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Upgraded Macaroni and Cheese Recipe
We love our old macaroni and cheese recipe, which is how my mom used to make it–making a white sauce with butter, flour and dry mustard and adding in grated Cheddar. I like it with onion but the girls prefer I leave it out. But I keep playing around with recipes from Lidia’s Italy in…
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Chicken and Vegetable Stir Fry
This delicious chicken and vegetable stir fry used up the last of the extra vegetables from the grad party last weekend, including broccoli and various colored peppers. One thing I like about a good stir fry is the flexibility and the fact that it’s a very tasty way to eat a lot of vegetables! This…
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Raita, Tandoori-Rubbed Salmon with Ginger, Lemon and Turmeric Rice from Jamie Oliver
Doesn’t this look yummy? Salmon, rice, and yogurt and cucumber raita. My youngest requested I make this Salmon Tikka, salmon rubbed with tandoori paste. We had to make a special trip to the Indian store to buy the tandoori paste but it was worth it. While we were there, we also picked up some naan…
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More Broccoli: Chicken Divan with Fresh Broccoli
My grandmother’s recipe for this used frozen broccoli and had crushed potato chips on top. In the quest to use up almost the last of a huge bag of fresh broccoli from the big box store, I made Chicken Divan with fresh broccoli and frozen boneless skinless chicken breasts. I thawed the chicken in warm…
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Cream of Broccoli and Cauliflower Soup
I did a lot of my shopping for the graduation party at Costco. In particular, I bought big bags of broccoli, snap peas and peppers–and have some left over to use up or freeze! It’s been cold here. Well, cold for us. I know many of you won’t think much of a low of 30,…