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Category Archives: Tips
Cutting Carbs? Make Spaghetti Squash Instead of Traditional Noodles
If you are one of the gazillion people who need to watch your carbohydrates intake, here’s a great alternative to carb-laden spaghetti noodles: Spaghetti squash. That’s right, squash. The other night Lexi wanted spaghetti with meat sauce for dinner. It had … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes, Tools of the Trade, Vegetables/Vegetarian/Vegan
Tagged eat drink and be merry, kel's cafe of all things food, Kelley Chisholm blog, Kelley Chisholm recipes, Spaghetti sqaush butter parmesan sauce, Spaghetti squash, Spaghetti squash low carbohydrates, spaghetti squash meat sauce
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Raleigh’s Best Potato Skins
Potato skins are one of my favorite bar foods. Traditional skins are usually filled with bacon and cheese (who can argue with that?) and maybe some green onions or chives, with sour cream on the side. I think the first ones … Continue reading
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Tip of the Month, February 2012: Love Chocolate? Get This!
This month’s Food Network Magazine is all about chocolate (planned around Valentine’s Day, no doubt.) It has a host of wonderful recipes, including a ton of desserts such as chocolate chip cookies, fudge, cakes and pies, and a special pull-out … Continue reading
Tip of the Month, January 2012: Take Advantage of Triangle Restaurant Week
Triangle Restaurant Week this year is January 23-29. What exactly is Triangle Restaurant Week? According to its Website (http://www.blvd.tv/trw/), “TRW is a weeklong celebration of culinary excellence designed to incorporate the entire premier Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and surrounding area … Continue reading
Raleigh’s Best Burgers
Give me a choice between a cheeseburger and a steak, and the burger will win nine times out of 10. In fact, the burger will usually be triumphant over most meat, with the notable exception of bacon. Earlier this year … Continue reading
Tip of the Month, December 2011: This One’s For the Birds
My Mom introduced me to bird watching when I was seven or eight years old. We lived in northern Virginia at the time and one of Mom’s librarian friends got her hooked on watching our feathered friends, and occassionly she would let me … Continue reading
Tip of the Month, November 2011: Let’s Talk Turkey (Leftovers, That Is)
Got leftover turkey? I certainly hope so – it’s one of my favorite parts about the Thanksgiving meal – getting to enjoy the leftovers for the next several days. I love the old standbys such as open-faced turkey sandwiches with … Continue reading
Posted in Meat and Poultry, Recipes, Tips
Tagged eat drink and be merry, kel's cafe of all things food, Kel's tip of the month, Kelley Chisholm blog, leftover turkey recipes, turkey and brie paninis, turkey and white bean soup, turkey brie apple cranberry sandwich, turkey recipes, turkey tetrazzini
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Tip of the Month, October 2011: Enjoy a Local BBQ Event
One of my favorite things about fall is all of the local BBQ events that area churches and organizations hold. As I mentioned in my earlier post “For the Love of Q” I always look forward to Lynn’s Crossroads Ruritan Club’s BBQ and … Continue reading
Tip of the Week – Start a Food or Drink Tradition
This week’s tip is to start a new food and/or drink tradition. Most of us have a family holiday stand-by – whether it’s chile on Christmas Eve or corned beef and cabbage for St. Patrick’s Day – you get the point. My suggestion … Continue reading
Tip of the Week: Pesto – Presto!
It is so easy to grow basil, as long as it gets enough sunlight. For the past several years I’ve grown it in containers instead of planting it directly in the ground and it has done quite well. I like … Continue reading
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