Posts by: Valerie

The Amazing Bacon Burger

By On July 13, 2010 · 51 Comments

The Dutch national soccer team had a big welcome party in Amsterdam today. half a million rowdy provincials came to town and yelled and screamed and were drinking beer before noon. The team took a boat tour through the canals, and one of the canals they went through was not even 50 [...]

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Almost Cinnabons, best home-made cinnamon rolls ever

Almost Cinnabons™

By On July 11, 2010 · 16 Comments

So yeah, I’ve talked about loving cinnamon rolls before, right? And I’ve given you the quick-and-dirty-and easy version. Well since I woke up early this morning on the count of having to use the bathroom and it being 928363839 degrees in our bedroom, I decided to make cinnamon rolls.

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Spaghetti alla Carbonara

By On July 7, 2010 · 29 Comments

I made spaghetti alla carbonara tonight. It was very tasty, though a little on the cheesy side. This due to the fact that I only had parmigiano and no pecorino. Even though pecorino is cheese as well, it does add a different (And therefor less overly cheesy) taste.

It was still very very very good [...]

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Mole inspired steak marinade and lettuce ‘wraps’

By On July 5, 2010 · 18 Comments

Sometimes, when it’s too hot out, you just completely space out in the supermarket. You want to linger near the open refrigerators, walk around there for hours, until they kick you out stating ‘we’re closed now lady, and why the heck did you spend 5 hours here if all you’re buying is [...]

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Candy bar ice cream

By On July 4, 2010 · 8 Comments

Yesterday it was hot out here. So hot my boss decided we all could leave the office at 3. This did or did not have anything to do with a soccer world cup quarter final that my country was or was not competing in at 4. I didn’t really care what the [...]

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