Recipes by Picky Cook
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spicy vegetarian chiliit is a blustery winter day in minnesota. the snow is falling & the superbowl is this weekend. this can only mean one thing - i need chili!this is a hearty and robust chili. the onions and bell peppers add great texture and the touch of sweetness needed to balance out the big flavors from the spices. the fire roasted crushed tomatoes… |
1 vote
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molten chocolate cakes with raspberry coulisWelcome Stumblers - Glad to have you here!If you enjoyed this recipe, please consider subscribing to my RSS and/or following me on twitter to receive other recipes.this was a hectic week - lots of work and no time to post for picky cook - sad.while i was working on thursday night i had ashton kutcher on ustream in the background to… |
2 votes
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pumpkin oatmeal cookiesas i was reading my RSS reader the other day and i was intrigued by the article The Great Canned Pumpkin Shortage of 2009: A Lame Marketing Strategy? from Eat Me Daily.when i first heard rumblings about the pumpkin shortage - i freaked out. a whole fall and winter without pumpkin? i went to the grocery store on a mission to stock up.… |
2 votes
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herb & spice roasted vegetables with red wine & mushroom gravybecoming a vegetarian means there will be changes in your life. you will have to rethink sunday dinners, holiday feasts and your everyday cooking.it can be really exciting because you will use ingredients you may have never worked with. you will… |
3 votes
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buttermilk chocolate cupcakes with vanilla bean buttercreammy baby brother, jeff, just got married! he married a lovely girl named miranda. she is everything i could hope for in a sister-in-law.here is a photo from their wedding...they got married in may which meant there were many dinners and parties - i baked them goodies for each shower and the rehearsal dinner. i will be posting the… |
4 votes
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mixed apple pieoctober marks the beginning of what i like to call birthday season around here. between october and the end of december there are 7 birthdays in our circle of family and friends. every time i turn around another one is upon me and i get to bake some special treat for them. so beware - i have such a backlog of dessert posts you are… |
2 votes
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chocolate raspberry layer cake with chocolate ganache frostingi get excited for birthdays. it gives me an excuse to bake a cake. the problem is when i ask people what kind of birthday cake they want - they squish their face and say "cake? i would rather have....".i know why they say that. they have either had one… |
3 votes
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bell pepper and olive pastai have a foodie crush on deborah madison. i cannot remember when or how i heard about her - i am just thankful i did. if you are a vegetarian and do not own at least one deborah madison cookbook - get to the bookstore now and buy one. it will be one of the best purchases you make.i own two of her cookbooks - the greens cookbook and… |
2 votes
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angel food cake with chocolate whipped cream icingthis is my 100th recipe!i am not sure what made me count the recipes on picky cook the other day, but when i did and discovered that this would be my 100th recipe i was shocked. it really is true that time flies when you are doing something that you love.enjoy "your" cake!there are a few things i have been afraid of making. i used to… |
2 votes
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broccoli and cheddar cheese twice baked potatoesi love potatoes. i haven't met a preparation of potatoes i haven't been a huge fan of. my favorite recipe isthe best buttermilk mashed potatoesbut these twice baked potatoes are now running a very close second. this is most likely due to the fact that i can consider these a meal because of the broccoli.i have had twice baked potatoes… |
3 votes
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