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Pesto Pastichio
Historically Italy and Greece are intertwined. You almost can’t study one without studying the other. Culinarily some consider Italy and Greece worlds apart from each other; while others (just a few)...
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“Dress Rehearsal”
Christmas is coming up and we are not sure the ham will arrive! It is a long story but for many years we have been given a beautiful spiral cut ham as a gift at the holidays, which we enjoyed as our...
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Leftover Dress Rehearsal
A 4lb roast for 2 people is going to create a leftover situation. Here is what I made last night in 30 mins or less with stuff I had on hand. I cubed up the leftover beef and threw it into a casserole...
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Dinner “In a Bag”
This past Thanksgiving I was listening to one of those call-in satellite radio programs where they were giving turkey advice. One of the callers commented how her husband cooks the turkey in an oven...
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Happy Evacuation Day
Today is a big day in Boston. (And many other cities and countries.) Not just because of St. Patrick’s Day. It is also “Evacuation Day.” What? You have never heard of that one?! Well you are not...
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Count Stroganoff
Think back to the last time you had Beef Stroganoff. Maybe in the 70s, maybe last week or maybe never. I think it is making a comeback. Really. I think this because recently The Boston Globe featured a...
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Grind Your Own!
Yep- I grind my own burger. For a wedding gift, my husband’s family was kind enough to give us a KitchenAid stand mixer. I can’t recall ever using it for dough, frosting or batter. But I promptly...
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Holy Mole!
Corny title but I couldn’t resist! The title really should have been something like “holy mole that is spicy chili!” As usual I misjudged the spice-level of those nifty little Chipotle Peppers packed...
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Slow-Cooker Chinese Food
Yup. Chinese food in the slow-cooker! I was inspired by Lydia over at The Perfect Pantry to try my hand at this crazy mix of flavor and easy cooking method. And it was easy. She was doing chicken – but...
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Jumping On The Bandwagon!
or maybe I should say…Jumping on the “meatwagon!” FAIR WARNING: Vegetarians you may want to avert your eyes now! I finally decided to tackle beef short ribs. The universe seemed to be calling to me to...
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Dinner For Dinner
If you have been reading this blog for a while, you may already know that my husband and I share a common love of “dinner for breakfast.” But lots of times we just have “dinner for dinner” and this...
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Grilling Versus Braising
I have to admit that although I have enjoyed a classic Texas-style BBQ beef short rib many times, I never really made the connection that this was the same/similar beef “short rib” (sometimes just...
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Show Me The Beef!
Sorry mom , but I love a good steak sandwich! And this one was made by my husband so I love it even more! He started by marinating a London Broil cut overnight in one of those “flavor injector”...
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Spring: Day 38 (Finally Grilling)
We thought we would never see it again…. No “stunts” used here (other than me leaning out a first floor window to take the picture) – this is 40″ of snow plus even high snow drifts that reached almost...
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