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Pumpkin Tomato Meat Sauce
About a year and a half ago, I bought a jar of Butternut Squash pasta sauce at our local Aldi Market. It was so good, crazy good, so I went back the day after we had it and bought the ten remaining jars on the shelf. Unfortunately, those ten jars were the last I ever got…
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Leftover Reinvention Update
I am happy to report the leftover reinvention was a success! The family and I enjoyed it and even had seconds, the real test of how much something is enjoyed at my house. I added white cheddar cheese and a couple of eggs to the bechamel sauce sauce on top (so it was a bit of a…
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Leftover Reinvention
I made pork fried rice on Saturday, and had a few cups of leftover brown rice, because I always make extra. I also had a leftover red bell pepper, sliced mushrooms and carrots from our Super Bowl 50 shindig. After digging through the fridge, freezer and pantry, I pulled out an onion, garlic, half a big block of white…
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Does absence really make the heart grow fonder?
Only time will tell… I have been absent from my lovely little foodie blog for several years due to a career change, which involved some crazy work hours. Admittedly, most of those crazy hours were by choice, since I loved the work (web and software development). But after three and a half years, it was…
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New Cookbooks!
I know it has been a long while, but I’ve missed my blog and thought it was time to reconnect. What better way to start up again then with a post about the arrival of two new cookbooks! Ok, I purchased one in person while in El Paso, TX last week, “Very Fond…
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Christmas Cookies Baking Blitz!
It’s that time of year when I drag out all of my cookie cookbooks, magazines and booklets. My favorite is the Pillsbury “Bake Off,” which my mother always used when I was a kid. She gave it to me when I got married, and then one year, my husband threw it away, “accidentally.” Well, luckily,…
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Impromptu Creamy Acorn Squash and Fettuccine
It was one of those nights when I needed to make dinner with whatever I could find in the pantry. The Acorn Squash was calling out to me so I decided to start with that. I had some turkey bacon, dried cranberries, pecans, celery, a small block of Americana Grana, (a hard cheese,…
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My Dad’s Guacamole
My father makes the best guacamole on the planet. No, really, it is the best I’ve ever had, and I’ve tried a LOT of guacamole in my lifetime! He doesn’t put a bunch of things in it that take away from the heavenly taste of the avocado. When he makes it, it disappears quickly, no…
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Jamaican Banana Bread
I have been dying to make this Jamaican Banana Bread for a while now. I don’t know why, since I have never eaten it nor made it before. But it the recipe just sounds so tropical with the coconut and rum, I think that must be it, especially at this time of year,…
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Drive-by Story People by Brian Andreas
I discovered Story People by artist Brian Andreas when we lived in Austin, Texas, another lifetime ago. I was in a cute little gallery on 6th Street that carried some Story People books and prints. As I leafed through the little books, I giggled out loud. These colorful and childish drawings paired with humorous, wondrous…
Every Pan in the House
I read cookbooks in bed…seriously.
Every Pan in the House 