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Chefs Bean and Sausage soup
Soups and Stews are some of my favorite foods. I’ve been eating this soup since I was about 8 years old, maybe even before that. It’s a real stick to your ribs meal. This is one of those old country...
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Chefs No Cream, Cream of Mushroom Soup
So you love cream of mushroom soup but can’t take all that cream anymore. This soup is your answer. Even our son, who doesn’t like mushrooms, loves this soup. The only dairy in this soup is the butter....
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Chocolate Gingerbread Cake
When it comes to Christmas desserts; I think I’ve eaten all of them, or I’ve baked most of them. Even the ones I did not grow up with, the ones I married into or read about from different cultures. And...
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M O U S E : A small rodent with a thin tail and whiskers, partial to cheese and scurrying. Famous relatives live and work at the Magic Kingdom USA. I remember, as a young girl, being taken to an ice...
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Cranberry and Orange Relish
Jen and I didn’t like the canned jellied blob of cranberry sauce that most people have. You know the one. Tastes like the can and sweeter than candy. We wanted something fresh tasting with a different...
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Home Cured Salmon
At least once a year I make eggs benedict for Jen and I, usually on new years morning. Jen loves to have cured salmon on hers. So this year I decided to make my own cured salmon for a fresher taste....
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It’s wonderful when you have recipes in your repertoire that have been passed down through your family. I don’t have as many a Chef does, but the ones I do have are well loved by my entire extended...
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“Come to the Dark Side Cookies”
“Come to the Dark Side Cookies” aka: Oatmeal and Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1/3 cup packed brown...
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Adventures in Sourdough Bread
I’m not sure why the art of bread making has been lost to home cooks. I understand it takes time ,and for the most part we have precious little of it these days. But if you break down a bread making...
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Chocolate Bacon Praline Shortbread Cookies
For the cookie: 2 cups of all purpose flour 1 cup of softened butter (unsalted) 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 tsp of salt For the Praline: 3/4 cup of granulated sugar 4 rashers of bacon pinch of...
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Red Tin Recipe Box
Shortly after my Grandmothers’ passing, my Aunt sent me various and assorted ceramic nicknacks, old photo albums and a red tin recipe box. Part of my share of her estate. This small unassuming box,...
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Red Tin Recipe Box :Tomato Catsup
Catsup, Ketchup. Tomato, Tamato. A condiment consisting of pureed tomatoes, onions, vinegar,sugar,spices, etc. The very thing no french fry can live without, no hot dog or burger either. Why so we...
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I do not understand the bread phobic. Carb avoiders baffle me. The truly gluten intolerant I get, but the rest of you… Who amongst you can resist a freshly baked loaf? Well, not me. I love bread with a...
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The following recipe calls for an active starter, and by active I mean vigorous. Mine has habit of oozing out of her jar and across the counter. Giving yourself enough time, you can sinc your bread...
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Cranberry and Orange Relish
Jen and I didn’t like the canned jellied blob of cranberry sauce that most people have. You know the one. Tastes like the can and sweeter than candy. We wanted something fresh tasting with a different...
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Home Cured Salmon
At least once a year I make eggs benedict for Jen and I, usually on new years morning. Jen loves to have cured salmon on hers. So this year I decided to make my own cured salmon for a fresher taste....
View ArticleSausage and Mushroom stuffing
It’s wonderful when you have recipes in your repertoire that have been passed down through your family. I don’t have as many a Chef does, but the ones I do have are well loved by my entire extended...
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“Come to the Dark Side Cookies”
“Come to the Dark Side Cookies” aka: Oatmeal and Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1/3 cup packed brown...
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