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Southern Sausage Pie
I hardly even knew where to look to buy pork sausage without the casing, but I found it. I guess it’s called ground or bulk sausage… but isn’t all sausage ground? Anyway, this came from The Lady & Sons, Too!: A Whole New Batch of Recipes from Savannah, which I bought on a whim. Both…
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Tacos without the Packet
Most people I know make tacos using those little packages of spices. Years ago I started using this recipe from Let’s Eat In Quick and Delicious Weekday Meals. Often, I make Spanish Rice to go with the tacos, which conveniently uses 8 ounces of tomato sauce as well so you can just use half a…
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How to Peel Fresh Tomatoes
In the past, I’ve mostly just passed on the whole idea of peeling tomatoes. I mean, I don’t mind the skins and I’m sure, as my mother always said, that the skins hold lots of the vitamins and other good-for-you things. But sometimes you want the finer aspect of skinned tomatoes. I would put on…
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Crustless Quiche
Another hit from The Perfect Recipe for Losing Weight and Eating Great, a crustless quiche with chicken apple sausage and apples and sage. I cheated a bit and used all whole eggs rather than half eggs and half egg whites. Mainly because I’m just in it for the good food and not the weight loss!…
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Cucumber Salad with Soy Sauce, Ginger and Garlic
Tonight we had my nephew join us for dinner so I did a die-hard vegetarian dinner. It’s a nice challenge because otherwise it’s too easy to slip into old habits. The menu was: Sweet and Sour TofuBean Sprouts and GarlicSteamed RiceChilled Cucumber Salad All the other recipes are posted previously so I linked to them.