Posted on January 21, 2006 by merujo
Every once in a while, I get a hankering for the common, traditional foods I ate in Moscow. Not all of these were Russian, for the record. Georgian food rocks, and it rocks hard. Uzbek food I simply love (and I’m really excited that I will be having Uzbek food next weekend in Los Angeles!) [...]
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Posted on January 15, 2006 by merujo
There are a handful of cookie recipes that send me right back to my mom’s kitchen when I was a kid. One is the classic Christmas peppermint candy cane cookies, with the crushed candy canes mixed into the batter.
For some reason, the clearest memory I have of making those twisted guys with my mother [...]
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Posted on January 15, 2006 by merujo
Thanks to my sister Betsi, I didn’t have to reinvent the wheel with my chili recipe! This is a hearty chili that gets better with each reheating. You can experiment with it, making the mix of seasonings match your particular taste. It’s also good topped with shredded cheese or sour cream. However you chose to [...]
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Posted on January 15, 2006 by merujo
Melissa,
Now the baton is passed to you – the chili recipe is on its way to you in email form for you to correct my terrible spelling errors. I personally have a date with a washing machine today, but I do have a new addition to the ever growing wall of cookbooks (covered with dust.) [...]
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Posted on January 8, 2006 by merujo
I’ve been preoccupied with matters financial and professional lately, and the most cooking I’ve done in recent days has been to pop the lid on some so-called “lite” pasta sauce. There have been a lot of Black Forest turkey ham and hummus sandwiches (with clementines and Chilean cherries on the side.) But the Superbowl is [...]
Filed under: Cooking, General Stuff, Kvetch-a-rama, Life | Tagged: chili, motivation | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 4, 2006 by merujo
Wahoo. this blog is already generating conversation outside of the kitchen. I got this email in my inbox this evening – its a recipe one of my regular blog readers thought he’d share since he discovered i was contributing over here too! and it sounds like it could be yummy, if only we can figure [...]
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Posted on January 3, 2006 by merujo
Natalie, Barb, and Linnea – glad to see you on board! Save me from my crappy guy-food recipes – please!
Looking forward to your posts and comments,
Cheers,
Merujo
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Posted on January 3, 2006 by merujo
Cold-Weather Bachelor Chow: the Sequel!
This is my other made up, uber-easy, uber-fast guy-friendly recipe for cold weather. This is so stupid as to almost not be a recipe. And the ingredients are almost embarrassing, but it works, and it really does taste yummy, and it’s good “watchin’ football” food. It’s a nice camping recipe, too. [...]
Filed under: Cooking, Cooking for Guys, Easy Stuff, Entrees, Recipes | Tagged: bachelor chow, comfort food, easy, simple food | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 2, 2006 by merujo
…or, Cold-Weather Bachelor-Friendly Fare, Volume I.
I always liked chicken ‘n’ sauce over rice or biscuits for lunch at Bishop’s Buffet with my mom when I was a kid in Moline, Illinois. So, feeling a little homesick and wistful one night, I came up with this recipe, adding some nice garlic, mushrooms, and peas to the [...]
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Posted on January 2, 2006 by merujo
I’m considering posting my potentially embarrassing, but fundamentally yummy, bachelor-friendly comfort food recipes, Chicken Glop a la Merujo and Sausage, Beans, and Rice (which I’ve never actually given a name.) They’re horribly simple, fairly high-carb and designed to stick to your ribs in cold weather. Let’s just say, Paris Hilton and Kate Moss will not [...]
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