Category: Seasonal Favorites
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The Very Best Pasta Sauce: Ann’s Bolognese Sauce
Spaghetti was always a favorite meal as a kid. We never had it often because my dad didn’t like it. So whenever he would go on a fishing trip with friends we would often have spaghetti for one meal as well as some other of our favorites, depending on how long the fishing trip lasted.…
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Coleslaw – An Unusual Fall Favorite
Most people associate coleslaw with summer salads. Not me. Coleslaw is made in my kitchen more often in the fall and winter than any other time of year. I think it is because there are fewer fresh garden or market salad fixings available in fall and winter but cabbage is always to be found in…
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Chickpea & Black Olive Spread
Tired of dips and spreads filled with cheese, sour cream, mayonaise, or even all three? Try Chickpea & Black Olive Spread for a high protein, healthy alternative. Flavorful and satisfying this spread is a nice alternative to typical spreads and dips. Good warm or cold, it is a perfect fall dish that is great for…
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Roasted Corn and Squash Cakes with Maple Cream
Squash abound nearly everywhere each fall. All shapes, sizes, colors. My favorite is the butternut with its pale orange outer coloring masking the deep, russet inside. So often squash is baked, scooped out, put in a bowl, and there you go. Nothing wrong with that, it is delicious. Squash is deserving of a more refined…
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Creamy Cauliflower Soup
The first frosty blast of fall air scattering leaves about the yard always brings out my large kettle and before too long a pot of soup is simmering on the stove. Often times it is made from whatever I have on hand, but consistently heavy on the vegetables. Snowy white heads of cauliflower can usually…
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Kale for Breakfast? Yes!
Your mother told you a hearty breakfast is important, and she was right. Try this kale dish and you will feel ‘full’ from the protein and slow carbohydrates. Who knows, you may not even need a mid-morning snack! 8 cups kale. Rinse your kale leaves and pat dry. Grab the thick, bottom of the stem…
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Cabernet Mushrooms on Grilled Bread
All too often people think eating flavorful, succulent, aromatic food must involve rich meats and even richer sauces. Think red wine, hearty mushrooms, rustic grilled bread, and a sprinkling of feta and you have a delicious, succulent, aromatic meal deserving of fine china, or that unbreakable dinner-ware you are patiently waiting for your kids to…
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Grilled Salmon
Growing up on Lake Michigan fresh salmon was no big deal. Salmon was always wild caught, always fresh, always good. We never seemed to do anything but bake it, but we still ate every single bite! Now I have to make a conscious, direct effort to have wild salmon and sometimes have to hunt it…
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Potatoes – Grilled Style
These are not your typical grilled potatoes. Packed with flavor, these luscious potatoes are conveniently made while grilling other elements of your meal. The potatoes do pick up a unique flavor from being on the grill, even though wrapped in foil. I have made these in the microwave in the middle of winter (minus…
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Summer Carrot Salad
Summer Carrot Salad is a nice change from your usual mayonaise salads. Low carb as there is no macaroni in it and low fat since you won’t find any mayo here! Not only great tasting, but bright and festive looking as well. Try it! 2 lbs. peeled & sliced 1 medium onion, sliced in thin…