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Roasted Vegetables Pasta Salad
Roasted Vegetables Pasta Salad

Pasta is my weakness. I love it! I love it as a cold salad, a warm dish or even just a little side dish with some grated Parmesan Cheese. However, pasta has become a “no” word in the world of dieting and for someone that needs to watch their “figure” it depresses me that I cannot have pasta every day. I could literally eat pounds of it and not feel guilty!! I cannot be the only one in this world that has such a love of pasta that they have to monitor and measure how much they eat so they don’t eat the whole pound! I think you get the point. I love pasta.

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Garden, Side DishesSarah Michaelsside dishesComment
Toasted Orzo Salad with Beans and Radishes)
Toasted Orzo Salad with Beans and Radishes)

As you all know, I love gardening.  I love getting my hands dirty in the soil.  I love being part of the process as they grow from seed to vegetable and every year I try to grow a new vegetable. 

I live in Hamden, CT and only a few miles away is a great all organic nursery called Natureworks.  The employees are fantastic! All their employees are master gardeners so the advice I get from the master gardeners is amazing.  So when I want to try something new in my garden, I head over to Natureworks.  I take their advice, apply the methodology to my garden and watch my vegetables come in beautifully. 

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Garden, Side Dishes, SavorySarah MichaelsComment
Braised Mushroom Side Dish
Braised Mushroom Side Dish

I don't know about your house, but in my house mushrooms are staple.  I add them to everything, salad, pasta sauces, you name it I add a mushroom.  I was looking for a side dish to use up some mushrooms and came across multiple recipes.  I tried a lot of them, but settled on a combination of recipes to make this amazing side dish. 

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Spaghetti Squash Latkes
Spaghetti Squash Latkes

I know, I know, its been over a month since I have posted. I do have a good excuse, I moved during the Thanksgiving rush. As many of you know, I work as both a baker and a bookkeeper. I have a few passions in life and one is culinary and all things culinary and the other is business. During the month of November, the bakery is so busy, that I step out from behind the accounting role and go back into my previous role as a baker. I juggle the two. It also happens that during that same period I moved 45 minutes south to Hamden, CT from West Hartford, CT. All of that in one month and something had to suffer and it was my blog. Then came December, well, Christmas time at the bakery....need I say more, but I can't ignore Hanukkah!

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