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Green Goddess Dressing
I felt like a creamy sort of salad dressing tonight, but not the ubiquitous Ranch and I didn’t have much in the house in terms of blue cheese or anything. In thumbing through old cookbooks, I ran across a recipe for Green Goddess dressing that sounded good. I’d heard of it before but I don’t…
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Baked Chicken Parmesan
This is somewhat similar to the chicken cutlets my ex MIL taught me to make but they’re baked rather than fried, so require a lot less last-minute attention. And of course anything with Worcestershire catches my attention! What Do You Serve with Chicken Parmesan? I served these chicken Parmesan breasts with Green salad with Green…
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Corn Bread with Sour Cream or Yogurt
I’ve made this Fannie Farmer recipe a few time in the past month. Prior to this I’d always followed a corn bread recipe with a 3/4 cup cornmeal to 1 cup flour ratio, regular milk, 1 egg, and some bacon grease or shortening. This one has 2 eggs, a ratio of 1:1 of the corn…
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Collard Greens
I tried to do what I read is the traditional Southern New Year’s dinner. I did not grow up eating many leafy greens other than spinach, chard, and I think maybe beet greens now and then and I doubt my mother ever cooked anything with salt pork or a ham hock! I do use both…
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Applesauce-Glazed Ham
I baked a half a ham shank for New Year’s dinner, going with the southern tradition of collard greens, cornbread, and blackeyed peas as well. I’ve basically been happy with every ham I’ve baked and the only changes I make are with the different glazes. The maple syrup/brown sugar/mustard glaze is delicious but I felt…