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Tonight’s menu called for spaghetti but I really did not feel like spaghetti. A variation of stroganoff with the use of sausage came to mind. I used mild Italian sausage but feel free to pump up the heat with medium or hot sausage. The great thing about cream sauce is there are several ways to…
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I love roasted vegetables. The are the most delicious slightly charred and seasoned lightly with kosher salt. You can make them in the oven as stated in this recipe or in a skillet over medium-high heat. I usually use Bulgar wheat for breakfast cereal sort of like an oatmeal. Tonight however I ventured to try…
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This is basically a lighter version of shrimp scampi. The lemon zest adds a fresh twist without becoming too overbearing. I like to use cooked shrimp tossing it in with the pasta and parsley. I do not have to worry about over cooked rubbery shrimp. As for the pasta use what ever pasta you have…
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Tonight is movie night. The featured showing: “Finding Nemo”. I love Pixar movies because the scripts are genuinely well done and they always feature beautiful music in their films. Movie night is also kids choice. The kids decide what we eat for dinner. Mason, our five year old, decided to make cheesy scrambled eggs with…
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In the book His Needs Her Needs the concept of the love Bank is introduced. Throughout our lives we are constantly adding and subtracting from the love bank. The goal is to have a surplus of love credits so that the bank never falls empty. Theoretically, when we meet someone the way they treat us…
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This old time recipe is often referred to as Hawaiian haystacks or Chinese sundaes. Typically a myriad of toppings adorn a heap of white rice nestled on a bed of crunchy chow mein noodles. The result looks impressively close to that of an ice cream sundae particularly when topped with a cherry. I was not…
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This is a recipe from my mother-n-law Nadine. She makes an enormous amount because she uses it in different ways. Part of the chicken she adds to a white sauce for the chicken and rice and the other half she uses in her chicken noodle soup. If she is making soup she adds more water.…
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I was never a fan or lemon meringue or key lime pie, that is until I tasted the key lime pie from the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach. This pie always reminds me of the picturesque palm trees swaying in the breeze over looking the crystal waters. I have fond memories of my time in…
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My mom was queen of the pasta salad. Not the kind smothered with dressings or dripping with sauce. Rather simply flavored with a smidgen of salad dressing. Enough to give a little flavor. I learned how to basically clean out the frige and turn odds and ends into something edible. Except now without the pasta. Enjoy…
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There is at least one night a week when we are having so much fun playing that we loose track of time and before we know it 6:00 has come and gone. Dinner becomes a bedtime snack after baths and before the kids shuffle off to bed. For this very purpose I always house a…