Category: Main Dishes
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Slow and Easy Pot Roast
Pot roast. What a great Sunday dinner! I just learned, from watching Alton Brown’s show on pot roast, that a 7-blade roast is called that because the bone looks like a 7. I admit to having stayed away from them in the past because I wasn’t sure what they were and thought “7 bones” seemed…
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Shepherd’s Pie #1 with Mixed Vegetables
I think British purists might insist that Shepherd’s Pie is made from “lamb mince” rather than ground beef, but here in the States everyone I know thinks of ground beef as the main ingredient to Shepherd’s Pie. In the UK this would be called Cottage Pie I believe. Lamb is not overly popular here I…
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Pureed Parsnips
In my continuing quest to experiment with more seasonal vegetables, I picked up some parsnips and turnips at the market this weekend. I have used both in winter vegetable soups. I typically use turnips in my Cornish pasties and have roasted both with various other vegetables fairly often but had not cooked them on their…
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Stir Fried Asparagus with Sesame Seeds
We all love asparagus. And while I normally don’t buy things I can grow, my asparagus patch is not large enough yet to support our desire. I actually planted it in what turned out to be a bad spot (because it shades another part of the vegetable garden at its peak) so I’m trying to…
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Baked Crispy Chicken Breasts
We do like our chicken cutlets around here, but I don’t fry very often. And they’re a lot of work, turning and getting them just right. Last week I tried a baked version that came out great. I even used just egg whites rather than the whole egg to make it even healthier! Worked great–and…