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potstickers with ground chicken, ginger and scallions

Potstickers.

Lightly fried & crispy on the outside, soft and savory on the inside, dunked in that extra tasty soy sauce you get in restaurants that you can never find at the grocery store.  Excellent.

But I never thought to actually make them myself. They had never even registered on my food-radar, until now. And that’s saying [...]

really good guacamole

Guacamole seems so easy to make, doesn’t it?

I mean, with only a few ingredients, how can you really screw it up? Well, just because it’s simple to put together, doesn’t always mean it’s going to taste great. That can actually be quite tricky. Like homemade salad dressing, or even hummus. I’ve learned that it’s the balance [...]

bbq chicken quesadillas, with black beans and roasted corn

I love Fridays.

I always seem to be in a good mood on Friday. Yes it’s because it’s the start of the weekend, but more importantly, it’s because it’s Fun Dinner Night at our house.

This might mean we choose to go to California Pizza Kitchen, Hadley’s favorite restaurant in the whole wide world, or it might [...]

holy friselle!

Did you see the movie Julie and Julia?

There is this great scene in the movie where Julie is making this fabulous looking bruschetta for dinner. She crisps chunks of thick crusty bread in a sauté pan with olive oil and you can just hear it sizzling. Then she piles the bread high with tomatoes, which [...]

airboats, alligators and an appetizer

August 6th already?  How did that happen?

If you’ve been following along here, you may have noticed that things have been quiet the last few weeks at littleclove.  I’ve missed you, too.

Hadley and I were in Miami visiting Mom and Rich, and I wanted to unplug for a while, since my summer hiatus is about to [...]