I don’t know what it is about the month of March, maybe it’s my Irish roots coming out, but I love this month! It reminds me of my childhood with my mom cooking corned beef and cabbage and beef and barley stews as well as adding dye to my milk so I could have green…
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I am a H.U.G.E. fan of Pinterest and spend lots of free time perusing for decorating ideas, DIY crafts and projects, inspiring quotes, and for recipes to try for work potlucks, weeknight dinners, or holiday get togethers. With two upcoming get togethers, a celebration with my family for the birthdays of two of my cousins…
Read MoreI’m sure you have had similar occasions where a recipe calls for an ingredient that happens to be all out at the grocery store or is the only one you don’t already have. This has happened to me several times with buttermilk. This last time, I headed to the grocery store to pick up a…
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE Lavender! So much so that my husband has said to me that I have to stop using the scent around the house for the laundry, air fresheners, candles, and so on. Not that he hates the smell of lavender but thinks I might be overdoing it just a little bit by…
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Have you planned your Valentine’s Day out with your sweetie yet? Have you not yet made reservations to one of the best restaurants in town? Not sure if the snow that just hit the east coast will prevent you from being able to go out? Or do you just want to have a nice candlelit…
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Do you want something easy to throw together for dinner that’s full of delicious and healthy ingredients or some way to use all those random ingredients in your fridge you used for another recipe or that are about to go bad? You can toss them into a risotto or saute it up in a stir…
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With my snow day today, I decided to make a recipe I found on the bag of my bread flour for Rustic Italian Bread to go with homemade stew leftovers my husband and planned on eating for lunch. This recipe was perfect to do in the morning after we eat breakfast to be ready just…
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Last Christmas, my sister-in-law gave me a cookbook for traditional Ecuadorian cuisine and even better it was in English so I didn’t have to use my husband or Google Translate to explain to me the ingredients and the instructions. My sister-in-law is living in Ecuador where their family lived for a number of years as…
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I’m sure you have also had a time when you purchase ingredients to make a particular dish for a recipe but find yourself with much more of each ingredient than you need because you are stuck buying a pre-established amount of it from the grocery store. I’m on a mission to make sure I do…
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Recipe from {Diane, A Broad}. Ingredients: 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed 1 egg, beaten with 1 tablespoon of water 14 rounds of peeled butternut squash, about 1/8 inch thickness (cut from the neck of squash) 1 tablespoon of olive oil Salt and pepper 1/4 cup honey 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 12 fresh sage leaves Shaved…
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A Hint of Ginger 