Recipe blog by Adrianna Adarme

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12

Apr

Smoked Salmon Salad with Red Wine Vinaigrette

I think it’s time I clarify something about my diet. I know that I often tell people I’m a vegetarian, but a real vegetarian does not eat animal flesh of any kind. I, however, eat fish, which makes me a pescetarian. I tell people I’m a vegetarian because I think it’s a less-weird word than pescetarian. Try and tell your Southern relatives that you’re a vegetarian and they look at you like you’re speaking German. Tell them you’re a pescetarian and they look at you like aliens have abducted your body and taken over your brain. So I go for the lesser of two evils, it’s just a easier.

So yes, I eat fish and seafood. Why do I eat fish and not chicken or beef or pork? Well, of all the meats out there it has the least amount of fat, it’s chock full of healthy oils, and quite frankly, because I don’t feel as bad about eating fish as I do cute little lambs or cows.

And cause sushi is awesome.

And crab cakes are amazing.

And smoked salmon is heaven.

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11

Dec

Mom’s Holiday Cheese Dip

in appetizers, Sides, Snacks

There are two clear types of holiday recipes. There are the time-tested kind, the ones that have been made over and over again, and will always be around because 1) everyone loves them and 2) the person making the recipe could do it with their eyes closed and one hand tied behind their back. There are also the newer kinds of recipes, those that are maybe a little more modern, with unusual ingredients and were probably found in a magazine or, ahem, a food blog.

This recipe is hands-down an example of the first type. My mother’s cheese dip graces pretty much every holiday party she attends in December, it is a rare occasion when she’s able to bring any leftovers home. This is the kind of appetizer that you snack on before dinner, and then return to when you’ve finished dessert. It’s the kind that you can’t stand in front of for more than 5 seconds without compulsively piling some on a cracker, until you’re wondering where all the crackers went and why you feel so full all of a sudden.

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