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Made macarons. The french meringue kind. I made chocolate shells with Godiva white chocolate liqueur/raspberry puree buttercream frosting. Good stuff. They were painful has fuck to make. I cried a little. Should have made 4 dozen with the ingredients, threw so much out I got 15 cookies. The recipes were off as far as ingredients, which after looking at the book's reviews on Amazon, can...
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Since I got a mini food processor from my mother in law for my birthday, the first thing I decided to make was some salsa. Chevy's salsa~ Oh lord do I love this stuff. I swear their salsa is full of crack, but apparently all that's needed is some pureed garlic and cilantro, and blackened tomatoes. (well, with other veggies...)

I used this recipe: http://www.food.com/recipe/chevys-salsa-185851...
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Okay, so like I said last week, today I made some seared ahi tuna.

It's a pretty quick recipe, just the tuna can be a bit pricey. You want to get sashimi quality, which at my local asian market cost $16 for 12oz. The tuna steaks just didn't look very appetizing considering most of it is still going to be raw.

You need: (per serving)...
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So, I can bake really well, but cooking anything other than a baked good is a tragedy. I will remedy this by making something from scratch once a week.

This week I made some cilantro lime shrimp.

single serving:
12-15 shrimp, large-ish, peeled, cut down the center and deveined.
1 clove garlic (or more if you're warding vampires, or really like garlic), finely crushed and...
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So, I'm new here. Finally decided to join after getting the holiday deal with the magazine. I'm still working on navigating the site, but there certainly is a lot more to do on here than just look at pretty pictures. Give me a week, I'll be on top of things. This is the only pay-site I'm subscribed to other than Flickr.

So, I still have...
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