My Story

HI, I'M JENN - THE KITCHY COOKER. I’ve been cooking since I could hold a wooden spoon and help my mom lick the bowl. I’ve always loved cooking, whether it was baking something sweet or simmering something savory. And you can absolutely be good at both. While I love the perfect fudgey brownie, there’s absolutely nothing better than a hot bowl of chili with shredded cheddar cheese on a cold, rainy night. About me
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Side Dishes

Fruit Chaat

You ever get cravings? Food cravings. You know, when you just have to have Chinese or a salad or you won’t survive? Ok, you’ll survive but you don’t feel like you will. Well, every so often I just have to…

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Gifts

Cooking Tools for Mom

Last fall I did a gift post for the holidays and it was so much fun, I thought I’d do another one for that other popular holiday coming up, Mother’s Day. If your mom is anything like mine, she loves…

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Uncategorized

Caramelized Salmon

I haven’t always been a fish fan. As a matter of fact for the longest time the only fish I liked was smoked salmon… as long as it was served on a bagel smothered in cream cheese.  But then some…

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Drinks

Gin Daisy

Spring officially started this week and Easter is on Sunday, so I thought a cocktail that goes by the name Daisy would be apropos. Easter and spring are all about rebirth. Flowers are blooming, leaves are reappearing on trees and…

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Entrees

Lebanese Hushwee

When there’s a nut allergy in your house, you have to be careful what you cook with. Since Hubs is allergic to nuts, there’s no peanut oil in the house, and every time I find a recipe that calls for…

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Drinks

Dandy vs. Deshler

Every so often I get invited to events by different companies who want to introduce their latest products to various bloggers or social media people. Last week I was at just such an event. It was cocktail based as it…

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Drinks

Creme de Menthe Frappe

St. Patrick’s Day is next week and I wanted to make sure you had plenty of cocktail options for the big day. Now if you want to stick with beer, that’s totally fine. But there are quite a few a…

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Entrees

Smoked Fish Risotto

I’ve talked about Hubs fishing excursions in the past, and how they’ve always made for great dinner options. Well, his most recent outing was no different. He came home with tons of fish, and while we used plenty of it,…

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Drinks

The Last Word

St. Patrick’s Day may be a couple weeks away, but there’s no reason we can’t start thinking about green cocktails now. I know green beer is the alcohol of choice during this holiday, but seeing as how I’m not a…

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