Winter is here, and with it comes my favorite, soup season. Second only to cooking with cognac season. The best soups start with bones, so as you bake those holiday hams, chickens, and turkeys – be planning your best soups yet! Beans are another food group I didn’t consume until at least 25, so in […]
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Turkey Chili is new to my repertoire this year, but it has been extremely well received by both family and guests. I like that this one serves equally well as leftovers both in taste and presentation. Plus the bonus of it being a one pan, one dish meal. Chili, like tortilla soup, seems to be […]
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I created this side dish for a different, healthy, light choice to replace our usual suspects. If you haven’t jumped on the quinoa(pronounced keen-wa) bandwagon yet, you should. Are you a vegetarian? Do you tend towards high blood sugar? Are you looking to add iron, folic acid, or fiber to your diet? Are you exploring […]
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Cannellini Beans are ubiquitous this year. I’ve been talking to anyone who will listen about this years food trends. Reading as many food lits as I do, each year seems to garner ingredient trends. This year I see cannellini beans everywhere, along with smoked paprika – well smoked things in general. I’ll remember more later, […]
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Tonight’s Recipe: Leftover Turkey with Creamed Spinach and Lentils If you’ve been following along, you might be wondering what happened to the 12.5 lb turkey. We aren’t an army, just four people, and two of them sometimes refuse to eat anything but Veggie Booty. With the leftovers, we had some turkey sandwiches, tonight’s menu, and […]
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