Monthly Archives: March 2014

Hot (& Sweet) Chili Sauce

Here’s a quick little sumpin sumpin to start the week – a hot sauce that may very well (in my not-so-humble opinion) be THE HOT SAUCE for all of your hot saucin’ needs. I’ve added this to everything from asparagus … Continue reading

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Parfait! Butter Fried Rib Eye Steak

Steak. Steak and butter. Steak and butter and ‘shrooms. Steak and butter and ‘shrooms and blue cheese and brandy. A good steak really doesn’t need anything more than a hot pan, bit of butter, and salt and pepper; but this … Continue reading

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‘Shroom Soup Substitute

So… you’re all set to make a casserole of some sort. You’ve gathered the ingredients, preheated the oven, and are ready to go, but… No mushroom soup in the friendly red and white can? No problem! Here’s how, with nothing … Continue reading

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The Doris Project (TDP) Week 10: Church Chicken Curry Casserole

This week’s Doris Project comes to us, I am pretty certain, from some church supper somewhere – the recipe was typed and then copied, as if for folk who ask for it, and mom has been to a fair amount … Continue reading

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Baked Penne (With Vodka Sauce)

As I was saying in yesterday’s post, Rich had a taste for baked penne, and as I was surfing around da Google, I kept coming back to the idea of baked penne with vodka sauce, which just so happens to … Continue reading

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Vodka Sauce

Rich was in the mood for a little sumpin sumpin baked penne, so I went to da Google to see what looked interesting… Hmmm, vodka sauce? Yeh, vodka sauce could be good, and then I found a version that called … Continue reading

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Parfait! Sherry Peppers Chicken Wings

What’s not to love about nicely spiced chicken wings? OK, mebbe the frying in the fat bit, and then all the stuff that goes into the dipping sauces, but… what if you could have some mighty fine chicken wings that’re … Continue reading

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Party Bread!

We have a friend that brings these amazing little cucumber sammiches on cunningly shaped slices of home baked bread to gatherings, which got me to thinking about how I needed to get me some of those bread molds; so I … Continue reading

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The Doris Project (TDP) Week 9: Date Nut Bread

One of the cool things about rifling through a big bag o’ recipes and notes gathered by someone else is that you’re never quite certain exactly where they’ll lead. I had a pound of dates I’d picked up for another … Continue reading

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Cauliflower Caponata

Cauliflower has been showing up in a lot of recipes of late – even right here on this blog – from my own Ciao Piccolo to ‘bread sticks‘ to soup, to smashed like potatoes to a pretty darned tasty gratin; … Continue reading

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