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  • Beef chipotle burritos

    Oh my gosh. This is so. Good.

    And if you try to stay away from red meat, I bet it works great with chicken too.

    Thank you to Better Homes and Gardens for this one, and a hat tip to FlavorMosiac.com for the salsa topping.

    Ingredients:

    • 1 1/2 pounds boneless beef round steak
    • 1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes
    • 1/3 cup chopped onion
    • 3 chipotle peppers with adobo sauce, minced (come in 7 oz cans)
    • 1 tsp dried oregano
    • 1/4 tsp cumin
    • 1 garlic clove, minced
    • 6 (9 or 10 inch) flour tortillas
    • 3/4 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese (optional, seriously tastes great without it)
    • Pico de Gallo salsa*

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    *Pico de Gallo salsa – this is the recipe I use, which I love, but by all means use a different one if you wish. Once again this is from FlavorMosiac.com, which is quickly becoming one of my favorite recipe sites.

    Ingredients:

    • 3 roma tomatoes, chopped
    • 1 onion, chopped
    • 2 jalapeno peppers, chopped
    • juice of 1 lime
    • 1/2 tsp salt

    Use your judgement here – keep your own personal preference in mind in terms of spiciness (remember, the beef has chipotle peppers in it, which is also spicy), and the size of the vegetables can of course vary greatly. The recipe calls for one onion but I didn’t end up using the whole thing. Also, you can omit the salt if you really want to.

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  • Why are nuts expensive?

    Let’s talk about nuts and why they cost so much.

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  • Difference between: cottage cheese and ricotta cheese

    Other than one being more lumpy than the other, what’s the difference between these two soft cheeses?

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  • Difference between: cappuccino and latte

    Definitions:

    • Cappuccino: a hot beverage consisting of espresso coffee and steamed milk, often served with powdered cinnamon and topped with whipped cream.
    • Latte: hot espresso with steamed milk, usually topped with foamed milk.

    And since they both include espresso…

    • Espresso: a strong coffee prepared by forcing live steam under pressure, or boiling water, through ground dark-roast coffee beans.

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  • Difference between: a blender and a food processor

    They’re obviously similar, but what’s the difference between a blender and a food processor?

    Let’s find out what exactly we should be using each kitchen appliance for.

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  • Difference between: sloppy joes and sloppy janes

    Did you know there’s a sloppy jane?

    Well, now you do. And in about one second, I can tell you the difference between sloppy joes and sloppy janes.

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  • Difference between: ground beef and ground chuck (and ground round)

    Ground chuck! We can use that in replacement of ground beef, right?

    Right, you can.

    But let’s find out the difference between them anyway, and take a gander at ground round while we’re at it.

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  • Food history: loose meat sandwiches

    I was reminded of the existence of loose meat sandwiches with the semi-recent The Good Wife episode.

    Which reminded me of the restaurant specializing in loose meat sandwiches that Roseanne ran in Roseanne.

    Which made me wonder where this odd lunch creation came from in the first place…

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  • Difference between: bleu cheese and Gorgonzola

    Bleu (or blue) cheese and Gorgonzola – they’re quite similar. Gorgonzola is in fact a type of bleu cheese. 

    Let’s find out the difference between the two.

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  • Difference between soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce

    We recently checked out the difference between soy sauce and its similar cousin tamari sauce.

    But let’s be honest – many of us maybe hadn’t heard of tamari sauce before. What about Worcestershire sauce?

    Soy sauce and Worcestershire  sauce are always linked in my mind for some reason, even though Worcestershire  clearly has a much more complex flavor to it.

    Let’s find out with the real differences are.

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