It’s Thanksgiving week, and I couldn’t be more excited! I’m cooking the whole meal this year (for just two people – me and Chris). It’s going to be a lot of work, a lot of …
Author: Claire Aucella
Recipes, Food Stories, Adventures, and Other Musings
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Thanksgiving Menu!
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Restaurant Review: Senoratown
We made a day out of dropping Chris off to a red-eye flight out of LAX yesterday by spending a fun Saturday in Downtown LA. We caught a comedy show, went to The Last Bookstore, …
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Meal Prep Magic: Chicken Soup with Italian Sausage Meatballs
It’s the first rainy day here in California, and there was even a slight chill in the air when I left the office this evening. To celebrate winter finally approaching, I wanted to post my …
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Lemon Marmalade
The final stage of my citrus preservation weekend was focused around my lemons. I harvested 15 gorgeous lemons, and turned them into 13 jars of marmalade. I followed this recipe through Simply Recipes (click the …
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Candied Grapefruit Peels
As part of my citrus preservation weekend, I decided it would be fun to make candied grapefruit peels from all of the grapefruit skins that I wasn’t going to use through making my Grapefruit Marmalade …
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Grapefruit Marmalade with Lime and Ginger
In preparation for my citrus harvest this year, I’ve been scouring the internet for good marmalade recipes. I’ve made lemon marmalade once before (more on that in a future post!), and I’m slowly gaining interest …
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Citrus Haul 2019!
I just wanted to jump on to show off my citrus harvest for this year! I’m super proud of my little trees for producing their biggest amount of fruit yet! We harvested 15 Meyer lemons, …
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Olive Oil Tasting in Paso Robles
Over the past weekend, I took a day trip out to Paso Robles with my parents. We enjoyed a great day full of wine tasting, walnut groves turning yellow for fall, and olive oil tasting. …
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Spirit Tasting in Ventura
My parents were in town visiting over the past weekend, which means I got to take them to some of my favorite places in California! One of these places is Ventura Spirits, a small distillery …
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11.10.19 Garden Update
We did a lot of work in our Santa Barbara garden today, and I wanted to share the updates along with some pictures. We’re new to the fall/winter gardening in California, so we’re always open …
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