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Rosemary Garlic Potatoes & Carrots w/ Kuhn Rikon’s Hotpan

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I have to admit, the term “soft-cooking” was unfamiliar to me until I received this hotpan from Kuhn Rikon, and now I wish I had known about it sooner!  The purpose of the hotpan is to soft-cook your food (made possible by its air-tight lid) rather than expose ingredients to hot temperatures for long periods of time, which destroy many of the vitamins and nutrients we need.  The hotpan will soft-cook just about anything – meats, vegetables, grains – it’s […]

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Habanero & Lobster Mac and Cheese

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I recently discovered Pappardelle’s amazing flavored pastas while I was visiting the farmer’s market and have fallen in love.  So we decided to partner up on some recipe development and as soon as they sent me the extreme Habanero flavor, I knew exactly what to do with it.  The extreme Habanero is exactly that – EXTREMELY hot – but the cheese, along with buttery flavor of the lobster really helps tone it down, and this rich mac and cheese recipe is so […]

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Shrimp Stir Fry in Garlic Sauce

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For some reason I was craving shrimp in garlic sauce all afternoon, so of course I made it my priority to get to the store to buy  everything I needed.  Also on my to do list were – dry cleaning, do laundry, work out, clean the house…. but, priorities people.  This dish was so simple to make and totally guilt-free.  The best part is, you have all your veggies and protein in one dish – it’s the perfect thing to make […]

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Aspen

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From the moment you touch down at the Aspen–Pitkin County Airport you can’t help but sit silent and stare at the beauty that is everything around you.  You step off the plane onto the tarmac, the mountains filling every direction you look… seriously, it’s heaven.  It’s about a ten minute ride until you reach probably the cleanest most quaint city you will ever see, and now the adventure begins :).  From hiking, to shopping, to eating, to gondola rides, there […]

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Hatch Chili Pappardelle With Goat & Pork Sausage

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It’s 7:30 am, I’m at the Aspen Farmer’s Market, and what’s the first thing I see?  Of course it’s hatch green chili pasta – I’m obsessed with Hatch peppers, I don’t know if you know this about me, and what could be better than an amazingly flavorful roasted pepper made into a pasta?  So we kept looking around the market and found some amazing goat and pork sausage and decided to make a light pasta dish.  The roasted chili flavor of the […]

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5-Grain Kale Pesto Salad With Shrimp

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Lately I have been indulging in pretty much everything so it’s finally time to get back on track – and this meal is exactly that.  I didn’t have much around the house so I sort of improvised… and it couldn’t have turned out better.  The pesto gives the 5-grains so much flavor, and topped with the serrano-shrimp, it’s so deliciously satisfying.  Diet friendly and packed with flavor – couldn’t be better!  This is definitely a weeknight go-to dish!