Recipes by Julianne Puckett
United States Chef
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Sausage and spinach rice bowl: a recipeSausage and spinach rice bowlI used to live in Southern California. The famed "OC", in fact -- although no one called it that except the fools on that TV show.One of my favorite things about living there was that you could get healthy fast food. Clearly I'm not talking about In-N-Out (which I used to call "In, Wait Around for a Wicked… |
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Dilly beans: a recipeMake quick and easy dilly beans right in the refrigerator -- no canning skills required!Dilly beansBeing able to write this post makes me very happy.Why?Because this year was my first time planting beans in the garden ... and they grew, without any bug or disease drama.And they didn't just grow; they grew well and prolifically --… |
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Stracciatella (Italian chicken soup): a recipeStracciatellaDon't worry, I had never heard of it either -- and I'm wicked Italian, on both sides.I ran across this recipe in the December issue of Food and Wine, which refers to it as a "classic Italian chicken soup." OK, sounds good. More importantly, it looked like you could whip it up quickly and easily -- a perfect weeknight,… |
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Onion and bacon tart: a recipeOnion and bacon tartYou know it's getting to be holiday time when I allow myself to cook with bacon fat. A lot of bacon fat.Regular readers will know that we start out the year with a little something we call Detox January, to get off on the right foot. So healthy! But somehow a downward spiral begins after that, gaining a little more… |
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"Boozy Zenith" Bourbon Pecan Cake: a recipeThis post has been a long time coming. Three weeks, in fact. Three weeks of marinating in boozy Jack Daniels goodness.The cake, that is, has been marinating. Not this post. Or me.I'll start out this saga by noting that this is a recipe I got from my mother and, short of "I think I cut it out of a magazine a long time ago", she has no… |
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Detox January (and a lemon poundcake recipe)Lemon pound cake (really, it's light!)Happy New Year! But, more importantly, Happy Detox January!Regular readers will remember that each year Mr. Ninj and I celebrate (perhaps not quite the right word choice) a little something we call Detox January.We started doing this a few years ago, as a break from the overindulgence of the… |
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Detox January, Week 1: Peanut Butter-Oatmeal Breakfast BarsPeanut butter-oatmeal breakfast bars"Mocktail Hour" with a virgin Bloody Mary is not quite the same as the real deal with a chartreuse vodka gimlet, but hey ... otherwise Detox January is not bad at all.(Sidebar: Except for the annual mob scene at the gym. But I'm not worried: the resolution-breakers will be gone by the end of… |
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Detox January, Week 1: Fruity Israeli couscousFruity Israeli couscous with chickenDetox January does not, I repeat, does not involve eating miniscule portions of carboard and kale.Well, we eat kale but usually with some kind of snappy salad dressing, rather than cardboard.Really, I'm just trying to point out that you don't have to go on a hardcore diet or cleanse to eat a little… |
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Making hard cider: part 3Bottled cider, ready to drink (almost)I did tell you you would have to be patient...But it's ready! Two months of settling and our cider is beautiful, clear and golden, which means it's ready to bottle.First, you're going to need some bottles. You can use beer bottles or wine bottles but I prefer the Grolsch-style, swing-top bottles… |
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Detox January, Week 2: Nutella-banana popsiclesNutella-banana popsYes, you read that correctly.Nutella-banana popsicles.Yes, for our Detox January.Because each pop is only about 145 calories and 5 grams of fat (based on my getting 14 pops out of the recipe).And they are loaded with fruit, which we all know is good for you and very Detoxy.It's partially a size thing but also an… |
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