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Quick Easy Dinners Soups and Stocks

Chicken Thigh and Lentil Stew

Wednesday night, getting home in a rainstorm, and, now to figure out dinner. It’s nights like this that I wish I’d put up the slow cooker. Walk into an beautiful smelling house with something hot ready to eat. Unfortunately not this night. But I still feel like a hearty stew, let me see what I…

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Quick Easy Dinners Salads Vegetarian

Lentil Radish Salad

I live in Florida, and, enjoy it’s two seasons; hot in the wintertime and hotter in the summertime. This type of climate makes me crave salads, I’ve always considered them a summer dish. I don’t remember going to a restaurant in the middle of a snow storm to get a salad to warm me up.…

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Latin Cuisine Quick Easy Dinners

Leftover Air Fryer Empanadas

There’s always leftovers. That’s why Tupperware is so popular. But, what to do with them is always a good question. Just reheating the same thing gets boring. Repurpose, is the answer. In this case, turkey leftovers. My flaky creamy leftover pot pie is delicious. Some people, like open face sandwiches. Well, I’m going to keep…

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Breakfast Quick Easy Dinners Skillet Cuisine

Skillet Chicken and Root Vegetable Hash

For some reason, root vegetables seem to get a bad rap. I can’t understand why, they have delicious flavor, add color to a plate and they’re healthier than potatoes, rice or pasta. And, if you’re watching your weight, and who isn’t, some of them have a quarter of the carbs than the big three. This…

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Italian Cuisine Quick Easy Dinners

Red Wine Braised Chicken Quarters

Lately chicken is a major player on my menu, mostly for nutritional reasons. However, there are about 20+ different cuts of beef, but, there’s only a fraction of that with chicken. What does this mean? Well, chicken dishes need a little more creativity to prevent boredom. Well, this one isn’t boring, it’s really good, read…

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Fish Quick Easy Dinners

Baked Salmon Cakes

Being a foodie, I’m always looking for something new to cook up. I get my ideas from anywhere, TV, movies, a menu item, conversations with friends and relatives. Sometimes, it’s an existing recipe on the blog that I want to repurpose, redo, or, just take it one step further. In this particular case, I’m taking…

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Desert Extras Kitchen Tips and Tricks Quick Easy Dinners Salads Sides Vegetarian

The Ballad of the Salad

Lately, I’ve been posting some salads on the blog. It’s no secret that they are healthy, and, I’ve been incorporating them into my diet. I’ve posted recipes for the simple side salad and a dinner salad. But, there’s more to it than that, there are so many different variations, and, it has a long history,…

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Quick Easy Dinners Salads Skillet Cuisine

Chicken and Radish Salad

While writing a post on cholesterol, and how our diet can affect it. I had said “Boiled skinless chicken breast and salad for the rest of our lives can be boring” and that statement is so true. But, here I am writing post about chicken breast and salad, I guess I’d better make it good.…

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American Cuisine Quick Easy Dinners Soups and Stocks

Chicken and Root Vegetable Stew

What’s the difference between soup and stew? Nothing in the flavor, only the amount of liquid, soups have more, stews are thicker and heartier. I love them both, but, sometimes I don’t have the time to create that rich flavor that comes from cooking for hours. However, there is a secret, use broth not water,…

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Quick Easy Dinners Soups and Stocks

Rutabaga and Italian Sausage Stew

Lately I’ve been looking for alternatives to high carb veggies, and, with the rutabaga, I’ve found a good one. I grew up eating rutabaga, mum usually would mash it. But in England I knew it as a swede. So today I made rutabaga and Italian sausage stew, it was really delicious, so, I thought I’d…