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  • Flank Steak Marinade with Worcestershire Sauce and Garlic

    Flank Steak Marinade with Worcestershire Sauce and Garlic

    I had another family over for dinner tonight. It was one of those fairly spontaneous things that works out to be perfect! Sometimes, we try to line up dinner and we end up months out and then someone gets sick or something else comes up and we need to postpone and reschedule. My friend had…

  • Fried Chicken, Asparagus, Baked Potato

    Fried Chicken, Asparagus, Baked Potato

    I had bought real buttermilk recently. (Usually I use the powdered stuff for pancakes and coffee cakes and such.) I had also thawed a whole chicken. I was originally planning on roasting it whole, but upon spying the buttermilk I remembered a great chicken cutlet recipe with buttermilk and thought I could do something similar…

  • Chimichurri Sauce for Gus

    Chimichurri Sauce for Gus

    I had some friends over for dinner tonight. We ended up with 4 adults and 6 kids, ages almost-3 to 13. The menu was: Salsa, Guacamole, and Chips for nibblies beforehand Pork Tenderloin Sirloin (barbecued) Pasta with Ricotta Oven Fried Potatoes with garlic, cumin, and paprika Baked Green Beans Delicious Spinach Salad from a friend…

  • Dinner Menu: Roast Chicken, Potatoes Romanoff, Cooked Carrots

    Another favorite dinner here, simple yet delicious. And the leftovers provide the building blocks for more meals. For the Roast Chicken I melted 1/4 cup of butter with a couple of cloves chopped (big pieces!) garlic and the juice from a lemon that I picked moments before, as well as some salt and pepper. I…

  • Roast Chicken, Roast Potatoes, Brown Sugar Carrots

    There is nothing like the smell of a whole chicken roasting in the oven. Last night was swim team practice, meaning I had to walk the girls down to the pool at 5:15 and pick them up again at 6:45. A friend was stopping by for a glass of wine at 5:30, here in town…