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Cooking from Mexican Everyday by Rick Bayless
Where to start? So far I’ve made a handful of recipes from Mexican Everyday and they’ve all been great. I don’t know which was better last night, the grilled roadside chicken with roasted tomatillo salsa or the beans. The roadside chicken had a marinade of ancho chili powder, oregano, ground cloves, cinnamon, garlic, apple cider vinegar…
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Napoleons or Matchsticks
When I saw these on Down to Earth I decided to make them for Easter brunch. My niece and a neighbor friend were joining us. Normally I wouldn’t have made a dessert but since the gathering was so small, I had time to have some fun and experiment. Rhonda called these Napoleons and a commenter…
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Crab Cakes from Canned Crab
I don’t normally buy canned crab but had two small cans in the pantry I purchased with some recipe in mind that I never made. I saw them when I reorganized the pantry last weekend and decided to use them up with some crab cakes. I’ve made crab cakes with fresh crab before but not…
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Irish Soda Bread and Vegetable (Mostly) Soup
My youngest is in Melbourne these days on a study abroad program. I love hearing about her cooking and shopping adventures. She texted me that she was going to make Irish soda bread yesterday because she had buttermilk leftover from making this Ranch dressing. Coincidentally I had just made that Ranch dressing the other night…
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Grilled Chicken Thighs with Honey-Chipotle Barbecue Sauce
This was a good combination of rub and sauce to add flavor to grilled chicken. I still like my regular barbecue sauce best but the one below with honey , mustard and chipotle chili powder could come in a close second. When I first started grilling chicken, I would put the sauce on the chicken…