Quick Noodles

Noodles sounded good as did little effort and with a little thinking we had a massive bowl of pasta for dinner.
Quick Noodles
Ingredients:
1 lb whole wheat spaghetti, broken in half
1 lb baby carrots, roughly chopped
1 cup sesame ginger dressing
1 Tbsp sesame oil
1/4 cup chunky peanut butter
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
1/2 tsp diced dried garlic
Directions:
Steam the carrots [...]

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Necco Wafers Going Natural

I was very happy when I read the news this morning about Necco Wafers having changed over to natural dyes and flavorings! Necco Wafers are one of those weird candies you either love or hate. I love them. I haven’t had one in well over 3 years. If I want to torture myself I go [...]

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Hamantaschen

This was a recipe I found in the search to replicate the cookies my mom and I made as I was growing up. I have seen many versions but overall this seems the closest to what she used. As for the filling there are the traditional prune or poppy seed fillings but my mom left [...]

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Homemade Tartar Sauce

In making fish and chips the other night this is what I whipped up for a tartar sauce. It does need at least 30 minutes for the flavors to meld, an hour is even better.
Homemade Tartar Sauce
Ingredients:
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup diced dill pickles (well drained)
1 Tbsp lime (or lemon) juice
1 Tbsp honey Dijon mustard
1 Tbsp [...]

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Pasta Dinner

For tonight I used a bit of this and that to use up what we had on hand. The ravioli I used was half of a twin pack I picked up at Costco so a bit bigger than their normal grocery store pack. Perfect for 3 though.

Ingredients:
1 package of Portobello Mushroom ravioli
4 pieces thick bacon
1 [...]

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Frosted Pumpkin Cake

Yes, I know…it is total pumpkin overload here. Hey, it is fall! And I am inspired
I cam across this recipe in the current issue of Cooking Light (November 2009) and adapted it to work for me. The smell as it bakes is fantastic. Do make sure the butter has plenty of time to [...]

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Pumpkin Bacon Rice

The curse of large cans of pumpkin would be using them up….so this dinner came out of a tub in the fridge glaring at me to use it up
Pumpkin Bacon Rice

Ingredients:
1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
1 Tbsp butter
1 yellow onion chopped
1/4 teaspoon fresh ground nutmeg
2 tsp cornstarch
1 1/4 cups lower sodium chicken broth
2/3 cup canned pumpkin
4 cups cooked white rice
4 [...]

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Cheesy Pumpkin Biscuits

I was scanning Slashfood yesterday when I saw a recipe for an easy cheese and pumpkin biscuit. I had plenty of leftovers from the pumpkin muffins I made yesterday so I figured this would be worth trying. I adapted the recipe a little, using the lower fat/calorie Heart Smart Bisquick® and leaving out the extra [...]

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