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This is a throw together, not exactly made from scratch recipe, but is it ever tasty. Mouth watering tasty.Served with cream cheese mashed potatoes and dilled carrots, it is comfort food at its best. And is doesn't heat up the house; esp (read full article)
Have you ever made shrimp scampi and been left with just shrimp...no sauce (because everyone wanted more than their fair share of buttery yum on their pasta)? Well, I had just such a case happen to me. I had another unexpected leftove (read full article)
Recently, I went to dinner at some friends house and the man of the house grilled a marinated tri-tip roast. It was about the best thing I have had in ages. Since then, I have been looking at marinades, trying to see what I could come up (read full article)
I had some leftover brats. Not enough to feed the entire gang, but enough to fill us if I sliced them up. I also had something new to try out; some Tropical Traditions coconut oil. I will be fiddling with it a lot this week and then (read full article)
Grilled salmon is one of the things I have to eat when I visit the Northwest. Like rain, it just has to happen. My in-laws introduced me to this delight just a few weeks after I married The Good Guy. We spent our first summer livin (read full article)
I married a latchkey kid. He prefers American cheese, spaghetti sauce made from an envelope, Hostess twinkies and boxed macaroni & cheese. After 22 years of marriage, the only thing he has successfully converted me to is that dratted (read full article)
I was a little afraid to make corn dogs. I thought it would be hard, that they wouldn't turn out, that they would end up a greasy, gross mess. My fears were totally unfounded. These dogs were easy, they turned out as good or better (read full article)
This time, I followed a recipe exactly. Shocking, I know. The only thing I'd change if I make it again is the baking time. My chops were a bit dry ~ but very tasty! It is a good, quick recipe that can be thrown togethe (read full article)
The danger of watching the Food Network is I find myself compelled to try some of the dishes featured. This dinner a la Rachel Ray was Amazing. Phenomenal. Delicious. Yup, all those and more. It was easy to throw togethe (read full article)
Isn't that pretty? A few months ago, I was watching Food Network's Diners, Dives and Drive-Ins and saw a feature on the Blue Moon Cafe in Maryland. They make all sorts of over the top dishes like Captain Crunch Encrusted French Toast. &nb (read full article)
I have been meaning to make homemade pitas. Really, they have been on my list for over a year. As I was contemplating making them this week, I started thinking about making gyros to go into those pitas. I had some ground lamb in the (read full article)
This is one of the foods I think of when I remember my youth. Sometime in the late 1970s, my mom entered a maple syrup recipe contest. She came up with this recipe for amazing fried chicken. She won some real maple syrup and a plaqu (read full article)
I am combining two "make your owns" this week, because I don't think either is enough on its own to be a post...but both are fun. First of all, let me tell you something I have observed. Tartar sauce seems to be different in different parts of (read full article)
This is a very moist, subtly flavored, wonderful way to make chicken. My entire family loves it. When my kids take big mouthsful and then halfway through chewing start saying things like, "MMM, this is really good, Mom." I know the (read full article)
Have you ever wondered why store bought corned beed is so PINK? It's the nitrates; salt peter to the pioneers. You do NOT want to know how they used to make it. I still have not figured out what possessed someone to do it in t (read full article)
These bowls were steaming hot, thus the less than clear photo. It was Hamburger Helper without a box. It was delicious. It wasn't completely homemade, but it was all made from staple foods that most people keep in their fridge, free (read full article)
Friends of Dave from My Year on the Grill all over the bloggie world are posting island flavors in a virtual house warming party. He and his wife just moved to the US Virgin Islands for the next 6 months. My contribution is from the Pac (read full article)
Now that I am in Arizona, I am experimenting in Latin cooking like never before. Mole (pronounced moe-lay) is a common Mexican dish served all over the country using ingredients found locally. I combined a few recipes and the results were (read full article)
A long time ago, a friend of the family gave my mom a box full of that friend's mother-in-law's old recipes. The mother-in-law was a housekeeper for a well-to-do family in Cincinnati, OH from the 1920s to the 1940s. The bo (read full article)
There are some foods that send me right back to my childhood (winter squash, banana cake, and liver & onions). Some dishes take me to my grandparents' house (roast chicken, boiled potatoes & gravy, green beans and apple pie), some take me to (read full article)
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