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  • Falafel and Homemade Yogurt

    Excuse the absence… We’ve been off an a holiday adventure and I did NOT take a computer with me. For shame! But since we ate out for every meal I wouldn’t have had much to post anyway. I don’t do restaurant reviews. Although there was this to-to-for restaurant in DC called Skewers. It was so…

  • Grandma Alice’s Baked Chicken

    Grandma Alice’s Baked Chicken

    This is a recipe my grandma used to make. I think she got it from the newspaper at least 60 years ago. It’s always been one of my favorites and now is one of my girls’ favorites as well. I like to cook rice in the oven to go with it, or baked potatoes, since…

  • Fantastically Wonderful Chicken Marinade

    Fantastically Wonderful Chicken Marinade

    I saw a whole cut-up chicken marked down 50% when I went to the store on Sunday morning, so bought it and did a quick marinade in this (just a few hours): I think I may have posted this before and can’t remember where I got it from at this point. It makes a LOT…

  • Orzo – the pasta that looks like rice

    Orzo – the pasta that looks like rice

    Perusing my new old favorite cookbook, How to Cook Without a Book: Recipes and Techniques Every Cook Should Know by HeartI saw the section on orzo, so bought a box at the store. Why have I never cooked this before? We play around with little pastas all the time, yet somehow this was a new…

  • Maple Dijon Baked Chicken Thighs

    Maple Dijon Baked Chicken Thighs

    Here’s another great recipe from The Six O’Clock Scramble: Quick, Healthy, and Delicious Dinner Recipes for Busy Families I did this with thighs but you could easily use any bone-in chicken pieces, of course. She called for split chicken breasts and thighs, which tend to cook a little faster so I just left my thighs…