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Thursday Night Menu: If You Eat Your Cauliflower You Can Have a Sundae.
What a week. I had a great time today talking with college students about resource efficiency and sustainability (or the dreaded, “going green” a nonsense term IMHO). It went really well and I think we...
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Thursday Night Menu: Kiss a Vet Edition
First and foremost, it’s Veterans’ Day, so go kiss a vet. I’ll wait…..Okay, now back to tonight’s menu. As winter settles in (we had our first snow last night) I find I want more vegetables. (Pause for...
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Just Making Stuff Up Now
So I had some leftover homemade cranberry sauce (whole berry) which freezes well, btw, you just have to remember to freeze it, dammit. I had boneless chicken breast. Oh, look over here, my Lucille’s...
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Winter Compote
This may be the fruit dish I go with as a dessert item. It has pretty holiday colors when finished and a tart flavor as a perfect complement to a good quality vanilla ice cream. If you want to make...
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Thanksgiving Files: Cranberries Everywhere
There is one item I cannot be without at Thanksgiving and that is cranberries. A few years ago I started making my own relish and that has only made my dedication to the little red berry more intense....
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Thanksgiving Files: Cranberry Upside-Down Cake
This is by far the most requested dessert I make. This time of year every dinner I attend, this is what I am asked to bring. I’ll be making two tonight to take to various get-togethers this week....
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Holiday Baking: Day 3
Tonight was the Fruit Pie Cookies. I used cranberry, strawberry and blueberry for the fillings this time. These are the cranberry filled ones. They are slightly tart and go well with the sweet butter...
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Thursday Recipe Exchange: Grilled Chicken
I had a request to do some grilling and picnic recipes for the next few weeks (thanks Yutsano). We’ll traverse the table: meats, vegetables, side dishes and desserts. By July 4th we should be covered....
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Cranberry Roasted Chicken
I was reorganizing the freezer today and found two bags of cranberries. Not possible! By this time I’m usually out and anxiously waiting for the season to begin again. But last year they were really...
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Banana Nut Bread with Cranberries
Mrs J had a couple of bananas turning right for her famous bread. It’s a pretty generic recipe but she reminds me that she used buttermilk in this one, and added some Ocean Spray brand “Craisins” –...
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Friday Recipe Exchange: Gluten Free Goodies
This is going to be a quick one. I didn’t want to leave you hanging a second week, especially since I’m going to be travelling next week and there probably won’t be any recipes. I asked earlier in the...
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Dinner Menu: Cranberry Chicken and Cheesy-Lemon Cauliflower
We saw Gravity yesterday in IMAX 3D, which was my first IMAX 3D experience. It was quite the ride. I’m not a fan of 3D (I find it distracting) but i think in this case, it was a must. Also went out to...
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Dinner Menu: It’s Not Turkey
I thought to combat Turkey Fatigue, it would be nice to have some fresh vegetables and pasta. Have leftover cranberry sauce? Use it to make some cobbler. On the board tonight: Pasta Primavera Crusty...
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Friday Recipe Exchange: Sitting on the Porch, Sipping a Rosemary Lemon...
It is too hot to cook. Mostly I take fresh fruits and veggies and toss them in a salad. I am waiting with anticipation for this year’s crop of peaches to begin to show up from Palisades, CO. Next to...
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Christmas Eve Recipes: Cranberry Chutney
Cranberry Chutney 12 oz bag fresh or frozen whole cranberries 3 crisp red apples, peeled, cored and sliced 1-inch thick ground ginger to taste 1/4 cup orange juice 1 tsp orange zest 1/4 cup apple cider...
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Dinner Menu: Cranberry Grilled Chicken
Continuing my week of highlighting recipes that have low salt content. This homemade sauce is tangy and sweet, plenty of flavor without added salt. To reduce salt even more, use low-sodium ketchup (or...
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Dinner Menu: Cranberry Pepper Steak and Bleu Cheese Mashed Potatoes
My love of cranberries has been well documented here. So no wonder this is one of my favorite dinners. The potatoes are very creamy – you can make them more calorie friendly by reducing the amount of...
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Friday Recipe Exchange: Mix It Up
I did quite a bit of cooking this week, but it’s been busy enough that I haven’t put together the recipes or taken a lot of photos. So tonight I’m highlighting some past favorites. Pictured above is...
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Thanksgiving Files: Cranberry-Apple Sauce
I love whole berry cranberry sauce and adding apple takes it up a notch. Always best prepped the day before so the flavors can meld. Yummy. It couldn’t be simpler and fun to make (mostly because the...
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Here’s the original recipe I was craving this salad enough to go out and get pecans today. I also grabbed a bottle of poppyseed dressing to take a shortcut in preparation. Modified Sonoma Chicken Salad...
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