Posts Tagged ‘cooking’

The UnKitchen Diva and Garlic Herb Butter Hamburgers

herb butter hamburger

The UnKitchen Diva finally got around to rolling up her sleeves and moving forward with her quest for the perfect burger. When this woman gets an idea in her head you best watch out! She did not care that it was March, that she knows nothing about grilling or that the winds were gusting up to 30 miles/hr. She’s seen numerous Facebook posts of men bragging about how they grilled in the middle of blizzards this winter. The UnKitchen Diva would not be bested – she had a mission!! Well as all missions go, you tend to learn a thing or two. The UnKitchen Diva actually had one mind blowing revelation. Mind Blowing, I tell you! Hold on… wait for it…. When you cut a 1lb of ground beef into quarters you get 1/4 pounders!!! So simple and yet so

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The Great Cookie Caper! – Part II

Christmas Cookies

Whew! Did you take a deep breath? Are you ready to move on??  In case you missed it, and I don’t know how you could have, here is a refresher of where we’ve been - The Great Cookie Caper! – Part I! In Part I we we discussed and went over the finer points of Krumkake, Spritz, Ethel’s Sugar Cookies and Snickerdoodles. It’s time now to delve into the final four: 5)    Kringla – Another traditional Norwegian cookie that found The UnKitchen Diva reliving her play dough rolling days… 6)    Berlinerkranzer – Why stick to one Norwegian and play dough rolling type of cookie when you can have two?!? This is also when The UnKitchen Diva realized that most of the traditional cookies are colorless and the tray of cookies may be a little less than festive looking…. 7)    Lemon Whippersnaps – A favorite,

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So Stinkin’ Addictive – Pumpkin Bread with The UnKitchen Diva

Pumpkin-Bread

Three UnKitchen Diva posts in a row! I know, you ask yourself how can this even be possible, an UnKitchen Diva trifecta!! She blames the Slow Roasted Tomatoes. You see, the tomatoes lead to the Mexican Black Bean Chili, which lead to the perfect side accompaniment  - Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread! This bread is like crack! Both times the UnKitchen Diva made this recipe, she ate one whole loaf in two days, all by HERSELF!! She doesn’t even like pumpkin.  Pumpkin pies, lattes, muffins… you can have them.  She won’t even go near them.  This, this bread is like frozen Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies – one can never have enough. Add to the fact that she got to use her KitchenAid Mixer (the one that she lusted over for years, for no apparent reason and her mother floored her and

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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

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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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