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Chicken Fruit Curry over Jasmine Rice

Posted in Dinner, cooking, tagged , on September 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I grew up on a similar curry my mom made often – at the time it was “exotic” (little did we know, eh?). Curries are something I love but right now Thai style ones give me bad heartburn. So I went for the mild and not-so-exotic tonight so I could get my craving. That and [...]

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Lower Fat Black and White Cookies

Posted in Dessert, baking, cooking, tagged , , , , , on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Being chilly and all today it felt like a cookie making kind of day – but not for a big recipe. I came across a recipe and tweaked it a bit to my liking. It made 14 large cookies and was a lot easier than it seemed at first.

Lower Fat Black and White Cookies
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups [...]

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Tasty Pickled Treats

Posted in Shopping Finds, tagged on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I came across McSweet’s items at our local farmers market this morning. The company is local and had a ton of samples out. Yum! I picked up a jar of the sweet pickled giardiniera. From the website: Each colorful 16 oz. jar is all natural and loaded with carrots, celery, cucumbers, garlic, green beans, and [...]

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Making Jam

Posted in Food Gifts, cooking, tagged , , , , , , , on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Last weekend I helped out my friend Teresa and showed her how to make jam. We did two batches then I sent her home with my gear to have more fun! She did a nice blog on it with plenty of photos – and it was fun “teaching’.
~Sarah

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Snickerdoodle Blondies

Posted in Dessert, baking, cooking, tagged , , , , on September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I saw this recipe for Snickerdoodle Blondies up on RecipeZarr last night – and wow! They are fabulous! Cut them up and stashed most in the freezer for lunches, Ford will love that.
~sarah

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Quick Tortellini Soup

Posted in Dinner, cooking, tagged , , , , on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I was feeling blah last night and wanted a bowl of comforting soup -but neither did I have the desire to spend hours cooking, it was already like 6:30 pm! So I got to looking at what I had around to make a “little of this, a little of that” soup
Quick Tortellini Soup
Ingredients:
5 [...]

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Recipes Tried from 10 Dollar Dinners

Posted in Dinner, cooking, tagged , , , , on September 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Kirk and I are shameless Food Network junkies and usually check out the new shoes every year. Ten Dollar Dinners is one of the newer shows and the hostess is from Washington State as well.  Melissa d’Arabian is definitely getting more used to the camera as the episodes go on and she does have fresh [...]

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Hearty Slow Cooked Bison Spaghetti Sauce

Posted in Dinner, cooking, tagged , , , , , , on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I had extra time yesterday so I decided to play around and make a from scratch spaghetti sauce – so much free time i even oven roasted a bunch of home grown tomatoes that had suddenly all gotten ripe yesterday!
Hearty Slow Cooked Bison Spaghetti Sauce
Ingredients:
1 1/2 lbs. fresh tomatoes
Olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped small
1/2 cup [...]

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