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The UnKitchen Diva Stirs Up a Pot of Mexican Black Bean Chili

Mexican Black Bean Chili

The UnKitchen Diva went on a dinner date the other night – she does occasionally get out! Within the first few minutes, her date commented, “You’re particular about your food, aren’t you?”  Now it wasn’t a full on When Harry Met Sally moment where it took 10 minutes get the full order in and everything had to be on the side, but the thing is, he was right.  The UnKitchen Diva IS particular about her food! How, you ask, does this tie in with chili??? It’s like this. The UnKitchen Diva has very strong opinions on what make a good chili.  The chili should be meaty and thick with lots of flavor, melty cheese and sour cream.  She does NOT like her chili hot but she does like it to have kick, a bit of a bite, if you will.

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The UnKitchen Diva and Slow Roasted Tomatoes

roastedtomatoes2

So, The UnKitchen Diva religiously went each week to pick up her CSA share, always wondering what she would find. By the end of the season she was overwhelmed by the amount and type of tomatoes on display.  Now, admittedly, she is not fond of tomatoes in any shape or form but she figured there had to be a way to utilize them. She vaguely remembered a friend telling her something about throwing them in a oven for hours at a time to later be used in sauces etc…  Off to the internet to do some research! Now, as you all know, it’s impossible to find a straight answer to anything on the internet.  However, the UnKitchen Diva prevailed and found this gem of a recipe to share with you all. Slow Roasted Tomatoes tomatoes          

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Chard and Garlic Scapes – Say What?!?

Yes it’s true – The UnKitchen Diva went on a rather long hiatus this spring. During that time a house was sold, she went on the road for 21 days straight and moved to Maryland.  To say she was otherwise occupied would be an understatement!!  Once she got to Maryland she heard over and over again about CSA.  What is this CSA?? Apparently all over the country there are Community Sponsored Agriculture (CSA) projects.  You buy a share in a local farm and every week pick up fresh produce.  Everyone in her area of Maryland raved about One Straw Farm – so obviously that was the place to go.  Besides The UnKitchen Diva figured if this didn’t get her to like vegetables NOTHING will!!  After getting lost and then saved by one of the owners of the farm, she was

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The UnKitchen Diva meets the Tsp Spices Ladies

Tsp Spices

It was back in January, the UnKitchen Diva was having coffee (hot chocolate in her case) and discussing the finer points of Twitter with a friend, when she first heard about Tsp Spices.  She was explaining the cooking project/challenge she had set for herself and the upcoming year when her friend almost literally jumped out of her seat and said “I have the perfect company for you!” Tsp Spices is a company that was created by two girlfriends, who lamented the fact that no matter how much they loved to cook, their spices would turn before they could use a whole jar.  Their amazingly brilliant and simple solution – package spices by the tsp.  You love it already right?!? Back to the coffee shop –  she was telling her friend how fantastic their idea was and couldn’t believe she hadn’t

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The Things You do for Your Art…

hot chocolate and homemade marshmallows

Valentines Day was huge for The UnKichen Diva.  That day she not only tackled lasagna but also in a fit of madness decided to make homemade marshmallows!  I kid you not. I saw homemade heart shaped marshmallows somewhere on etsy in the weeks leading up to Valentines Day and I KNEW that I wanted to use something similar for my “Love Is…” project over on Strawberry Road.  I thought how hard can this be?  I was sure I could do it and went off to hunt through my mother’s cookie cutters looking for heart shapes.  Actually, it really isn’t that hard at all but very, very messy and sticky!!  Here’s the link to the recipe – recipe I used. They explain it far better than I can – plus they have photos for each step – gotta love that!  I

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