If you still have pumpkins to carve or cook up into pies for the holidays, don't throw the seeds away! These toasted pumpkin seeds were delicious! Try them out and you'll be hooked too. I'm planning on making some more but this time with spicy flavors. They will be perfect for munching in front of the tv.



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We cooked up some Carrot Soup in Our New Kitchen at the request of The Clone who, like the rest of us, has been suffering from the cold lately. She loves anything soupy and while she's never had carrot soup before, and I was a little unsure whether she would like it or not, I didn't have to worry. This soup was gone in no time! If you're not into pumpkin soup, this might be a good starter dish for Thanksgiving.



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You won't believe how much bitter melon is waiting to get eaten up in my refrigerator right now. This is one of the simplest ways to cook bitter melon, just plainly sauteed with oyster sauce.

Get the recipe for Sauteed Bitter Melon in Oyster Sauce.



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I am a lazy baker so any dish where you don’t fuss over beating things and sifting things is my kind of baking. I didn’t want to be bothered with pie crust so I thought I would just dump things in a dish and bake; that’s how I came up with this concoction which is a combination of a Clafoutis recipe from Essential Desserts and a French Apple Cobbler recipe from Southernfood.about.com.

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