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10 Ways Tuesday: Beets

10 Ways Tuesday: Beets

I've come up with 10 ways to cook with beets during summer:   1.  Smoked The recipe for Smoked Beets in Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life, utilizes a charcoal grill and rosemary for intense flavor. The beets are served alongside grilled steak with a cottage cheese dressing. Smoky...

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Ingredient of the Week : Beets

Ingredient of the Week : Beets

http://www.vimeo.com/25640587 Happy Monday! It's time to announce the ingredient of the week. Summer is officially here and vegetables are ready for harvest. Check out the video to see what's inspiring us this week. Did you enter our giveaway contest during Ice Cream Week?   The winner of The...

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This Past Week at La Domestique: Ice Cream

This Past Week at La Domestique: Ice Cream

Last week at La Domestique we welcomed summer with homemade ice cream. Tuesday was summer solstice, the longest day of the year. To celebrate, we rolled out our first video and ran a giveaway for David Lebovitz's ice cream cookbook, The Perfect Scoop. Make sure to watch our videocast this Monday...

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Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Part 2

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Part 2

Happy Friday! A week of experimenting with ice cream here at La Domestique has got me in a nostalgic mood. The husband and I used to live in this cute little neighborhood where just outside our door we were lucky enough to have a bistro and an Italian style espresso cafe that served gelato. In the...

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Storyboard: Homemade Ice Cream

Storyboard: Homemade Ice Cream

Making ice cream at home is simple. The steps are few and the ingredients are pantry staples. This week in the test kitchen I was blown away by how wonderful homemade ice cream is. "Why haven't I been doing this all along?" I thought. "I will never go out for ice cream again- this is so GOOD!" I...

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Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

The Quest Ice cream is a big subject to tackle. Where to begin? I tried to think up a new ice cream flavor to impress you. I fretted over this for days. Then I decided that rather than come up with something new, I would revisit something old. Vanilla ice cream is the original. It's ice cream...

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10 Ways Tuesday: Ice Cream

10 Ways Tuesday: Ice Cream

I've come up with 10 fresh ideas for homemade summer ice cream:   1.  You don't need a machine Lemon Ice Cream from Italian Easy London River Cafe has instructions for making ice cream without a machine, simply by freezing the mixture and stirring it occasionally. Because the recipe is made...

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Ingredient Of The Week: Ice Cream

Ingredient Of The Week: Ice Cream

http://vimeo.com/25328681 Happy Monday everyone! We're trying out video for the Ingredient of the Week announcement at LaDomestique.com! This is a very exciting new adventure. Be sure to let us know how you feel about the video experience in the comments section. Our desire is to grow and innovate...

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This Past Week at La Domestique: Salad Greens

This Past Week at La Domestique: Salad Greens

Last week at La Domestique was all about celebrating the final week of spring with salad greens. My spring garden in Colorado is peaking and I'm overwhelmed with salad greens. This past week at La Domestique was not a cover album of classic salads, it was full of fresh ideas for cooking in the...

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A Colorado Garden Salad

A Colorado Garden Salad

Oh salad! You are so lovely, how could I ever take you for granted? Seriously, gardens make salads so much better than supermarkets. Garden salads are delicate. They are high maintenance. You've got to harvest the tender greens and then you've got to wash all the dirt off gently. If you're rough...

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