Monthly Archives: January 2014

Parfait! Onion Soup

Nicely spiced – in fact, I almost thought I’d made this batch too spicy, but after adding toasted garlic bread, slicing really, really nice Gruyère over the top, and running it all under the broiler it was perfect! – and … Continue reading

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Bacon Cheddar Cheese Monkey Bread

This recipe (from the very nice folk at Betty Crocker) showed up in my email sometime last fall, and I quickly stashed it in my ‘try this’ recipe file. “A fine fall dinner go-with” I thought. Then “mebbe for the … Continue reading

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The Doris Project (TDP) Week 2: Roasted Broccoli & Garlic Pasta

Your choice of pasta, cooked and tossed with freshly roasted broccoli, garlic, and walnuts along with a wee, tiny bit of butter and some Parmesan cheese. Nice, and wicked simple to put together; this dinner idea from the big bag … Continue reading

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Pork With Plum Sauce and Vinegar

On our last trip to Costco, we brought home a kindofa huge pork roast, which I cut in half before bagging and freezing. I was thinking mebbe a Thai Pork Stew would be nice, and perhaps one of those Bacon … Continue reading

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Taking Stock (and making it better)

Good soup starts with good soup stock. A simple rule, and simply followed… but! What if you don’t have good soup stock on hand? Or, what if you happen to have some pretty decent soup stock from the market, but … Continue reading

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Parfait! The Cheeez of Threes (rescue is at hand!)

So. You’ve made it through the holidays, with all the forced merriment and gatherings and heavy foods and such, and now you’re settin’ back and looking forward to the REAL deal holiday – The Super Thing-y. (Surprise) Note: we don’t … Continue reading

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Beans, Beans, They’re Good.

Indeed they are! High in fiber, low in fat, and (mostly) just plain tasty! Obviously, they’re best if started from dried, soaked, then boiled, then seasoned and slowly cooked until they’ve reached silky soft, tasty perfection. But, I don’t always … Continue reading

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The Doris Project (TDP) Week 1: Beef in a Bread Bowl

Here’s the first recipe based on the big bag o’ recipes given me by my mom-in-law, Doris, over the holidays, and it was a pretty popular one at a recent gathering around about here, tho’ Rich and I both believe … Continue reading

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Honey Bourbon Barbecue Pork Ribs

Ribs are always a welcome dinner choice in our house – whether Korean-style beef short ribs, cherry cola barbecue ribs, or any number of other variations – just type ‘ribs’ into the search box just above ‘He said WHAT?’ at … Continue reading

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O’Buzzy Bars

In reality, these are just corn flake and peanut butter bars, spread in a glass baking pan and then topped with melted chocolate. The corn flake bars are called just that. Top ’em with melted chocolate chips, and you get … Continue reading

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