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Pasta Salad With a Thai-Style Peanut Dressing

To go with our Vietnamese-style barbecued beef short ribs, I made a Thai-style pasta salad that was loaded with flavor. I used frozen cheese-filled tortellini, but you could use just about any type of pasta you like. The only thing … Continue reading

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Carne Asada Sweet Potato Fries (With Tots!)

Tasty, marinated and grilled or roasted beef is served over sweet potato fries with roasted onion, roasted red pepper, jalapeñoes; then topped with diced fresh tomato, scallions, and shredded cheese. The tots were just a courtesy detail. And, because I … Continue reading

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Wilted Green Beans

One thing I always search out in the Sunday paper (other than the coupons, gotta love the coupons!) is Leah Eskin’s column; she shares a story along with a recipe, and I very often decide that yes, I will be … Continue reading

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Grilled Chuck Steak and a FINE Marinade

It is well known that I am a sucker for a deal; so when I came across this packet of chuck steak at the market with a $3 off coupon on it, there was absolutely no doubt it’d be coming … Continue reading

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Asparagus With Balsamic Butter

Asparagus is one of my all-time favorite foods, and now, while it only costs around $1 per pound, I am hard pressed to not pick up a bunch whenever I’m at the market. So, to keep Rich from turning green … Continue reading

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Sesame Salad Dressing

Looks tasty, no? It is! And best of all, it’s really quite simple: add a bag of chilled mixed lettuce greens to a bowl, then dress with a dastardly simple dressing made with sesame oil(s), rice vinegar, lower sodium soy … Continue reading

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A String of Pearls…

Southern Living magazine called this recipe from a vintage Junior League of Lousiville cookbook the “little black dress” of marinades, because it goes with just about everything; but I think it much more akin to that classic mid-century iridescent adornment … Continue reading

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Country-Style Ribs With a Citrus-Soy Barbecue Sauce

The original version of this recipe called these ‘Chinese-Style’ ribs and cooked them in the Crock Pot. I couldn’t really see anything ‘Chinese’ about it, except for mebbe the soy sauce, sesame oil, and ginger, and am not a huge … Continue reading

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Citrus-Sesame Chicken Wings

A lot of chicken wings are prepared by frying, and given a Buffalo-style hot sauce. These wings, based on a recipe from Emeril Lagasse (I begin to regret my former epithet for him), are first nicely seasoned and baked for … Continue reading

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Chop Suey

I had been doing a search for ground beef recipes on bigoven.com, and came across one for chop suey that reminded of a version my mom made when I was a kid. Of course, my mom made hers with canned … Continue reading

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