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Tuna Casserole Recipe: An Old Favorite
My youngest asked for tuna casserole tonight! It’s been a long time since I made this so I browsed a few cookbooks and ended up with following the basic recipe in Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition – 2006, which is really a great source of all kinds of great recipes, even old fashioned casseroles!…
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Basil Pesto Recipe
I am going to freeze some of this pesto, so I left out the cheese in the main batch, following my former mother-in-law’s rule as well as Mark Bittman’s advice in How To Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food, one of my favorite go-to cookbooks. I’ve added some as I used it (on some…
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Chicken and Dumplings Recipe
I never ate chicken and dumplings growing up so my experiments with trying different recipes aren’t based on trying to recreate anything from my childhood but just playing around with a dish my girls and I all liked the first time I made it. The first chicken and dumpling recipe I tried was good, but…
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Fried Tofu and Greens with Peanut Dressing
I made this pan-fried tofu and greens with peanut dressing from Cooking Light last night for dinner. Their picture is much better than mine so I’m just linking! However, there was no miso to be found at my local Safeway so I settled for a bottled Thai peanut dressing mix instead. It was good. We…
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Cooking Light Magazine Review
The folks at Cooking Light sent me a copy of their September issue, which has a whole new design and layout. Really a great improvement! I used to subscribe but frankly got tired of all the non-food stuff in there. It had turned into more a “healthy lifestyle” magazine rather than a cooking magazine. They…