Savory Stiletto

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Wednesday

May192010

On the wagon...but almost off!

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 10:25PM

The queen of cocktails, the connoisseur of wine, the sipper of tequila is jumping on the wagon. That’s right. I’m hanging up my drinking shoes, at least for the month of May. It hit me last week that in about 5 weeks, I’m going to be putting on my skimpiest bikini, my SPF 4 sunblock (haha!), and basking in the sunlight. The problem, you may ask? I’m not ready for it! And I figure, the easiest way to cut calories is to cut drinking. I’m going to take it one week at a time.

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Main Dish,

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Cheese,

Chicken,

Main Dish,

Quick and Healthy

Monday

May102010

The Ultimate...

Monday, May 10, 2010 at 6:51PM

Serious question. What is better than rendered bacon grease, cheddar cheese, grilled peppers, and roasted garlic? Adding them to corn bread, that’s what! During my crab leg orgy, I knew I couldn’t just stop at grilled crab legs. C’mon, how fun is that? Cornbread is easy peasy. Let’s kick things up a little.

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Cheese,

Cornbread,

Quick,

easy,

peppers in

Appetizer,

Bread,

Cheese,

Mexican-Inspired,

Spicy

Thursday

Apr222010

Everything but the kitchen sink

Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 12:59AM

Let’s admit it. We all have lives. We all have things going on. And I’m sure there are nights the last thing we want to be doing is slaving away in the kitchen. Working two jobs, I honestly feel like there are not enough weeks in a month, days in a week, or hours in a day. With only a few nights off a week to get all my errands run, laundry washed, apartment cleaned, and dinner made/posts written, there are really nights when I’ve had it up to here.

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Meat,

Quick,

easy,

healthy,

pasta,

vegetable in

Main Dish,

Pasta,

Quick and Healthy,

Vegetable

Monday

Apr122010

Girls just wanna have fun!

Monday, April 12, 2010 at 10:43PM

One of the things I have missed out on while working so much is happy hour. I know I’ve mentioned it before, but c’mon, I’m young, I’m thirsty, I wanna have fun! There is something awesome about getting off work after a long week knowing there is going to be an ice cold, freshly shaken, Ketel One martini waiting for you (straight up please, no lime, no twist, no olives). Don’t get me wrong, I love working. Seriously. But every once and awhile, a girl just wants to let her hair down and put her party panties on.

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spicy in

Spicy

Thursday

Mar252010

Spring is in the air!

Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 12:32AM

Today was one of those rare March days in the Midwest. The thermometer actually hit 40! Can you believe it? I couldn’t!!! It made me long for the days of summer, the light dresses, the tan lines, the margaritas by the pool. Oh, I am so ready.

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Seafood,

easy,

healthy in

Wednesday

Mar172010

For the Irish in all of us

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 12:25AM

Not once in my adult life, or even from what I can remember, my childhood have I celebrated St. Patrick’s Day. I understand that on St. Patty’s Day, everyone is Irish, I just never got into it. Maybe it’s because I’ve worked the last 7 St. Patty’s days. Maybe it’s because I don’t drink beer, especially cheap beer that has green food coloring in it. Maybe it’s because I never really liked corned beef and cabbage (although now I could eat cabbage all by itself). Maybe it’s because I own nothing green. Nothing. Well…maybe a pair of panties. Hold on…let me check………nope, not even a pair of green panties.

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Dessert

Sunday

Mar072010

No more messy monster

Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 12:37PM

I decided in 2010 to face my demons head on. That’s right, no more messy monster for this girl. No more flour in unmentionable parts. No more flour in the hair. No more flour on the ceiling, flour, and refrigerator (it’s happened, believe me). I’m turning over a new, cleaner, flour free leaf this year.

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Bread,

easy in

Bread

Sunday

Jan172010

We Jammin'

Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 5:38PM

I think mid-January is my least favorite time of year. Football is almost over, the once beautiful fluffy snow is now grey slush, there are no days off to look forward to, no parties to get all dolled up for in a little black cocktail dress, the sun hasn’t shown it’s face in weeks, and it has been too cold to go snowboarding. Thanks, but I’m ready for winter to be over!

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Mexican,

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fast,

healthy,

spicy,

vegetable in

Cheese,

Spicy,

Sunday

Jan032010

Spicing up the kitchen...

Sunday, January 3, 2010 at 6:03PM

We all have ‘that’ dish that we tend to fall back on. You know, the one you can whip up in your sleep. The one that when you really want to impress someone, you pull this one out. Mine is a miso marinated sea bass. Not only is this my go to dish when trying to impress someone, it is also my go to dish when I just can’t think of anything else to make.

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asian inspired,

easy,

fish,

miso,

vegetable in

Spicy,

Sunday

Dec202009

Another 'niblet'

Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 6:52PM

Whether you want to admit it or not, December is already almost over. Seriously, Christmas is literally right around the corner. And if you are anything like me, you’ve left most of your holiday shopping for the last minute. Which means you’ve left yourself roughly 5 days to buy presents for like 10 people. Normally, any other year, that wouldn’t be an issue, but did you know that when you work about 80 hours a week, that doesn’t leave much time for shopping? Yeah…it leaves Sunday morning. Awesome.

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