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Flank Steak Marinade
Easy one from my mom… Trim any visible fat off the flank steak and put it in a dish or freezer bag. Mix up half and half lemon juice or vinegar and olive oil (maybe 2 Tbs each, you don’t need a lot). Add a minced garlic clove, 1/4 cup fresh or 1/8 cup dried…
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Pasta with Tuna, Tomatoes and Olives
I needed a quick weeknight meal tonight. Thumbing through the cookbooks I ended up making this easy quick pasta dish from one of my standby weeknight cookbooks, Desperation Dinners!. Definitely a pantry meal. Everyone ought to have a list of quick pantry meals: recipes that use stuff you can keep on hand for quite a…
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Roast Chicken with Rosemary, Lemon, and Garlic
There are so many things you can do with chicken, but roasting a whole one for a few hours is one of my favorites! Last night, after rinsing and drying off the chicken, I melted some butter in a saucepan with a few cloves of garlic just squashed the flat of the knife to get…
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Chard from the Garden
Picked my first crop of chard from the garden last night. After washing it, I chopped it up. Heated a bit of olive oil and some minced garlic in the frying pan until the garlic was softened, then added the chard and stirred till it was coated. Put the cover on and cooked for about…
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Breakfast Burritos
My youngest has decided she loves breakfast burritos but I can’t cook them every day. Sunday I made a huge batch of fried potatoes and scrambled eggs with some cheese mixed in. Then I wrapped up a bunch of breakfast burritos and froze them. Pulled one out for her breakfast today and she was thrilled!…