Category: Season
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Grilled Cheese with Bacon and Tomato
The intersection of seasons makes for interesting menus sometimes. Last night, I was torn between summer food (BLTs) and winter food (grilled cheese with tomato soup) so I combined them.
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Lidia’s Red Cabbage and Bacon Salad
I bought a red cabbage the other day to add to a chopped salad but that leaves plenty left for other things. I originally thought to braise some but opted instead to try this red cabbage and bacon salad from Lidia’s Italy in America. It’s pretty simple, other than the work of slicing the cabbage,…
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Lidia’s Chicken and Rice
This Chicken and Rice Recipe was my first “fall” dish, as it cooled off a little yesterday evening and I felt like something warm and comforting. I’ve made this enough times that the page in the cookbook (Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy) is wrinkled and splattered and I’ve almost got it memorized. I see…
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Spinach, Avocado and Mango Salad
Shopping at Costco when you’re hungry and have a veg and fruit loving daughter with you can be dangerous! We have lots of produce to eat up. When I made the beef spiedini the other night, I also made a large salad with spinach, avocado, mango and red onion. We completely polished it off and…
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Broiled Apricots with Blackberries and Mascarpone
My apricot tree is fully loaded so apricot desserts are on the menu. Here’s a very simple one I saw in Pure Simple Cooking: Effortless Meals Every Day by Diana Henry: Broiled Apricots with Blackberries and Mascarpone. Preheat your broiler. Halve your apricots and put them skin side down (cut side up) in a baking dish. …