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Meatloaf Roll Spiraled with Greens
This is a recipe from Greens, Glorious Greens caught my attention early on. The title was Uncle Eddie’s Spiral Meatloaf with Mixed Greens. According to the introduction, Uncle Eddie had been an army...
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Baked Chicken Legs with Apricots and Olives
Chicken legs are one of those deeply discounted items I run into on a regular basis and can be great for a family on a limited budget. However, you do need to be adventuresome to combat chicken leg...
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Steamed Beet Greens and Fried Eggs
Are you looking for something stunningly beautiful, highly nutritious and totally satisfying for breakfast? While many throw away their beet greens and cook just the roots, you will end up buying...
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Chicken Adobo
Living in Delano, California for fifteen years, close to one of the largest Filipino populations in the United States, I came to love Filipino food. Adobo was the first dish I was served at many...
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Black Beans, Cuban-Inspired
This black bean dish is superb over brown rice pilaf. Making the two dishes is a bit of work, so make plenty for a second meal or even a third. A simple green salad with vinaigrette completes the menu...
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Chicken Salad With Sun Dried Tomato
Having leftover bits of chicken or turkey is such a time-saver but you do not necessarily want them looking or tasting like tired leftovers. Here is a super-quick chicken salad renovation. The meat...
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Chili Verde Chicken Thighs
In my pursuit of great ideas for preparing dark-meat chicken, I found a really tasty slow cooker idea at The Perfect Pantry. Pantry owner, Lydia Walshin, has a knack for putting together great food in...
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Mushroom Omelet with Beet Greens
Now and then when I have the perfect ingredients to show off in an omelet, I forgo the usual egg scramble or frittata. An omelet is not much more work and it makes such a showpiece. There are two...
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Crustless Beet Quiche
If you eat with your eyes, you will love this beet beauty. It is basically a crustless quiche, filled with color and flavor. I got the original recipe from Martha Rose Shulman at the New York Times....
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Spinach Tart
Here is a dish to dazzle guests. It is much less work than would appear and the results are delectable: delicate, creamy and satisfying. You may have been fortunate enough to enjoy a similar dish at...
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Trout Recipe, Spicy North African Style Trout
In my on-going quest for food bargains I sometimes find trout at a stunning price. Yesterday was one of those times: $1.47 a pound in a manager’s special at Save Mart. I brought home two one-pounders...
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Zucchini and Pepper Saute
Zucchini on its own has precious little flavor but it excels as a vegetable medium for pulling together other flavors. This Mexican inspired dish is a fine example of this principle: garlic, onion,...
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Roasted Eggplant Rounds with Italian Cheeses
Inspiration for this came from having a quantity of my lasagna cheese mixture leftover. This mix is wonderful all by itself, but who wants to eat a pile of cheese? Summer was coming to an end with its...
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Pan-Roasted Vegetable Salad
When the garden bounty seems to have no end, many gardeners throw up their hands exclaiming, “It’s coming out my ears!” When you have this much of a veggie harvest, you can afford to make entire meals...
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Eggplant Parmesan, Gluten Free
Have you noticed that part of what makes eggplant Parmesan such a satisfying entree is the coating the eggplant gets fried in? That coating entails flour in one form or another. Here we share with you...
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Chicken Gumbo with Okra
If you want to experience gumbo, take a trip through the South, most notably, a trip to New Orleans. No time for that? Then try a recipe tendered by Southern cooks. I found this one offered by a...
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“Burrito Bowls”
This is a meal of planned leftovers. Inspiration for the burrito bowls came from a restaurant we found serving a dish by the same name. The food they serve is tasty and relatively healthy compared to...
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Stuffed Italian Peppers
Once you have tasted a roasted sweet Italian pepper, you know summer is not complete without them. In fact, your garden may not be complete without them. Sweet Italians have graced our garden for...
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Creamy White Beans with Parsley and Black Olives
Remember one of our cardinal time-saving tips? Any time you cook beans, cook enough for three different meals, three different recipes. It just takes a little planning. No big deal! This white bean...
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Roasted Curried Chicken (Curried Chicken Rub)
This is hands-down the best chicken seasoning I have ever come across. Have something to mop up the juices on the plate or you will end up licking it! I found this rub on All Recipes. The full post...
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