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Thank God it's Friday!

Like, seriously.

As we enter the weekend, I wanted to make sure you don't miss this deliciousness that has appeared on the Tasty Kitchen blog in recent days/weeks:

 

 

 

Jaden's step-by-step Scallops 'n Pasta. I want this for breakfast right now.

 

 

 

Magical Butter Sauce. This makes me want to cry, it looks so good. It also makes me want to make it.

 

 

 

Don't forget to try these delicious Funnel Cakes, especially if you've never tried a Funnel Cake in your...

Caramelized Onion & Prosciutto Pizza

I had some leftover pizza dough (which is the best kind of pizza dough there is) in the fridge last night, so I whipped up this yummy—and exceedingly easy-to-make—pizza. Sweet, caramelized onions…salty prosciutto…beautiful fresh mozzarella. It all marries together in beautiful harmony.

Let's just say I cried, it made me so happy.

Why does food make me cry?

I'm pursuing this question in therapy.

 

 

Here's what you need…

Yes, I misspelled "prosciutto" on the first go 'round.

It happens...

That's the Best Frosting I've Ever Had

Marlboro Man's grandmother has some old friends visiting the area, and they're staying at The Lodge up the road from our house. Yesterday evening I whipped up some chocolate cupcakes to take up to the guests, but instead of the typical chocolate icing I'd normally use, I wanted to try something different.

I remembered a recipe I'd seen on Tasty Kitchen several months ago, one whose name I found intriguing. The mix of ingredients seemed a little unusual, the technique a little off the beaten p...

CPK's BBQ Chicken Pizza

When I was in college, California Pizza Kitchen was the height of awesomeness for my friends and me. A vegetarian at the time, I loved their deliciously thin and creatively adorned pizzas more than life itself. CPK was one of my favorite things.

In the years since leaving California, I've created occasional knockoffs of some of the CPK pizza varieties I remember, since there's no CPK within at least 500 miles of the ranch—maybe even farther. Today I want to share my rendering of their very...

Steak with Burgundy Mushroom Sauce

I am in love with heavy, ingredient-rich steak sauces.

Marlboro Man, on the other hand, believes a good steak should stand on its own.

We'll be seeking ing outside help for this fundamental life disagreement, but for today, I wanted to show you how to make this quick and easy mushroom sauce for whatever steak you feel like cooking tonight. A sirloin will work, or a skirt steak…or a fillet or a ribeye or anything else you might have languishing in your fridge. Whatever steak you decide to...

Le Creuset Winners

Here are the winners of Wednesday's Le Creuset giveaway, along with their answers to the question "How close is your life now to where you once thought you'd be?"

#5679 Kris: "Pretty different. I moved from San Francisco back to my little home town in New Mexico. I'm a clergywoman. In a multi-ethnic marriage. Nope, didn't plan a one of those. But I think I'd have become really bored with the life I had planned for myself."

#13899 StacieB: "I gave up my ultimate dream job for love and am now...

Ingenuity

 

I absolutely love the new post on the Tasty Kitchen Blog today. In it, you'll find the most incredible assortment of recipes for everyday, homemade ingredients.

These recipes are for the home cook that either

1. Likes to use a little ingenuity and make most things from scratch

OR

2. Is stranded in the country, desperate and alone, with no way to get to civilization

 

For reasons I won't go into, I'm madly in love with the information contained in today's Tasty Kitchen Blog post.

 

From h...

Funnel Cakes!

Funnel Cakes, for those of you who aren't familiar, are a standard carnival treat. Made by pouring a thin batter through—get ready—a FUNNEL (get it?) directly into hot oil and fried until golden, then topped with plenty of powdered sugar and eaten while crisp and warm…wow.

Funnel Cakes instantly make the world a sweeter place.

I found a great recipe for Funnel Cakes on Tasty Kitchen. Today on the Tasty Kitchen Blog, I make them for you step-by-step:

Funnel Cakes on Tasty Kitchen

Monday Night Dinner: My Chicken Piccata

This is how you make Chicken Piccata when you're out of capers and you have a pathological fear of cooking anything without adding heavy cream.

At least it's how I make it! This is a really delicious quick and easy chicken-and-pasta dish with a strong lemon flavor and the decadence of cream. I had a similar dish at a restaurant in the big city over ten years ago, and on the drive back to the ranch I started plotting when I could make the dish for myself at home. But that's how I roll. One...

"In Case You Missed Them" Recipes…(and the Sushi Winners!)

I have a new Monday Night Dinner recipe ready to go in the morning, but first I wanted to announce the sushi winners (below) and share a few "in case you missed it" recipes.

Over on Tasty Kitchen, there's a blog. It's called—are you ready?—the Tasty Kitchen Blog. Try to contain your admiration at the wildly creative title.

Anyway, the ol' Tasty Kitchen Blog is lots of fun. We have certain activities assigned to each day of the week, and they remain the same week to week. For example, every...