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Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

I was catching up on Facebook when I spotted these cookies from Whole Foods.  They immediately spoke to me, I tried to ignore it but I failed. I thought about them for hours and hours.  I finally gave in, I drove to the grocery store and bought the ingredients I was missing and whipped up […]

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Christmas Popcorn Mix: SRC and The Yummy Life

This is my third month participating in Secret Recipe Club and I got the fantastic blog The Yummy Life for my assignment.  I’m not exaggerating about the blog being fantastic!   Monica has a lovely blog, it’s very easy to find whatever you are searching for: recipes, gifts and household/decorating tips.  Evidently her son ‘T-Man’ is […]

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Shepherd’s Stuffed Peppers

Have you ever had an idea just randomly pop into your head, and then wonder “why didn’t I ever think about that before”?  It started with the purchase of rainbow colored peppers that I planned on dehydrating for up at the cabin this winter.   They were so beautiful, that I changed my plans for them.  […]

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Boursin Stuffed Olives

I remember when I was a child, my mom would always put out a bowl of ripe olives during the holidays.  I would take the olives and place one on each of my fingers and for you smarty pants, my thumbs too.  Then I’d eat them one at a time.  My fingers were the perfect […]

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Orange Tarragon Basmati Rice

I love it when the aroma of a dish evokes a mood or a sense of place.  It also amazes me how a few simple ingredients can make a dish powerful.  Rice is virtually a blank palate ready for an artist to turn the humble grains into something memorable. For this blank palate I choose […]

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Taco Seasoning Mix

Little packages of taco seasoning are so convenient.  Taco’s are always a crowd pleaser in my house, probably across the nation if one was to judge by the number taco fast food eateries.  I’m not against convenient packaged food, but homemade is unequivocally better.  So many of the pre-packaged food products are just as easily […]

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Cheese Head Beer Soup with Macaroni

When I lived in England my family and I took a holiday up in the Yorkshire Dales.  The Yorkshire Dales is a gorgeous area of England, full of green rolling hills spotted with dark craggy rocks. You can see sheep and cows wandering the fenced off green fields.  The moist weather creates the most intense […]

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Grilled Vidalia Onion and Steak Sandwich

I can’t believe what an amazing fall/late summer we’re having.  I still have some flowers on  my plants.   It’s been so nice that I haven’t even decorated for fall, I just can’t seem to let summer go.  The nice thing about extended nice weather, it means that my grilling season is also extended.. If you’ve […]

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Deer Liver Paté

I wonder how many people won’t read this post today because the title has Deer and Liver in it?  There are many people who don’t care for wild game and plenty who haven’t even tried it.  However, the deer liver is easily substituted for chicken livers, so if you haven’t browsed away yet… For those […]

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