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Whole Wheat Pretzel Dough Slider Buns

Fairly often, I’ll open the fridge, stare at the shelves and wonder what to make.  Elaborate menus ideas will fly through my mind before I snap back to reality and remember I just about have time to grab a peanut butter sandwich before I run out of the door.  When I saw a pound of ground beef sitting, waiting to be transformed into a meal-for-two, I started thinking bar food! [...]

27 December, 2011 // By : // 8 Comments

Vegan Polenta Tamale Pie with Black Beans

It’s the first night of  chanukah and as I drove home from work I realized I hadn’t really planned dinner for the party of four that were joining us to eat.  Last night I made croutons, and I have last week’s onion soup in the freezer but even with a salad, it didn’t quite seem like dinner.  Something was missing. My wife suggested a “polenta tamale pie”, not something I [...]

20 December, 2011 // By : // 10 Comments

The Gift of Yesterday’s Bread: Homemade Croutons

What a week it’s been… an award nomination, giveaway and a guest post.  Welcome to all my new followers and subscribers, and congratulations to Anne – there’s a Dancing Deer Signature Brownie & Cookie Medley on it’s way over to you.  If you are yet to vote for me in the Kosher Food Blog Awards, you have until January 11.  My wife returned from a business trip on Friday, Shabbat [...]

19 December, 2011 // By : // 4 Comments

Triple Peppermint Chocolate Brownies

It’s a week of Brownies!  If you haven’t yet entered to win your Dancing Deer Brownie Sampler, the giveaway ends on Sunday 12/18/11.  For my readers that are fellow WeightWatchers, I apologize for putting temptation in your way for the second time this week, but remember, you can eat whatever we want, you just can’t eat it with a shovel!  It’s a pleasure to hand the reigns of my blog [...]

13 December, 2011 // By : // 12 Comments

Dancing Deer Brownie Giveaway

My Wife is a wonderful baker.  I like the freedom to explore and create in the kitchen, and when I venture into uncharted baking-territory I create a culinary disaster rather than a masterpiece.  You don’t need to follow a recipe to cook, you do need to follow a recipe to bake, and I don’t like to be told what to do in the kitchen!  If my wife isn’t baking and [...]

11 December, 2011 // By : // 15 Comments

Onion Soup

The Godmother of my firstborn is a wonderful young lady.  She fed us when hungry, given us a bed to sleep in when plans changed and we had no place to go, celebrated during the good, offered moral support during the rough, discovered the death of our pet hamster, helped raise our dog and helped deliver our son.  What more could you ask for than a friend like this?  Well, [...]

7 December, 2011 // By : // 5 Comments

Vegetarian Chipotle Bean Burgers

Following Thanksgiving, my wife and I decided we needed to do something to balance out the high turkey and meat intake we endured throughout November.   We decided to try a vegan diet for a week in an effort to eat a little healthier.  We don’t eat dairy, so cutting meat and eggs out of our diet for seven days doesn’t seem difficult at all, and on the whole, it [...]

4 December, 2011 // By : // 7 Comments