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March Menus and Chrissy Teigen Month
I always like looking at a week’s worth of dinner ideas so I’m hoping some of you might, too! When I was first responsible for putting dinner on the table every night, I bought one of those cookbooks that had basically a year’s worth of menus and recipes. It was really helpful to learn how…
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Chrissy’s Macaroni and Cheese
This macaroni and cheese from Chrissy Teigen’s book Cravings just shot its way to the top of our favorite macaroni and cheese recipes. For large potlucks, we like this crockpot macaroni and cheese. And I love this butterless macaroni and cheese from Lidia Bastianich. And I’ve got a few more on the site that I…
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Connemara Broth
I saw this recipe for Connemara Broth in A Way of Living by Pia and Simon Pearce. It’s a lovely book with beautiful pictures of their glassware and pottery. I’ve never been to the Simon Pearce restaurants but had stumbled upon this Vermont Cheddar soup from there a few years ago. I saw a used…
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Apple Fritters
A few weeks ago Marlo mentioned a nearby bakery that he said had “the best” apple fritters. It was late afternoon when he mentioned it but I kept thinking about apple fritters. It’s been ages since I’ve had one! After dinner I spotted a few apples sitting in my fruit bowl and decided it was…
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Scalloped Cabbage
Scalloped potatoes I’ve made before, but scalloped cabbage? Oh yeah! I was reheating some frozen potato pancakes (latkes) for dinner and wanted something on the side. It had been rainy and cold all day so something warm and comforting was needed. I had just a bit of cabbage left over and thought I’d cook that…