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Egg Salad

We tried out Bon Appétit's Egg Salad recipe!

In the words of Adele, Hello…It’s me. I was wondering if after all these years you’d like to meet…our new egg salad…

Eggcellent jokes aside, this is me trying to address not posting since 2018! Sometimes you need to reset, see a therapist, travel, listen to podcasts, and relax. You know, typical millennial things.

Devin and I have been listening to the Bon Appétit Foodcast (podcast for…

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White Bean & Herb Dip

White Bean & Herb Dip

Let’s keep celebrating Food Literacy month with one of our favorite recipes, White Bean & Herb Dip! Thank you so much to everyone who voted for which wildcard veggie our team represents and we are happy to announce our wildcard veggie is Radish! How rad is that? 😉 We can’t wait to see what Chef Rick Mahan from Waterboy and OneSpeed Pizza is going to whip up in the kitchen on September 20th!

Don’t…

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Chard, Ricotta & Saffron Cakes

Chard, Ricotta & Saffron Cakes

Help us kick off and celebrate Food Literacy Month with Chard, Ricotta & Saffron Cakes! DAM Good Food is so pleased to announce that we have partnered with the Food Literacy Center for September and will be raising money for this fantastic after school program.

What is Food Literacy Center?

Food Literacy Center teaches low-income elementary children cooking and nutrition to improve our societies…

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Green Sunflower Dip

Green Sunflower Dip is a creamy, peppery, light dip that is perfect for any healthy or crunchy snack. I’ve always found arugula to be the better of the green leaf family and I have never understood the fan club over spinach. Spinach to me tastes like iron and it has a weird texture once consumed. Every meal hot or cold you can make with spinach you can also make with arugula! In my…

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DAM Good Wedding

Wedding photos are in! Devin and I married on March 3rd, 2018 in Loomis, California. It was a beautiful cold dreary day and we were surrounded by fantastic food, great drinks and those we loved the most. We decided to have a non-traditional ceremony and read our vows before our guests arrived. Our reason to read our vows between ourselves and the photographer was simply because that’s what felt…

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Rice Gateau

Bonjour! Let’s make a Rice Gateau! We are traveling to Paris, France for our honeymoon and we wanted to share a unique Parisian sweet treat we hope to find during our trip. Over a year ago Devin and I were walking home after dinner (and a few drinks) and stumbled into a used bookstore. Their cookbook collection was quite impressive and we left with The Essential Rice Cookbookby Zoe Harpham. This…

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Lefse with Cured Salmon

Lefse with Cured Salmon

Annnnnnd we’re back with Lefse with Cured Salmon! Thank you all for being so patient during our wedding hiatus!  March 3rd, 2018 was a beautiful day and we are cherishing our many memories. Devin has fewer memories than me because he danced the night away with me and a bottle (or a few) of wine. We can’t wait to share our special day with you all and hope in the next couple of months we can…

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Pork Pot Stickers with Sweet and Sour Sauce

Pork Pot Stickers with Sweet and Sour Sauce

Gluten Free Pork Pot Stickers with Sweet and Sour Sauce! Are you mouths drooling? Well, they should! If you are gluten-free then you know how limited our gluten-free Chinese food options are. The first time I ever had Chinese flavors was in 2006 when I visited a PF Changs and to this day PF Changs is the only option that I know of. Can you imagine one Chinese restaurant for the rest of your life?…

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Pasta & Cherry Tomato Pie

Pasta & Cherry Tomato Pie

This weekend we made what I would like to call a rustic charmer. Pasta & Cherry Tomato Pie according to The Easy Kitchen: Comfort Food, is considered a Scottish pie which from what I can tell is a mac & cheese filled pie crust with sliced cherry tomatoes on top to resemble pepperoni on a pizza. We weren’t quite sure what to think about this recipe but TRUST ME it’s good.  Typically this pie is…

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Adoboloco Hawaiian Ribs and Slaw

Devin here! While Kaite was at her bachelorette party I decided to have my friends over for a bbq. A couple of weeks ago Katie  spoke with Tim from ADOBOLOCO and he wanted to share their Pau! Hana! gluten-free Hawaiian BBQ Sauce. Tim is a great guy and actually had his sauce tested for gluten and sent Katie the test results prior to her trying it. I was really excited to give it a try and…

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Greek Turkey Burgers with Tzatziki Sauce

I’ll admit it, every January I join the healthy bandwagon and pledge my life to eating better and going to the gym. Now, I haven’t visited the gym yet…but I have started to eat healthier! I count this as a huge win during the first month of 2018. I was really craving a greasy burger the other day but I decided to try out a Greek turkey burger with tzatziki sauce instead. Around the holiday time,…

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Shrimp Cocktail Crackers

New Year’s Eve is a time to wear sparkles, drink champagne and feel fancier than you actually are. If you need a last minute appetizer to impress for your NYE party tonight, I recommend making Shrimp Cocktail Crackers! Your friends will be so amazed and think put in a lot of time and effort when you haven’t. This is also an appetizer you can prep once at the party or let people build their own!…

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Creamy Tuscan Garlic Chicken

Hope everyone had a Happy Holiday season! I can’t believe it’s almost been a year since our last Europe trip when I fell in love with the Tuscany region in Italy. Devin and I visited for the first time this past January and we fell so much in love we are going back to Florence for our Honeymoon! Beyond excited to visit again. I think I personally love this area of Italy because the landscape and…

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Hot Tamales

Devin here! So Katie challenged me to do a recipe that I have always wanted to try, so here is my attempt on tamales. Not knowing what I was getting myself in for, I watched several videos and read several different recipes on how to make tamales. I used Alton Brown’s recipe for a cornmeal base and cook time, but I wanted to create several different filling options. I decided to make three…

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Basic Carnitas

Happy Carnitas Saturday! Today is crazy windy in Sacramento and it looks like the Pocahontas weeping willow in front of our house is dancing to techno music. Needless to say, I’m loving it. Here in California, we don’t experience much il-weather so anytime we do it’s quite the conversation starter!  I’m sure our midwest and east coast readers are rolling their eyes right now… Due to the weather,…

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Hot Toddy

Hot Toddys are a holiday tradition for Devin’s family and mine. However, both of our families make them slightly different. The main difference between Devin’s recipe and mine is hot water as your base or hot apple cider. The water method might be better if you are feeling ill and are wanting a hot tea, but if you’re looking for a seasonal punch, you should go with the apple cider. Our families…

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Mini Stuffed Mushrooms

Devin here! Katie told me to come up with a creative appetizer and of course, I couldn’t just think of one, so I decided to make two different mini stuffed mushrooms. The first recipe is mashed potato stuffed mushrooms with a garlic drizzle sauce and the second is an Italian pork sausage with mozzarella stuffed into the cap. Normally mashed potatoes are the bain of my existence, and I can never…