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High School Grad Party for 50
When you’re entertaining, you need to balance money, time and taste. I just had a grad night party for my eldest and I won’t say it was the cheapest I could have done, but it was reasonable and balanced the time I had available with the money I had available. My daughter wanted a “simple”…
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Omelets with Cheese, Salsa and Sour Cream
It was just me and a friend for dinner tonight and both of us had a late lunch. So we needed dinner but nothing too heavy. Lunch for us here had been take out burritos and quesadillas with some wonderful tomatillo salsa as an extra. I incorporated that into the omelets and they were fantastic!
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Candied Walnuts for Salads
It was just youngest and I for dinner tonight so we opted for a great salad with some sliced barbecued steak. She’s been into nibbling walnuts lately so I thought some candied walnuts would be a nice addition. I found this recipe and they came out great. My only issue was that the wax paper…
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How to Roast Garlic
Roasted garlic is one of those things that seems to have some undeserved mystique about it. The mystique about the flavor is well-founded. It is deliciously soft and smooth and wonderful. But any mystique about its preparation is not. Set aside half an hour or so and know that you can roast garlic ahead of…
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Sauteed Tilapia Fillets
I got this recipe for sauteed tilapia fillets from an online cooking group a long time ago and can’t remember who to thank for the recipe. I liked the flavor and it’s very easy to adjust the number of servings up or down. Simple and good. I might want to marinate the fish for 15-20…