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Category: Recipes

Garnished Cucumber soup on plate with vegie taco

White House Cucumber Soup

Today I had to clean the counter which meant moving a pile of cookbooks, magazines, and recipe notes. One of the cookbooks is Cooking for Heroes and was handed out

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chili in bowl with avocado and sour cream topping

Vegetarian Chili with Pasta

Slow cooker (crockpot) recipes can really save you from a lot of stress around the dinner hour. Usually you dump everything in the pot and turn it on, so they

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roasted snap peas

Roasted Beans or Snap Peas

Tony spoke the famous words tonight, “There’s no way I can mess this up.” First, the menu for today had green beans on it. Then my son’s camp van got

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Serving dish with vegetarian tacos

Pow Wow and Vegetarian Tacos

I saw on Facebook that my neighbor and friend was going to the Howard County Fairgrounds for the weekend Pow Wow. He has a Native American jewelry and arts shop

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place setting with prepared mushroom burger, cucumber salad, and glass of wine

Grilled Portobello Burgers

When I first heard of portobello burgers, I thought it sounded like mushroom overload, but they actually taste remarkably like regular burgers. In fact, most places call them mushroom steaks

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sliced calzone on platter

Giant Calzone

Finally got around to making the calzone that I promised last month. My mother-in-law made these with Italian sausage instead of the spinach. I got a late start so I

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baked date bars on plate

Common Market and Date Bars

There’s a natural food store and café in Frederick, MD, called Common Market that has been there since 1974. It’s similar to Whole Foods except more focused on small local

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Lamb Steak Marinade

Today was a weird day to make dinner because one kid is at overnight camp and the other one had to work during the dinner hour. I had to cook

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foil wrapped around sliced vegies

Grilled Onion Mushroom Topping

Today my son’s summer overnight camp in Gambrill State Park had parents’ visiting day. Parents were supposed to bring a dish to share for lunch. Everyone in his unit (besides

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