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Peruvian-Style Roast Chicken
The New York Times recently had a recipe for Peruvian Roasted Chicken with Spicy Cilantro Sauce. We love chimichurri sauce, which hails from Argentina, but I’d never heard of this Peruvian spicy green sauce so I had to try it. The original recipe called for two Peruvian chile pastes, which I didn’t have access to.…
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Costco Mushrooms: Cooking with Bulk Ingredients
Cooking with bulk ingredients can be a challenge. A while back I bought one of those large containers of mushrooms at Costco. Even living alone, I am tempted! But I was determined to use them up without wasting any and not eat the same thing over and over. I thought it might make an interesting…
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Cream of Mushroom Soup
A while back I bought one of those large containers of mushrooms at Costco. Even living alone, I am tempted! But I was determined to use them up without wasting any and not eat the same thing over and over. I’ve been wanting to make Cream of Mushroom Soup for some time so this was…
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Odette’s Beef and Vermicelli Soup
Marlo kept raving about some beef and vermicelli soup his mom had made so I had to call her and ask what she’d done. She’s 91 and still loves to cook and is quite good at it! She said she’d never used a chuck roast for soup before but she thought she’d try it and…
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Double Soup Night
My eldest broke both bones in her ankle last week and had her surgery today. Yesterday she asked if I’d make her and her boyfriend dinner, which I’d been offering to do. She thought soup sounded good and I thought of this ribollita. She nixed that. She wanted Chicken and Drop Dumplings. This is one…