Recipes by Karina Labossiere
United States Chef
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All-In-One Holiday (Bundt) CakeCan I call myself a baker if I do not own a bundt pan?Whenever I see that word bundt I think of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and the husband's parents bring the Greek parents a bundt and they not only had no idea how to repeat the word Bundt but also had no clue what to do with it, so they stuck a plant in the center. Boon? Boon - t?… |
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Sunday Breakfast and a new treatI love cereal. I mean, adore it. I mean, I will eat it all day long. I don't stare at the box while eating it like I used to growing up. My brother and I used to fight about who got to look at the box while eating. It's kind of funny now that I really think about it.Anyway, this is not about my love affair with cereal. (Although I did… |
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Chocolate JubileesChocolate JubileesIn a large bowl, cream butter, shortening, and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extract. Combine flour, oats, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips, cherries, and marshmallows.Roll into… |
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This and thatMy days as of late have been more siesta....less cupcake.I am aching to bake! But alas I know, should I bake I will eat. I admittedly have not been following my exercise plan. I'm doing a little of this and a little of that and that but really not accomplishing much of anything at all.Which is why I've been slow with the blogging… |
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I need a vacation.GRE anxiety-ridden + Sick + Busybusybusy = One exhausted KaloulaGRE anxiety-riddent + Sick + Busybusybusy + One exhausted Kaloula = Fajita Night!No recipe needed. Go to Sam's Club, pick up premade chicken fajita strips, bag o' guac (doctored with tomato, cilantro, onion, and jalapeno), prepackaged fajita veggie mix, box of rice and… |
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Great! Just fabulous.After all that talk about googling cupcake bakery names, for some reason it never occured to me to google Kaloula -- after all, I just took the first 2/3 letters from my first, middle, and last name and combined them. Surely, that was unique?Nope, not so, I was informed.So - I googled.I was told it was a frog. So then of course the… |
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A Canadian ThanksgivingLast week my family was in town, in between work and school I spent as much time with them as I could. Which quite frankly was exhausting - but nice!They arrived Monday, which, lucky for all of us, just happened to be Canadian Thanksgiving! So I cooked..Veggies and Turkey recipes from Food and Wine MagazineMacaroni and Cheese!!!!… |
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I LOVE Frango Mints!!!Before this week, I didn't know what a frango mint was. I was deprived.But now I am enlightened and oh how glorious the world is, with the frango mints in it. I am also wickedly exhausted, having been going going going for I lost track of how many days in a row. That being said, I am short on words, but please enjoy this recipe!Frango… |
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Random Thoughts on ClothesBehold: My closet...Yes, I color coordinate. Can't help it.Ok, so, yeah.. what depresses me.. I can only wear maybe 40% of my closet at present. Today my mom took a picture of me and it was the old -- More Chins than a Chinese phonebook -- type of picture. I really honest to God had no idea I looked that way!!I've been real good about… |
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Mozzarella Pasta SaladTonight I was in the mood for a lil something different than the usual flavors I cook with. I was thinking -- artichoke! Yes! I never did like the artichoke, or rather, never really tried it till that one fateful day. (harp playing and memory cloud forming over my head)Maybe lots of people are introduced to the artichoke this way --… |
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