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Experimental Cooking: Chocolate Chocolate-Chip Cookies

I can’t follow directions very well, we know this. Halfway through making regular chocolate-chip cookies I was inspired to add more chocolatey-goodness. So I modified it. Results below: Chocolate-chocolate chip cookies Makes about 2 1/2 dozen Ingredients 2 1/4c flour … Continue reading

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Experimental Cooking and other things…

So tonight is more experimental cooking. I am mixing beef, yellow curry mix (with Jamaican flair), onions, orange bell pepper, frozen mixed veggies, cream, and flour (thickener) and making some kind of curry-ish-gravy to put over rice. I am not … Continue reading

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The BEST bowl of malt-o-meal EVER

Okay, So I know this isn’t the best topic to start with, but I can’t get it off my mind. Tonight I am home sick, and didn’t feel like making a proper meal. The only thing that caught my eye … Continue reading

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Foods from Childhood: Mamma’s Apple Pie Filling

Okay, here you go! Here is the pie recipe I have been promising you. Smelling or baking it takes me back to my childhood, stirring crust, rolling out the crust, and using the apple-corer-peeler to bake pie with my Mamma. … Continue reading

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Foods From Childhood: Grandma Bennett’s Simple Pie Crust

Before making any pie, you need to start with the right crust. My mamma used the same pie crust for berry and fruit pies. She learned the recipe from her Mamma. It was simple, used few ingredients, and was really … Continue reading

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Eat Here! Namaste Indian Cuisine

Sometimes you have those impulses. You know, the ones that are so strong you fight them for a few seconds before giving in with passion and enthusiasm. Driving back towards my house on Friday from downtown Portland, I had one … Continue reading

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Getting in the Holiday Spirit! ~~Eggnog Recipe~~

Last post I discussed Thanksgiving (despite it being over)… Now, it is time to look forward to the Winter holidays. Now, winter holidays I tend to celebrate are Christmas and New Year’s.  There are a few dishes that grace the … Continue reading

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Sauteed Swiss Chard with Parmesan (… or not)

Sauteed Swiss Chard with Parmesan Ingredients: 2T Butter 2T Olive oil 1T Minced garlic (more is great!) 1/2 sm onion, diced 1 bunch swiss chard (We used rainbow! Stems and center ribs cut out and chopped together, leaves coarsely chopped … Continue reading

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Experimental Cooking: Salmon and Dumplings.

Mother-in-law and I were pondering a dinner we could make with already-cooked salmon (we had lots!). Sitting on the couch and thinking, we both had the thought, “Salmon and Dumplings.” It was fun, we were on the same wavelength pretty … Continue reading

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Experimental cooking: Honey-Glazed Salmon

Yup, that day was another experimental cooking day. I was looking at salmon recipes online and saw that there were quite a few with a honey glaze with ginger. I am not much of a fan of ginger, so I … Continue reading

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