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Southwest Summer Pasta Salad
Cold pasta salads hit the spot during summer’s heat. Southwest Pasta Salad has a unique flavor without being overly spicy. The vegetables add a nice crunch. It is tasty and different from those same old salads you usually find at summer picnics and buffets. I always make pasta salad with high-fiber pasta. Rotini is my…
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Make Your Own Baking Mix
Boxed baking mixes are convenient for biscuits, cobblers, pancakes, dumplings and coffee cakes and a host of other delicious foods. I am often a bit disturbed when I open a flimsy, cardboard box of the mix and their is no liner protecting the ingredients. Making your own eliminates that plus it is so much less expensive.…
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Easy Quiche – Any Way You Want It! It’s Foolproof.
Quiche is a favorite, and yes, it is really very, very, easy to make. It works for breakfast, lunch, and even lunch boxes. For a time I wasn’t making Quiche without a great deal of planning because I didn’t have time to make my own crust, or didn’t purchase a ready-made crust. I also felt…
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Springtime Creamy Asparagus Soup
Fresh asparagus is one of the first foods harvested by most gardeners. The fresh taste is welcomed and long awaited by asparagus lovers everywhere. Roasted, steamed, and grilled are all popular ways to enjoy asparagus. If you want to indulge in a delicious, low-calorie soup, try Springtime Creamy Asparagus Soup. It tastes rich and yet…
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Cream Puffs – Not Just For Dessert!
Cream Puffs are so easy to make, delicious to eat, and work with so many different fillings. Did you know cream puff shells are great for dessert, lunch, and as an appetizer? I like making mini-cream puffs as in the recipe below and using them in a variety of ways. Flavor your pudding or whipped…
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Easy Seafood Shells
Looking for an alternative to meat-based pasta dishes? How about a jumbo pasta shell filled with a seafood mix that is a bit crunchy, a bit succulent, and filled with rich seafood flavor, without using a ton of seafood? Seafood filled shells are the answer. The recipe is a bit on the ‘light side’ as…
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Scrumptious Marinade For Beef & Venison
Steak on the grill is a warm-weather favorite. Whether beef or venison this marinade works so well. It adds a luscious flavor, not over-powering, just delicious. A nice benefit is it also tenderizes the meat and allows you to enjoy less expensive cuts. Beef stew meat marinated and then placed on skewers is great. Like…
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Pizza Bundles
[ultimate-recipe-submissions][ultimate-recipe-submissions] Pizza is my ‘go-to-favorite’ thing. We lived in northern Italy for a time and I swear I became addicted to pizza. Now anything that even closely resembles pizza is an automatic win for me.I have never met a bad pizza.Well once I did – a pizza with goat cheese and figs. Another story. There…
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Baked-Squash With Onion Glaze
Thank goodness you can get squash nearly year-round from your grocery store. Squash makes a good vegetable side when you are craving something that isn’t canned or frozen and your garden is resting under a blanket of snow. Lucky for me, in early March, I still have a few squash that are stored in my…
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Creamy Wild Rice Soup
On a cold day nothing tastes better than a bowl of homemade soup. Creamy Wild Rice Soup is tasty and comforting and will fill you up with its deliciousness. Wild Rice has a unique taste and a satisfying texture. Did you know wild rice isn’t really rice at all, but a grass? No matter, it…
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