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  • Cheese and Spinach Stuffed Shells Recipe

    Cheese and Spinach Stuffed Shells Recipe

    These cheese and spinach stuffed shells were good! The girls protested the spinach a bit, but ate them up. It’s funny because they would each happily eat spinach alone as a side dish. I don’t really like cooked spinach so liked it this way. I started with this recipe from Karen Cooks. I used half…

  • Cucumber and Sprout Salad

    Cucumber and Sprout Salad

    I have done this with just cucumbers and onions before but added the sprouts last night and really enjoyed the extra crunch!  You could make this spicy by adding 2 Thai chilies, seeded and minced but I left that out! You don’t have to seed the cucumber of course. But if you want to, just…

  • Red Chicken Curry in Coconut Milk Recipe

    Red Chicken Curry in Coconut Milk Recipe

    I periodically make a coconut curry with either chicken or tofu and a variety of vegetables depending on what I have on hand. I follow the basic recipe on the jar of Thai red curry paste. Start your rice cooking while you fix this and it should all be done about the same time. This…

  • Bacon, Onion, Parsley and Yogurt Omelet

    Bacon, Onion, Parsley and Yogurt Omelet

    Guest Post Hi, I’m Allison, Ellen’s youngest daughter. Tonight, my sister was out, so I decided to make dinner for my mom. It was my first time cooking a meal on my own, and mom enjoyed it so much that she told me I had to blog it. I decided that my meal was going…

  • Soup from Leftovers

    Soup from Leftovers

    I made a soup tonight from bits and pieces and it turned out quite good. I had a tub of some leftover frozen squash and corn and lima beans in the freezer, which I incorporated. I had also frozen some leftover tortellini one night, thinking it would be good in soup.  When I make chicken…