Author: Ellen
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Odette’s Beef and Vermicelli Soup
Marlo kept raving about some beef and vermicelli soup his mom had made so I had to call her and ask what she’d done. She’s 91 and still loves to cook and is quite good at it! She said she’d never used a chuck roast for soup before but she thought she’d try it and…
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Double Soup Night
My eldest broke both bones in her ankle last week and had her surgery today. Yesterday she asked if I’d make her and her boyfriend dinner, which I’d been offering to do. She thought soup sounded good and I thought of this ribollita. She nixed that. She wanted Chicken and Drop Dumplings. This is one…
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Penne with Brussels Sprouts
I had some Brussels sprouts left over from the holidays that needed using up but I felt like doing something other than just roasting them. I thumbed through a few cookbooks and saw a recipe in Melissa Clark’s Dinner, a fun cookbook for playing around on weeknights, that caught my eye. Penne & Brussels Sprouts…
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Chicken Tetrazzini for Two
In the quest for using up food leftover from the holidays, I’m targeting a large container of mushrooms I bought. I made a small portion of chicken tetrazzini for dinner, trying not to create more than one portion of leftovers! I had some cooked chicken leftover from making this fantastic “cure-all chicken soup” with spicy…
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Readers’ Favorite Recipes – 2018
Earlier I wrote up my favorite recipes and now here are the most popular recipes, or at least the most visited recipes, in 2018. The recipes aren’t all from 2018 as many earlier ones continue to be favorites. Lidia’s Red Cabbage and Bacon Salad Nigel Slater’s Chicken and Leek Pie White Bean and Ham Soup…