Recipes
We love sharing our favorite recipe development adventures with you! Our approach may be a little different than most bloggers, as we’re constantly tweaking and adjusting our recipes to suit our taste or to make them suitable for a variety of diets. We use this blog to note what we like and don’t like and where we plan to make adjustments in the future. So if you try something and have a suggestion, please let us know!
Favorite Chicken Pot Pie
For some strange reason, maybe the change of the seasons, the slight chill in the air, the promise of rain... who knows, hubby brings up the subject of chicken pot pie for dinner. While out and about he goes out in search of something for dinner and reports back that...
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Hot and Sour Soup with Bok Choy
I love the flavor of a traditional Chinese Hot and Sour Soup. For many years, we've ordered this soup from one of our favorite Chinese restaurants, but while the flavors are amazing, I've never enjoyed the texture of these soups. I finally realized I have a problem...
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Creamy Chicken, Cheddar and Brown Rice Casserole
Winner winner (leftover chicken) dinner! Roast or grilled chicken meets cooked brown rice with a cheesy broth-based sauce to make a yummy, easy comfort food perfect for a weeknight supper. Connor said it reminded him of risotto, and I have to agree. This easy...
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Lots-of-Lemon Lemon Bars
Mmmm... lemon. Love it! Lemon adds so much to so many dishes. But I love recipes where lemon is the star, like in these lemon bars. I've made a few lemon bars over the years, from a variety of recipes. Some have turned out, well, not so great. Sometimes the lemon...
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Ginger Persimmon Relish (Salsa)
Well, the persimmons are still clinging to the leafless Fuyu tree, so still working on new recipes to use these lovely fruits. Now they are getting a bit softer, but many are still very firm, just with a bit more give than earlier in the season. So tonight we were...
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Chipotle Turkey Tamale Pie
I absolutely love tamales, and while I've been a very happy and willing participant in tamale making assembly lines, I've not attempted that yet on my own. And it's not on my list to do any time soon. I have so much respect and admiration for people who regularly turn...
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Roasted Root Vegetables
When I have a few different root veggies that need to be used, this roasted vegetable dish is our go to. In our CSA box the last couple weeks we've been getting turnips, beets, sweet potatoes and onions. Since I had a few carrots too I figured why not roast them all...
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New Year’s Day Black-Eyed Pea Soup
We have only a few traditions for New Year's, and this is one of them. I don't remember how it started, but I heard that eating black-eyed peas on New Year's Day was supposed to be good luck, so why the heck not!? Gotta cover all the bases, especially these days! And...
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Favorite Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Christmas time again, and I had to make my firstborn's favorite holiday cookie... Chocolate Crinkles. Yes, Joe loves these cookies! But, I've collected a number of recipes for this classic cookie, and each year I've had to test a few to find our favorite. And then...
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Thai Inspired Baked Chicken Thighs
I absolutely love the flavors in Thai food, and I could probably eat Thai food every day. But since we're still hanging out at home for the most part, I'm looking for easy ways to incorporate my favorite ethnic flavors into our regular meals. This one fills the bill....
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Swedish Pepparkakor (Traditional Gingersnap Cookies)
These Pepparkakor are the very thin, crispy, spicy type of gingersnaps that are my absolute favorite cookies for Christmas time. The literal translation is Pepper Cakes, but as far as I can tell the Swedish word kakor is used to refer to cookies, biscuits, cakes or...
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Chicken, Bok Choy and Mushroom Stir Fry
So this week I received several bunches of baby bok choy in my CSA box. Lovely little green veggie! Absolutely adorable, actually. And also received a bunch of carrots and more onions and garlic. So it begged the question, what to do with these lovelies? Well, with...
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