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Scrambled Eggs with Bacon and Blue Cheese

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Prep Time:	5 Minutes
Cook Time:	10 Minutes

Ahhh.... blue cheese. I love you. Wisconsin has been super hot this week! We wanted to grill this week, but it was a little too hot. I had a breakfast dish similar to this a few weeks ago, and decided that this was the perfect opportunity for "brinner". I…

Blueberry Lemon Breakfast Cake from Gateways Inn & Restaurant, a BnBFinder listed inn

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Prep Time:	10 Minutes
Cook Time:	60 Minutes

Add a little zing to your breakfast with warm blueberry lemon breakfast cake from Gateways Inn & Restaurant in Lenox, MA, a BnBFinder listed inn.

Pancakes with Caramelized Peaches

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Prep Time:	10 Minutes
Cook Time:	15 Minutes

Most of the week I eat a quick breakfasts, just a toast witch cream cheese or a vegetarian sausage link, but not on Sundays . Sunday is a special day when you don’t have to feel bad about staying in bed till noon (except the fact that your dogs have bee…

Roast Tomato, Onion & Pumpkin Seed Salad

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Prep Time:	15 Minutes
Cook Time:	20 Minutes

We’re still experiencing cold Winter temperatures here in Tanzania, so the other day I was inspired to make this delicious warm salad for lunch. It comes from the August copy of the South African “Essentials” magazine, and I discovered it one n…

Vegetarian Toad in the Hole

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Prep Time:	5 Minutes
Cook Time:	10 Minutes

My mother made this just last week, and it was wonderful. She said she had made it before, but not where she got the recipe.

Chicken Gumbo with Andouille Sausage

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Prep Time:	0 Minutes
Cook Time:	120 Minutes

I love a good thick spicy gumbo. The restaurant I work at has the best gumbo ever. I wanted to recreate my own version to make and enjoy at home. In gumbo, roux is key and if burned or undercooked can result in not so good gumbo. Since my favorite gumbo f…

Crockpot Meatball Chili

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Prep Time:	15 Minutes
Cook Time:	0 Minutes

My husband really loves to bite into chewy food, including oatmeal raisin cookies and thick slabs of ham. A few years ago, I wanted to improve my chili recipe to give it more "biteable" substance. So I tried substituting meat balls for crumbly ground beef…

Mai Tai

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Prep Time:	5 Minutes
Cook Time:	0 Minutes

OK, so maybe it's not a meal, but if you've just come off the week I just had, you want one. Heck, you NEED one. Besides, what better time to enjoy a tropical drink than the middle of winter?

Southwestern Corn

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Prep Time:	5 Minutes
Cook Time:	20 Minutes

I used to make this at a restaurant I worked at for special occasions. I came up with it while trying different things for a party.

Simple Spicy Chicken Sandwich

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Prep Time:	5 Minutes
Cook Time:	10 Minutes

I made this for lunch this week and it was sooo easy and sooo yummy! (…and spicy too!) You could add lettuce and tomato too. For a healthier version you can substitute grilled chicken.

Patti's Famous Baked Steak

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Prep Time:	20 Minutes
Cook Time:	120 Minutes

This dish is my good friend Patti's. Whenever there is a gathering she is requested to make it. I made it for my family last week and they are already asking for it again.

Veggie Pizza Burgers

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Prep Time:	10 Minutes
Cook Time:	10 Minutes

This was a quick mid-week dinner one night...I kinda made it up as I went along...

Dogga's Quick and Easy Chocolate Chip Cake

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Prep Time:	10 Minutes
Cook Time:	30 Minutes

One day i wanted a snack, didnt have one in the house, so i went looking and saw that i only had cookie mix, and i wanted cake. I thought maybe if i added more milk and make it like cake mix it'll be like a cake. so i did so and have been making one a wee…

Baked Salmon

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Prep Time:	10 Minutes
Cook Time:	10 Minutes

While I was a cook at my home town restaurant, I learned some delicious seafood recipes.

Quinoa Pomegranate Goat Cheese Salad

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Prep Time:	5 Minutes
Cook Time:	0 Minutes

I make large batches of quinoa salad like this one on Sundays so that I have a weeks worth of healthy lunches to get me through the week.

Greek Pasta Salad

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Prep Time:	10 Minutes
Cook Time:	10 Minutes

I make this at least once every week. It's easy, delicious and you can always use leftovers in your lunch! The feta cheese really makes this dish delicious. If you don't like feta, you can substitute for other kinds of cheese as well.

Savory French Onion Soup

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Prep Time:	15 Minutes
Cook Time:	20 Minutes

This a good soup for the winter time. I learned to make this soup while learning to cook at my home town restaurant.

Baked Scottish Haddock with Mashed Potatoes

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Prep Time:	10 Minutes
Cook Time:	30 Minutes

This is a tasty dish that we fix up at our home once every few weeks. Haddock has such a beautiful taste, only to be perfectly complemented by a helping of nice, creamy mashed potato on the side. Fixing this dish up at home is much better than going out t…

Chocolate Brownies

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Prep Time:	10 Minutes
Cook Time:	20 Minutes

Chocolate brownies are one of my favorite desserts ever. They are so simple, yet nothing tastes better with a cold glass of milk, or topped off with some vanilla ice cream. Try this quick recipe tonight and your family will beg you to make them every we…

Tagliatelle Ubriacona

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Prep Time:	45 Minutes
Cook Time:	30 Minutes

An amazing creation from my favorite restaurant in Florence, Italy. Ubriacona (means drunkard in Italian) you can substitute the tagliatelle with anything really even risotto....sooooo good!!

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