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Escarole and White Bean Soup
This simple Escarole and White Bean Soup tastes fantastic even though you just use water for broth. It’s also filling and nutritious. Escarole is a lettuce from the chicory family. I originally looked for it in the “greens” section at the grocery store but found it over by the lettuces. The original recipe for this…
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Orecchiette with Broccolini and Sausage
This Pasta with Broccolini and Sausage was a great simple dinner for midweek and was the hit of my pre-holiday dinners. I halved the original recipe from Lidia’s Italy in America so I used half a pound of pasta instead of the full pound and I used broccolini instead of broccoli rabe or rapini. The…
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Favorite Recipes from 2016
It’s time to do a post on my favorite recipes of the year. For January, I have to go with Tamar Adler’s Minestrone Soup. I just made this again last month in fact! For February, the choice is a little harder but I’ll recommend you try this chicken and leek pie from Nigel Slater. This…
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Parsnips and Carrots in Lemon Mustard Sauce
I discovered I’d not moved this recipe over from the old site and it’s good enough to bring back. This is from one of my favorite cookbooks, Mom’s Updated Recipe Box: 300 Family Favorites Made Quick and Healthy. That links to a book that is slightly newer than my copy as it has 50 more recipes…
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Mom’s Macaroni and Cheese
I grew up eating my mom’s macaroni and cheese. I did develop a fondness for the blue box variety when I was in high school but once I had kids, I went back to this one. It’s easy and delicious. Leave out the onions if you have a child that doesn’t like them, like I…