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Food on Friday – Avocado-Mango Salsa

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Shelly R.

Scallops were on sale last week so Chip came home from shopping with both a pound of scallops and a pound of shrimp.  Next was to find a recipe that would use both.  Nothing in the cookbooks so I did my … Continue reading →

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Food on Friday – Bread-making 101

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Shelly R.

So here we are, back to my hippie cooking lessons from when I lived on the self-sufficient organic farm in my hippie youth. 🙂 Bread, I learned, requires only 3 ingredients- flour, water and yeast.  All the rest is extra.  … Continue reading →

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Food on Friday – Stone Soup – Split Pea Style

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Shelly R.

I am an old hippie – and while a lot of my cooking and baking skills were learned from my Grandmother and Mother, my most basic and useful skills were learned while living on a self-sufficient farm in the Black … Continue reading →

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Food On Friday – Swedish Nut Cake

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Shelly R.

Super Easy.  Super Quick.  Super Delicious. You only need to have on hand a few things that are a little out of the ordinary in your pantry – crushed pineapple, cherries and cream cheese – and you can make a … Continue reading →

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Food On Friday – Puffed Apple Pancake

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Shelly R.

One of the traditions in our house is that we always have a special breakfast on Christmas morning.  I try to find a recipe for something we haven’t had before or that we haven’t had in a long while.  This … Continue reading →

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Food on Friday – Lasagna

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Shelly R.

So last week I showed you how we make our Sauce and Meatballs.  This week I am going to show you how we put them to use in our Lasagna.  This post is going to talk about a few different … Continue reading →

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Food on Friday – Mom’s Sauce and Meatballs – YUM!

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Shelly R.

I am not Italian.  My Mom is not Italian – but she always wanted to be – so she married an Italian and learned how to make Italian spaghetti sauce from her mother-in-law and passed it on to the rest … Continue reading →

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Food on Friday – Aunt Fran’s Chocolate Cake

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Shelly R.

There are some things that you taste that just taste of childhood.  The taste is so familiar – so a part of your life that it defines a part of it.  One of those tastes for me is the taste … Continue reading →

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Food on Friday – Pierogies

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Shelly R.

Okay, I know I promised this a long time ago, but as we know, life got in the way of recent blogging timeliness – so better late than never. Our Easter dinners are decidedly Polish.  Every year we would search out … Continue reading →

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Food on Fridays – Guacamole and Mexican Manicotti (Enchiladas)

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Shelly R.

We are all big fans of mexican food in my house, but we don’t really make it alot.  My family just did not make or eat mexican food when I was growing up so the skills are not familiar to me.  … Continue reading →

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