Brown Rice Stir-Fry
It turned out to be particularly ironic that my son volunteered to make a brown rice stir fry today, first because I forgot to point out that the brown rice
04/13/15
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Category: Recipes
Gnocchi
Gnocchi is a versatile little potato dumpling with trademark grooves on one side. Homemade gnocchi is worth the effort once in a while, just like all homemade pasta and dumplings.
04/11/15
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Vegetable Soup Base
Here are some ideas for vegetable stock and soup base from my neighbors. My next door neighbor saw one of my blog posts where I deposited the tough ends of
04/10/15
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Creative Polenta
After Tony was successful making polenta, he searched online for other ways of serving polenta and found a breakfast casserole that we modified. We like having breakfast for dinner on
04/09/15
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Risotto
I’m not going to say how old I was the first time I tried risotto, but I can tell you it was in the past year! It tastes so much
04/08/15
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Twice Baked Potatoes
Another dinner from my daughter the potato fan. Show the kids how to cut the whole potato to eat it including the skin, not just the filling, since most of
04/06/15
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Easter Traditions
Happy Easter! We don’t have any particular food traditions in our family for Easter, how about you? I always make deviled eggs for an appetizer, but anything goes as far
04/05/15
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Young Cooks
When kids start cooking, the first few times they can build their self-confidence by making something healthy in their comfort zone. When my son first made dinner we bought hot
04/03/15
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Frittata Strata?
What’s the difference between a quiche, strata, or frittata? So far we’ve made a quiche, which usually has a bottom crust filled with a baked custard of creamy eggs and
04/02/15
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Creative Cooking
My daughter said one time that she likes it better when I am home when she cooks because she doesn’t have to worry about making a mistake. One reason not
03/31/15
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