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For the Holidays - 5 New Appetizers
Just think, in 2½ weeks and we in the US will be celebrating Labor Day! Then Halloween and Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years! Don't blink 'cause you'll miss them! Here are five suggestions for appetizers for the parties you will be having or wil (read full article)
Grandma’s Chocolate Glaze for Yellow Cake
Last week we lost a very dear member of our family, Ryan’s Grandma Dolores passed away. While she had been sick for a while, it doesn’t make it any easier dealing with the loss. We will all miss her smile. We will all miss her hugs. We w (read full article)
A Year of Celebrations (& a Giveaway)
Camping We all know the major holidays to celebrate, but what about all those days in between? Life is full of reasons to celebrate. Even if there isn’t a holiday in sight, there is always a reason to gather with the ones you love. (read full article)
Washington Wines Stand the Test of Time
Cadence, Leonetti, and Northstar Wines Over the course of the year we’ve opened up some Washington wines that have been doing time. Not hard time, but around a decade of aging give or take. So far we’ve been very fortunate and discovered (read full article)
Fudge & Banana Custard Pie
“I don’t think a really good pie can be made without a dozen or so children peeking over your shoulder as you stoop to look in at it every little while.” — John Gould Ok, so maybe I don’t have a dozen (read full article)
Summer Plan Update
I wound up with 9, count 'em, 9 Extra Care dollars this week. Which, naturally, I did not use to buy real food. Instead, I spent them ALL on junk food. Hopefully that'll last me a while. Because really, it's a lot. New rule: Even when I have lots of (read full article)
Cranberry Beef
Cranberry is a new flavor for me. I gave it a try for the first time last Thanksgiving. I looked around for more ideas using cranberry and found some people use the same recipe with beef as the cranberry chicken recipe linked above. Cr (read full article)
Sweet and White Mashed Potato Swirl
Traditional mashed potatoes are comfort food for me. Adding sweet potatoes makes them so much more interesting and breaks the monotony of plain mashed potatoes. On the other hand, a dish of 100% sweet potatoes can be cloying and somehow seems to (read full article)
SUGAR COOKIE BARS
Ingredients Cookies 1 cup butter, softened 2 cups sugar 4 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla 5 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking soda Frosting 1/2 cup butter, room temperature 4 ounces cream cheese, softened 1 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract (read full article)
Berry Buckle
Submitted by Monica Fawver Serves 6-8 2 c. flour 2½ tsp baking powder ¼ tsp salt ½ c. shortening ¾ c. sugar 1 egg ½ c. milk 2 c. fresh or frozen berries ½ c. flour ½ c. sugar ½ tsp ground cinnamon ¼ c. b (read full article)
CSN Stores $80 Giveaway Extravaganza!!!
CSN Stores has generously offered one of YOU an $80 gift card to use in ANY of their stores. I already have the gift card code and it will be delivered via email. This giveaway will be open to anywhere CSN delivers so if you live outside the US (read full article)
Better Roast Chicken, the Real Man Way: Cinnamon Curry Beer-Can Chicken
Who doesn’t like roast chicken? It’s a favorite, naturally. And since the invention of Beer-Can Chicken, even Real Men have enjoyed their roasted bird, because it involves drinking beer, setting fires, scorching animals and eating with t (read full article)
Cranberry Sauce Recipe
An easy cranberry sauce recipe to serve for a fall brunch menu or traditional Thanksgiving meal. Made with fresh cranberries, sugar, and cinnamon, it is a nice change from canned cranberries. (read full article)
Two Kids Cooking TV: 2 Kids Turkey Meatballs (Rerun)
This week we’re rerunning one of our Thanksgiving episodes–Turkey Meatballs. Meatballs are not only easy to make with kids, but they’re fun too. All that squishing of meat and forming into balls–need I say more. Enjoy the sho (read full article)
Chicken Paillard
I think Chicken Paillard might be the only chicken recipe where I can support using boneless skinless chicken breast. It’s inadequacies are well documented, but to put it in a nutshell, boneless skinless chicken breast has the power to turn ev (read full article)
sweet & salty cake
sweet & salty cake just when i think nothing else can go wrong... my camera went kaput. dead - gone - done. the guy at that repair shop said i wore out the shutter. i loved that camera. i loved the way it felt in my hands. i loved what i was (read full article)
How To Tell When Meat Is Done
I had a question on the grilled pork recipe below. How do you tell when the pork is done? Do you cut into it to see how pink it is? No!Answer: Neat trick that works well with pork or beef. Use either hand.1). Relax the thumb and feel the muscle (on a (read full article)
Classic Chocolate Fudge Brownies
The way I got this recipe is quite a memorable incident. I was newly married and was exploring my talents in the kitchen. I did not know anything about baking yet. For me, in those days, baking was something which bakers did at the shops along with (read full article)
roasted red pepper and kalamata olive pasta sauce
Sis and Mom were thrilled with the dinner party. “You can do this anytime,” they cooed conspiratorially, and they began plotting holiday schedules. “Thanksgiving, Christmas…no, Mom will still do Christmas…Easter….” I h (read full article)
National Waiter and Waitress Day 2010
…are they kidding? This is a great country for so many more reasons than I could ever name, especially here. We celebrate political, religious, cultural and sexual diversity in every form. We even go so far as to name a “special day” (read full article)
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