little mrs. chef

a little weekday breakfast

by Shelly July 22, 2010

Yesterday morning I was feeling quite chipper and more awake than usual right when I woke up. I ran down stairs and was thinking of doing our usual poached eggs with english muffin routine, but then I decided to try out a yummy looking recipe I had been eyeing in one of my cookbooks. As [...]

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Nothing like a chicken dinner

by Shelly February 9, 2010

Most people seem to reserve Sunday nights to make a nice home cooked meal that’s a bit more time consuming comforting. But sometimes after a busy event weekend, Monday nights seem like the perfect day of the week to do a meal that make take a little bit more time. With that being said I [...]

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What a little tart!

by Shelly January 22, 2010

I’m not sure if I am totally getting use to this, rain all the time thing we are experiencing here in sunny So Cal, but I’m definitely taking advantage of all the indoor time. It’s not like I don’t tell you all often, but I LOVE the Barefoot Contessa! I mean, she lives in the [...]

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Knocking it out of the park??

by Shelly December 27, 2009

This was our first Christmas in our new home! Last year we were all crammed into a tiny nook of a dining room trying to do Christmas Eve dinner, but this year we could spread out! Not only can we now fit 10 people in our dining room, but I don’t have to yell at [...]

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Summer Cooking: Fish

by Shelly July 24, 2008

Tried out a yummy new recipe last night from one of my Cooking Light cookbooks. I just went to Costco the other day and bought a bunch of salmon. I usually do my bbq recipe which I know my husband loves (I’ll give that recipe out next week), but I was aching to try something [...]

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