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Cilantro Lime Shrimp Tostadas with Avocado and Tomatillo Salsa

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I think I am seriously missing summer. All I can think about is margaritas on the porch and letting the fresh wind breathe summer life into our house.

Summers were always my favorite time of year when I was young. They meant no school, endless hours in the pool, and sleeping in every single day.

If only all us adults who aren’t teachers or students could still get summers off. Can you even imagine? It would be pure joy and mayhem all bundled into the short three months that encompass summer break.

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Crispy Pork Belly

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I have been really into “firsts” lately.

For example, I went to a casino and gambled for the first time EVER. I also drank a whole beer for the first time last weekend. Oh and I ate a whole loaf of homemade bread in one day with a truckload full of ricotta, fig jam, and goat cheese. And then I did it again the very next day.

Yep. I’m a winner.

Then there are all the “firsts” I am doing in the kitchen. Like bone marrow? That was a HUGE first.

I decided to follow that up immediately with another first. Pork belly.

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Roasted Bone Marrow

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Things just got a little crazy over here.

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The obsession to cook and eat bone marrow has been a longstanding one. Ever since I read about Julia Child using bone marrow in her French cooking that just sounded oh-so amazing, I knew that I was destined to eat this crazy meat thing called bone marrow.

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Chocolate Covered Bacon

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Oh yes, you read that right. I dipped bacon in chocolate.

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I don’t know why this is so good but it really is SO GOOD. I have no idea why I didn’t try this combination sooner. Chocolate covered bacon is something I need in my life. Forever.

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Oven Fried Goat Cheese with Honey & Fig Jam

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Just so you know, these were gone about 1 minute after they came out of the oven.

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I love cheese. In a way that no one but other cheese freaks could even come close to understanding. And I am all about the strong cheese. You know, the ones that stink to high heaven and taste like heaven all at the same time? Those are my FAVORITE.

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Homemade Ricotta Crostini Three Ways

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This weekend I did something a little crazy.

I made my own ricotta.

That’s right, I made HOMEMADE RICOTTA. Who does that?

Apparently I do.

You all know how much I love bread, so it should be no surprise that the first way I used this lovely, rich, fluffy ricotta was on bread.

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Old-Fashioned Gingerbread Torte

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Sooooooo I think I need to take a break from baking for a little while…

I have baked so many cookies, cakes, and candies in the past two weeks that my mind is literally rejecting the concept of baking at this point. I almost completely messed up this torte (which happens to be the last thing I baked for the holiday season) by adding 3/4 cup of salt instead of sugar. I have reached complete baking overload.

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Baked Pumpkin Fettuccine Alfredo

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I love long weekends.

It’s like pressing a reset button and somehow starting a new week seems like the easiest thing in the world. Of course, I spent most of my long weekend in the kitchen with friends and family and avoiding chores of any type like the plague. If I could afford to buy new clothes every time I needed clean clothes I would. I detest doing my laundry that much. Therefore I am forced to wear my “laundry day” clothes to work. Whoops…

The real highlight of the weekend, aside from wearing a hideous Christmas sweater in public, discovering the genius of cream cheese frosting and mini Nilla wafers, and watching Christmas movies for 10 hours straight, was THIS PASTA.

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Sweet Potato Puffs

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The good news is, I am finally back on the wagon. The workout wagon, that is.

I haven’t managed to hop on the healthy eating wagon (obviously)…. but I figure getting back to a somewhat regular workout schedule is a HUGE step, especially since it is now dark when I wake up in the morning and FREEZING in our house.

Why do men feel the need to keep their surroundings below zero degrees? As soon as I step in the house, I am forced to throw on several layers including a sweatshirt and wrapping myself in the most snuggly blanket I own (from Costco, seriously why is that place so wonderful? It’s like Candyland for adults). I think my husband is an Eskimo. Or a polar bear. One of the two.

Is anyone else blown away by the fact that October is almost over? I feel like just yesterday I was getting excited for the beginning of the month.

Now my birthday has come and gone (with lots of fun and celebration and too much food) and Halloween will be gone in a flash.

But what does the end of October REALLY mean?

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Birthday Celebration – Cake Batter Cookies

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Remember how much fun birthdays were as a child?

There were pony rides and balloons and face painting and games and, most importantly, CAKE. I remember on multiple occasions running around someone’s backyard, frosting smeared all over my face, giggling my face off because I was high on sugar and for some reason running was the best feeling in the world. I am sure the part my mom fondly remembers is how easily I passed out on the car ride home…

This past weekend was a certain very special someone’s birthday celebration so I decided to shower him with as much food as I could make, including his favorite cake (which I can tell you tasted delicious, even if it was a mess). And then, to top it all off, I turned cake batter into cookies.

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Asparagus, Goat Cheese, and Lemon Pasta

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By some magic stroke of luck, the asparagus at the store this week is HUGE and gorgeous and exceptionally fabulous. Instead of forcing my hubby to eat more balsamic butter pasta (I am obsessed with the dish. But I am pretty sure hubby is 5 seconds from kicking me out of the kitchen permanently the if I make it one more time…), I decided to force him to endure another one of my obsessions with this perfectly ripe asparagus…. GOAT CHEESE.

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Roasted Peaches – Part One

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I have an uncontrollable sweet tooth. It’s becoming a problem. I can be too full to eat another bite at dinner but when it’s time for dessert, oh yea, I have room.

Seriously, how do I not weigh 300 pounds??

The heat in Denver has been ridiculous lately, reminding me that summer is not over just yet despite the early signs of fall that have been sprouting up in stores. I have tried to celebrate the end of summer on a few occassions now. I have been planning halloween costumes and recipes. I have been pouring through snowboarding gear and counting down the days until the resorts open. I have been drooling over a pair of Ed Hardy winter boots for weeks, trying to justify the cost with the fact that they are so damn cute.  But apparently me saying goodbye to summer and pretending it no longer exists wasn’t enough to make it end (I really thought I was more powerful than this)…

So I give in. I have made something summery to usher in what should be a FALL month. Something summery, unbelievably sweet and….. healthy.

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