Category: Main Dishes
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Chicken Salad with Curry, Apples, and Raisins
I’ve been remiss in my blogging. You’d think summer would be the time of taking it easy, but trying to get my “day job” work done at home when the kids are out of school is taking its toll. Cooking has been more repeats than experimentation and what new recipes I’ve tried, I’ve been remiss…
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Soy-Mustard Marinade for Pork
While at the grocery store looking over the meats, three butchers were ganging up on another butcher. “You don’t barbecue pork chops?” “No. I mean, I never have. I just cook them on the stove.” “You have NEVER barbecued pork chops?” “No. Why? I mean, I just learned to fry them in a frying pan.”…
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Marinated Chicken Thighs
Shopping the sales these days and chicken thighs (or legs) were on sale for 99 cents a pound. I picked up a package this afternoon, as well as some other meats of which I might write later this week if I do anything interesting. Life has been busy and I’ve not been experimenting, but relying…
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Easy Pork Chops with Sauce
This is one of those recipes that I saw multiple variations of in various places, all the way from a few community cookbooks to the Better Homes and Garden Cookbook to postings on a cooking list. I normally saute pork chops a la Bittman in How to Cook Everything, a book I dearly love. But…
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Beef Stew with Coffee: 60 cents a serving
I’ve learned that Sunday afternoons seem a good time to cruise the marked down meat aisle at my local Safeway. I do this to save money, but I have to admit there’s some challenge I enjoy, having some meat added to my menu at the last minute. I typically go the grocery store with a…