Today’s recipe is a perfect example of mistakes made better! Maybe not so perfect as the one where the guy inadvertently dipped a piece of chocolate into peanut butter and gave us Reese’s, but it is a good lesson in kitchen improvisation. And, I’m sharing this one with you because, well, it worked. I was chatting with Sam the Butcher…
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Overnight Oatmeal
I don’t know about you, but breakfast isn’t always our most important meal of the day. Trying to feed four, sleepy Littles breakfast at 6:30 am before they rush out the door to school puts a damper on the whole make-breakfast-the-most-important-meal-of-the-day theory. I’ve been thinking a lot about the foods we are eating and how I can do a…
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Sunday Roast
Did you grow up with a Sunday tradition of pot roast for supper? It wasn’t a ritual of my childhood, but according to Husband pot roast and Sundays go hand in hand. His mother made a roast every Sunday. Or so he remembers. Recently, Husband’s mother moved to be near us and we’ve enjoyed spending more time with her, especially…
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Roasted Butternut Squash Salad
I found this recipe in a Costco magazine I received during the holidays. I’ve made the salad two or three times and it is a keeper. It can stand alone as a meal, or add your favorite protein. I’ve served the salad different ways and can’t decide if I like it better with grilled salmon or shrimp. Try it and…
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Sweet Potato Bites
Truth is we’re still strung out on a high-fructose corn syrup high. You can imagine the mother load of candy four Littles rack up on Halloween. I’ve heard some mother’s offer to pay their children a coin or two for each piece of candy in an attempt to rid the burden. Friends, I’m not that rich. Coins or not, we…
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French Lentil Soup
You seriously cannot imagine how many bunches of fresh spring greens arrive each week in my bushel of goods from Tecolote Farm. I made this recipe last week using collard greens and it was such a hit that I’m making the hearty, healthy soup again at this very moment. How is that for real-time blogging? I wish I knew how…
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