Category: Main Dishes
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Beef Stew with Red Wine and Garlic
Any Patricia Cornwall suspense fans will enjoy this cookbook, Food To Die For: Secrets From Kay Scarpetta’s Kitchen. Food plays an important theme throughout the Kay Scarpetta novels and it’s obvious that the author enjoys herself in the kitchen. Last night I made the Beef Stew with Red Wine and Garlic. Save
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White Chicken Chili
This white chicken chili goes from kitchen to dinner table in about 30 minutes. Start cooking some rice first and everything will be ready at about the same time. Updated to add: I’ve been making this recipe for 14 years now! I vary the beans sometimes if I don’t have any white ones. I add…
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Crockpot Spare Ribs
Easy spare ribs for dinner yesterday. I cut them into individual pieces, salt and peppered them, and put them in the crockpot. Covered them with barbecue sauce and them cook all day. Just before serving I pulled them out of the sauce and broiled them a few minutes. The only thing I’d do differently next…
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From the Freezer: Baked Penne with Meat Sauce
Made one of the kids’ favorites last night: baked penne with meat sauce. I pulled a bag of meat sauce from the freezer (about 2 -3 cups I guess) and thawed it and warmed it up while I cooked up a half a pound of penne pasta (little tubes). Drained the pasta when it was…
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Turkey Flautas
These were called “turkey tacos” when the recipe was given to me but I’d think of them as more like flautas. Whatever you call them, it was a great different way to use up the last of the turkey. Fried some corn tortillas just a minute or so on each side, then drained on paper…