Category: Main Dishes
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Catalina Apricot Chicken
I was looking for a way to bake some bone-in chicken last night and wanted something other than my usuals so went thumbing through a few “community fundraiser” cookbooks. I had picked up half a dozen of them at the last library book sale for about 25 cents each. Eventually I’ll donate most of the…
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Slow Cooker Beef Roast with Pepperoncini
I have seen various recipes about cooking a beef or pork roast in the crockpot with a jar of pepperoncini and finally tried it today. I had bought a new crockpot recently. My old one always felt too hot on the bottom and in fact one day caused my Corian-like (but not Corian) counter to…
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Pot Roast Recipe
I bought a boneless chuck roast a few days ago, thinking about pot roast. It was kind of funny that when I went through my cookbooks and looked up some roast recipes I remembered I noticed I’d always made them in January! (I tend to note in the cookbooks the dates when I first try…
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Easy Fruity White Fish
I am on a “pantry challenge” of sorts, trying to use up most of what I’ve stocked up on previously. January is always a welcome month to cut back on the spending and I’m well-stocked with food, plus have oranges and lemons on the trees and a few leeks left in the garden. I had…
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Eggplant Parmesan
Eggplants. I love the look of them and the texture and flavor. In Chinese restaurants, I love the garlic, pork, and eggplant dish that I first had 20 years ago. (Hmmm… I should probably try to make that one day.) In the meantime, I satisfy my eggplant craving at home with eggplant Parmesan. In the…