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I had a rough day at work the other day. Because of a snowstorm, I decided to bail out on my regular knitting night. Unfortunately, I didn’t have many groceries at home for dinner and I wasn’t in the mood to shop for any either. I was counting on going out to dinner that night, [...]
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I bought a 5-qt cast iron Dutch oven sometime last summer, but never got around to using it. However, with the crazy cold winter snow this weekend, I got around to making something really tasty.
I braised some chicken thighs with carrots and potatoes, very similar to coq au vin without an old rooster and long [...]
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I say it’s stupidly easy because it’s what I make on the first night of every camping trip. It’s a basic brown stew variation. When my boyfriend first asked me about making the stew I had to lookup recipes to see how I could modify them for a camping trip. You can’t have your whole [...]
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@mapgirlsfc 1c AP flour/1.5T bking pwdr/1T sugar/2T cold butter/enuf milk to bind. Roll out 3/4″ thick, cut biscuits. Bake 10-15mins@450F. Cool&split
@mapgirlsfc 1pint berries/.25c sugar/.25c H2O/boil gently. 3T cold H2O/.2t cornstarch/2-3T sugar/stir & pour into pot. Mash fruit, boil till thick.
@mapgirlsfc Fork split cool biscuits. Stack: Bisc bottom, fresh berries, sauce, bisc top, sauce, whipped cream. [...]
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Leigh from My Gross Habits Net Income requests that I post my savory bread pudding recipe.
First, a quick description of bread pudding. Key part: “It is made using stale (usually left-over) bread, suet, egg, sugar or golden syrup, spices, and dried fruit.” [emphasis mine]
Normally it’s a dessert and I’ve certainly sold enough of them at [...]
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It’s been 2 years since I wrote my $3.99 Rotisserie Chicken post. Sadly, Harris Teeter has succumbed to inflation and that same chicken now costs $4.99. But you can still do plenty with it.
This time, I’m writing about a $7 chicken I cooked at home. I would have gotten the organic chicken instead but it [...]
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Over the holidays my sister made us shepherd’s pie. While I was in San Francisco last week, she made it for me again. It is really tasty stuff and easy to make. It’s also fairly cheap too. Boyfriend usually doesn’t eat meat at home, but he ate the meatarian shepherd’s pie my sister made and [...]
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The one dish my boyfriend makes for me that I always love is his pizza. He makes his own dough from scratch and the sauce is Don Pepino’s. The sauce is so good, we eat the dregs cold out of the can after we’ve finished making the pizza. It’s zesty and delicious.
Boyfriend once said to [...]
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With permission, my blogpal, Johno from the Minstry of Minor Perfidy, has allowed me to reprint his original recipe for whole wheat bread. Try baking it on the weekend. Start in the morning and have loaves ready by dinner time! It is a commitment, but it’s worth it. Lately I’ve made it with a cup [...]
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Inspired by Mrs. Micah’s recipe. This is a recipe for a 1.5 qt crockpot, the small, single person kind.
Sausage Lentil Stew
2 fresh sausages or 1/3-1/2 lbs of sausage meat
1/4 c diced onion
1-1.5 cups dried lentils
2 cloves of garlic
2-4 whole, unsulfured sundried tomatoes
1-1.25 qts UNSALTED chicken stock (that’s 4-5 cups)
1 c water, if needed
1. Get fresh [...]
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