Tag Archives: Pecans

Devil’s Rain Salad (NICE!)

I was minding my own bidness, reading a mystery, when one of the main characters starts preparing dinner: grilled steaks, twice baked potatoes, and Devil’s Rain Salad. A quick search of da Google told me that it was a spicy, … Continue reading

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Grilled Peach and Blue Cheese Salad

Dead simple to toss together, simply delicious, and deliciously festive for any summer gathering, this salad, from the nice folk at Southern Living, s gonna be a regular menu selection around here as long as the fresh peaches last. Looking … 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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Parfait! Nuts (spiced & roasted) to You!

Yep… it’s the time of year to arrive at folks’ homes bearing gifts. Or mebbe invite folks into your own home for a bit of festive merry-making. Or mebbe even put a little sumpin’ sumpin’ in teh mail for folk … Continue reading

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Best! Spiced, Candied Pecans

Nice nuts! I’ve posted a version of this recipe before that uses walnuts, and it was good. Walnuts, for this recipe, are a little less fussy, but I’ve made a few changes; first, in how I can now quickly and … Continue reading

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Nuts; Salted, Spiced, and Nicely Candied

Everyone, it would seem, has a recipe for seasoned and candied nuts – I have about a dozen in my files, came across a few more this past week, and have a pretty decent recipe already posted – but, it … Continue reading

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

When I opened up the Sunday Parade Supplement a few weeks back and came across this recipe from Alicia Silverstone, I knew I was gonna be trying it: chocolate and peanut butter and graham crackers and dairy free (if you … Continue reading

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Pecans (or Walnuts), Candied and Spiced

A friend of mine was recently bemoaning the bother of blanching nuts, and I must confess that I was confused – I have found this method to be almost ridiculously easy. Now, admittedly, he was talking about almonds, which I … Continue reading

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Parfait! Cranberry Relish (but not Julia’s)

Folk who know me also know that I have been making Julia Child’s Cranberry Relish at the holidays for about 30 years. I’ve taken a few detours from time to time; cranberry-chipotle relish is a truly good thing with turkey … Continue reading

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Baked Salmon With Toasted Pecan Relish

*Sigh* It’s a kinda long story. This was supposed to be ‘roasted salmon with walnut-pepper relish’ from the nice folk at foodnetwork.com; but I had wild salmon filets, not a 2 to 3 pound piece. OK, no worries, it’ll be … Continue reading

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