Category: Recipes

Church Potluck Throwback Recipes: Cookie Salad and Carrot Raisin Salad

.Reading time 7 minutes.

It’s the first Wednesday of the month! This means many things, like a big meeting at work but most importantly…. it was potluck at the First Presbyterian! In the rearview, this is full of great memories for me (my parents may recall some whining or stubbornness on my part): food, fellowship, surrounded by all who […]

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Fifteen Dish Delish – Chronicles of a Birthday Degustation

.Reading time 13 minutes.

“Degustation is a culinary term meaning a careful, appreciative tasting of various foods and focusing on the gustatory system, the senses, high culinary art and good company.” To keep the degustation experience alive, I want to share the abbreviated chronicles of this thirty-third celebration of me (and my mom – thanks!). This feast hit all […]

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All Wokked Up about Watercress and Sugar Snap Peas

.Reading time 4 minutes.

Another quick and quite taste wok experiment. This time, we did green roulette. In the fridge we had watercress, a gigantic bag of sugar snap peas and a random part of onion from the night before. To make this a little bit different, I convinced the Wok Master, to add some ginger and play with […]

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The Last Boxed Cake Mix Stand and Tossing Together a Trifle

.Reading time 10 minutes.

I’ve decided to no longer use boxed cake mixes, or at least not keep them in my pantry (caveat presented later). Ditto for canned frosting (it’s not as good anyways). Last week I finished, K. Flinn’s Kitchen Counter Cooking School, in which she presents straight forward food, eating and cooking advice. One chapter addresses cake […]

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Caramelized Onion Tart with Thyme and Mediterranean Flare

.Reading time 3 minutes.

Tasty and quick. Inspired by one of the first recipse in the Kitchen Counter Cooking School audiobook I am listening too. The author’s point was that caramelized onions are easy to make and an easy way to add flavor. Cook up a bunch and freeze. This just stuck in my head and until I gave […]

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Meat Pocket Short Story: Empanadas

.Reading time 6 minutes.

Empanada – Spanish verb “empanar”, meaning to wrap or coat in bread. Empanadas! I have crafted another meat pocket short story – chapter 5, if you will. Read more on the early chapters here. Empanadas hail from several countries, probably completely unbeknownst the other back in the day, including Spain, Portugal, the Caribbean, Latin America, […]

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