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A Cozy Pasta: Lasagna “Wrap Ups”, Perfectly Well-Wrapped Little Packages Of Deliciousness

by Ingrid Beer March 17, 2013
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I really admire a beautifully and elegantly wrapped package. Perhaps it’s because I, myself, am absolutely abysmal at wrapping, and couldn’t wrap my way around a paper box to save my life. Things start out well enough, but as the wrapping progresses—yikes! Crooked creases here, little tears there, tape plastered everywhere to hold it all [...]

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A Cozy Thanksgiving: Autumn Lasagna, Familiar Yet Different

by Ingrid Beer November 4, 2012
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Do you ever find yourself in a place where even though the people and the things around you and the activities that you’re doing day to day are completely familiar, life just somehow feels a little different? That when you think about it, you really can’t point to any obvious reason to feel more vulnerable [...]

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Honey-Dijon Glazed Chicken During Leaps Of Faith

by Ingrid Beer July 18, 2012
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There are windows of time in life when taking a leap of faith is required, when taking a running jump off of the edge into the water below is necessary, in order to make way for positive, new opportunities. However, if one stands too long at the edge peering down, wonderments and doubts begin to [...]

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The Layers of Six-Cheese Lasagna Like The Layers Of Life

by Ingrid Beer July 4, 2012
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Part of the pleasure for me of tucking into a lovely, hearty, saucy lasagna is the surprise of what I’ll find inside. The hot layers hold within them all sorts of delicious little morsels that entice me bite after bite—the al dente noodles, the savory, robust sauce, the little bits of vegetables and meats, the [...]

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Chicken, Ready And Willing To Be Stuffed

by Ingrid Beer June 8, 2012
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Imagine that you’ve invited someone over for a meal that you’ve lovingly planned and prepared, and they arrive, look around and say, “Oh, thanks so much, that’s very kind of you to do all of this, but I don’t have much of an appetite, actually”. Wouldn’t that feel terrible? For me, as a cook, I [...]

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