Sometimes you need a meal you can pull together out of just what happens to be in your cabinets. This is one of those meals... The other day I found several jars of marinated mushrooms, at the Dollar Store of all places. I picked up several different kinds... the one here was a mix of different
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If you've never tried to make sushi rolls (maki) before, it's a fun thing to try... especially if you have a little helper like I did. It makes a great appetizer or first course for a dinner party--or add a salad or some steamed edamame, and I'd eat it for dinner by itself! It also could be fu
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I needed something fancy to decorate the equally fancy chocolate pie I was making for Valentine's day. I really like the look of a mound of chocolate curls haphazardly sprinkled over the top of a dessert, so I gathered my ingredients and quickly threw some together. Ingredients 2 oz. semi-sweet
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From Crumpets and Cakes - 2 ways to make Ginger Ale / Ginger Beer ... the fast way and the slow way! I've never made ginger ale... it does look tasty...! Here are two recipes for homemade ginger ale I tried recently. One is for the impatient (me) and the other for those, who don't mind waiting
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Dot's Note: I had to add the word 'effectively' to the title of this post because the nosy husband was reading over my shoulder, mocking me that freezing ground beef should just require putting it in the freezer. Sigh. Men. We're all looking for ways to stretch our food dollar these days, and a
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Summer is drawing to a close soon, and that means school will be starting! For August, Foodwhirl is looking for clever ideas for lunches to pack for school, and we know our readers have some... Do you have a great tip lunches that stay good in a lunchbox, or how to plan ahead for lunches for th
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I love eggplant... (Eggplant fried up nice and crispy is one my guilty pleasures!) so this take on a bite sized appetizer portion of eggplant parmasan at Talk of Tomatoes sounds pretty tasty! Bites, nibbles, crumbly blobs of Parmesan and breadcrumbs on small pieces of eggplant. This experiment mad
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Just checking in quickly to pass on a few more Fourth of July linky good ideas... Dessert and Drink ideas for the 4th of July from An Opera Singer in the Kitchen Creative July 4th Party Ideas at Tip Junkie A Frozen Trio of Red, White, and Blue (sort of) at Perry's Plate Recipe: Coco
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Irish blog The Daily Spud brings us this fabulous idea -- Oven dried potato crisps (chips to us Yanks). Salt & Vinegar... mmmm!! Wouldn't these be cute served in little paper food baskets?
Shortcuts are great! I love this one -- Cheater's Lasagna -- from Radishes and Rhubarb... A clever way to pull together a quick and tasty lasagne: I try very hard to make everything from scratch.
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