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April 03, 2008

Rosy Beet Risotto

Jodie is a recipe-finding genius. Lately she's been turning up all sorts of yummy recipes. When she sent me the recipe below, it couldn't have been better timing. We had beets from our CSA, and all other ingredients were on hand save for a some blue cheese, which she grabbed from Trader Joe's the day we made this.

Link: Rosy Beet Risotto on Flickr - Photo Sharing!.

I made a couple of mods

  • Cut the beets into wedges before roasting, and roasted for only about 40 minutes, at 365 degrees
  • Added 2 chopped stalks of celery, chopped beet stems and some random greens we had; the celery and beet stems went in just before adding the rice, and the greens went in during about the last 5 minutes of cooking
  • Roasted 1 cup of walnuts for a few minutes, and added these along with the last of the blue cheese

A very, very tasty dish — and it's fun to have purple risotto!

March 31, 2008

Paying Filler Markets By Jacquie McTaggart

Filler markets are an easy-to-overlook writing opportunity - but that's all the more reason to make sure you don't pass them by:

Link: Fill'er Up! - Paying Filler Markets By Jacquie McTaggart.

You do not need a boatload of experience or a degree to write fillers, but some topics may require a little research. For the most part, however, fillers allow you to share knowledge you already have on a specific topic, which can be anything you are interested in or have experienced. Fillers generally run between 50 and 350 words