridge. Lots of fun tomorrow!

GreatLakeFoodie Pizza dough is in plastic bags and slowly rising in the fridge. Lots of fun tomorrow!

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Roast Chicken with Vegetables

Tonight was a late dinner night.  However, it still was our Sunday night dinner.  I couldn’t whip together eggs ‘n bacon.  It has to be a nice meal as we should have more time to cook.  Not today!  I bought some chickens at the grocery store this weekend ($0.68 per pound sale at a

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Twitter: Chicken just went into the oven to roast. I massaged it with some herbs from the garden and butter. Can’t wait!

GreatLakeFoodie Chicken just went into the oven to roast. I massaged it with some herbs from the garden and butter. Can’t wait!

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It’s soup day

With a cloudy, cool, and rainy day ahead, I’ve decided what to do with the leftover black beans I have on had.  I’m going to make a black bean soup today.  Here’s the plan:

Saute onions and garlic until translucent. Add ground cumin to saute and bloom its flavor a bit.  (May add a

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Chives…Make you cry???

It’s that time of year when I look at what I have left in the garden and try to find ways of using/preserving it so it’s not wasted.  This afternoon, I went out into the garden and started pulling chives and mint.  For chives, I like to clean them and then chop them up

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Crazy Water – Milwaukee WI

For Dale’s birthday dinner, he chose Crazy Water.  This restaurant in the fifth ward area of Milwaukee was a great choice.  According to the restaurant’s site, this was an old feed building.  We sat outside, in the back of the restaurant.  However, our walk through the intimate dining/bar area gave us a great feel

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