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Lemon Aide: 101 Other Recipes for Lemons

March 6, 2013 6:06 pm / 10 Comments /

lemon salt

 

When life hands you lemons, don’t make lemonade! That’d be too predictable and, well, boring. Instead, try one of these 101 other recipes for lemons. I saved the best for last — check out #101!

  1. lemon bars
  2. lemon meringue pie
  3. lemon poppy seed muffins
  4. lemon cucumber spa water
  5. strawberry lemon bundt cake
  6. lemon sorbet
  7. lemon-buttermilk ice cream
  8. lemon gelato
  9. lemon pound cake
  10. lemon cheesecake
  11. lemon shortbread
  12. lemon curd
  13. lemon custard
  14. lemon pudding
  15. lemon tart
  16. Dijon-lemon vinaigrette
  17. lemon blueberry muffins
  18. savory rosemary lemon glaze
  19. candied lemon peel
  20. lemon brownies
  21. lemon donuts
  22. lemon syrup
  23. lemon roasted fish
  24. lemon buttercream frosting
  25. lemon-lime snow cone
  26. homemade lemon yogurt
  27. white chocolate lemon truffles
  28. artichoke lemon pesto
  29. lemon frozen yogurt
  30. lemon, ricotta, and sour cream pancakes
  31. lemon crêpes
  32. lemon icing
  33. lemon scones
  34. lemon waffles
  35. lemon dill biscuits
  36. moist lemon bread
  37. lemon zucchini muffins
  38. lemon sugar cookies
  39. lemon jam
  40. lemon cake with raspberry filling and chocolate frosting
  41. lemon wafers
  42. lemon madeleines
  43. lemon glaze
  44. lemon biscotti
  45. lemon meringues
  46. lemon macarons
  47. preserved lemons
  48. pickled lemons
  49. lemon cannoli
  50. lemon jello

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Peanut Butter at a Dinner Party

January 18, 2013 9:41 am / 44 Comments /

peanut butter noodles with chicken

I was invited to my first-ever dinner party! Somebody actually wanted to have dinner with me! Never mind the fact that it’s virtual and I can’t actually eat any of the food… (Well, maybe I could try to lick my computer screen. But that wouldn’t taste very good.)

 

Valerie at Atlanta Mom of Three extended an invitation to participate in her potluck next week, and I wanted to cook the perfect dish to share. Something kid-friendly but classy, something fast but flavorful, something easy but healthy…   Read more →

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I Own the Rain God

December 4, 2012 12:34 pm / Leave a Comment /

meaty vegetarian ravioli

My dog is the rain god. Yes, that’s right, my 15-pound Chihuahua mix is the official rain god. When she wiggles around, chases her tail, and finishes with a satisfied lick, the sun shines. When she neglects to do her little dance, the winds howl and the raindrops splash down on our roof.

 

Okay, so maybe I need to check into the whole causation vs. correlation thing…   Read more →

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Hooked on a Filling

November 27, 2012 12:54 pm / 16 Comments /

vegetable dumplings

With the last-minute exams and grading just before Thanksgiving, I peddled home with barely enough energy to tear open a cardboard box and microwave a frozen entrée. I selected a chicken-and-vegetable dumpling dinner last Tuesday, and during my first bite, a dangerous idea popped into my head…

 

I could make these myself!   Read more →

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Even Better Than Campbell’s

November 16, 2012 12:24 pm / Leave a Comment /

chicken noodle-less soup

As 9-year-olds in P.E. class in February, my best friend and I convinced the instructor that our queasy stomachs needed a break from running laps to visit the nurse. In the front office, we convinced the nurse that out churching stomachs needed to go home for the day. And at my best friend’s house, we convinced her mom that Disney movies and soup were the best remedies for our upset stomachs.

 

Her mom rooted around in the pantry and pulled out two tin cans, one of tomato soup and another of chicken noodle. Since I refused to eat any tomato product other than ketchup, I politely declined in favor of option #2.   Read more →

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Einstein’s Cheesy Solution

October 22, 2012 2:00 pm / 11 Comments /

string cheese hot dogs

Fact: I am a scientist.

Fact: I am a little crazy.

Fact: Crazy scientists’ hair shoots straight out of their heads when they’re excited by a brilliant idea.

 

…Okay, so I have slightly fault logic. But if it were true, a lot of shoppers at the grocery store would have doubled over laughing at my 2-foot-long blonde afro as I walked down the cheese aisle last week!   Read more →

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Got Beef?

October 12, 2012 5:42 pm / 7 Comments /

spicy steak sandwiches

For my final sandwich, I plucked up the courage to face a really big fear: cooking steak. My man absolutely adores steak and orders it every chance he gets when dining out. Too scared of failing to measure up to those dishes, I refused to buy beef—let alone make it for dinner—and always chose chicken instead.

 

But.

 

How could I learn unless I actually tried? I’m pretty sure the sky wouldn’t fall if I under seasoned it, or the world wouldn’t end if I turned it into leather. So. Deep breath. March into the store, meander to the back, and…   Read more →

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It’s Still Sandwich Season!

October 9, 2012 1:01 pm / Leave a Comment /

rosemary chicken salad sandwiches

Just when I decided to beat the heat with a little sandwich streak, the winds blew into town and the temperature dropped 20°. Great. The seasons are mocking me… As the bag of sandwich things threatened to mol, I wanted to put them out of their misery with a protein-packed filling. But what?   Read more →

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Not Cooking? Not a Problem!

October 4, 2012 3:10 pm / Leave a Comment /

vegetarian Greek sandwiches

This past weekend, thermometers threatened to shatter as the sun glared down at my tiny California town. Yes, fall officially began on September 22, but a week later the sun was still ignoring our calendar and converted our entire house into an oven.

 

Too unmotivated to cook (102° temperatures can do that to a girl), I sweated all the way to the store and grabbed a pint of ice cream to cool off. (Yes, I did buy it later. And was so tempted to eat all of it as I walked back home.) I also paid for a bag of sandwich thins, thinking that those sounded much more appealing than the baked chicken I had originally considered making.   Read more →

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When the Chickens Cluck, I Say “Oink!”

August 10, 2012 2:08 pm / Leave a Comment /

pork fattoush

Recently, chickens everywhere starter squawking at me to get my hand out of their hen house and cook another animal for a change. Slightly nervous but still sympathetic, I walked around the butchery section at the store and eventually settled on pork instead.   Read more →

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