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Alecha- Ethiopian comfort food
Sesame Chicken and Veggie Stirfry
I made Sesame Chicken and Veggies the other night and had to get a picture!
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Pasta Carbonera
This recipe uses very little meat, but even die-hard carnivores love it. When I make it, I double the amounts given here, and we rarely have any leftovers. I sometimes add diced tomato or sweet pepper for more color and flavor.
Pasta Carbonera
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Serves 6
One pound of spaghetti, cooked al dente.
1/2 pound of...
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Recipe: Greek-style yogurt
Today I posted my recipe for greek style yogurt over at myrecipes.com
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When you don’t have enough eggs
The other morning I wanted to make scrambled eggs, but didn’t happen to have enough eggs. I remembered I had a 2-pound package of frozen hash browns from the dollar store. I fried the hash browns up with onion, garlic, jalapeno, and cilantro. At the last minute I added the 4 eggs I did...
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Dinner, maybe?
Baked Herb-Crusted Chicken
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Also, don’t miss an interview and giveaways of THREE COPIES my books happening this week at:
Cultivating Home
and
Making Home
Now I’m off to swim lessons– as soon as I fix the failed elastic in my son’s swimsuit, that is. Such a glamorous life I lead.
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Freezer cooking this weekend!
This weekend I’ve decided to join Money Saving Mom and Life As Mom’s freezer cooking challenge. I’ve got lots of ingredients in my freezer and pantry. I just need to translate those into some meals that will come together easily in the next weeks.
Here’s my plan:
3 Hamburger Enchilada casseroles (Thursday)
3 dozen banana-almond muffins (Thursday)
3...
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Recipe: Spicy Crab Dip
On any given day, I’ll have 3 or 4 ‘gotta try this’ recipes open in my internet browser. And often when I do get around to trying something, I won’t have all the ingredients called for in the recipe. Do I let that stop me? Hardly ever. Some of my most interesting recipes...
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Homemade Eggnog
This time of year in the grocery store I’m often tempted by eggnog, but it’s so darned expensive! Here’s an easy way to make your own.
Prep time: 10 minutes, plus time for chilling
Makes: 1/2 gallon
1 3-ounce package instant French vanilla pudding mix
1/2 gallon milk (2% or whole is best)
1/2...
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Peppermint Bark
Peppermint Bark
Here’s a recipe so ridiculously easy that it’s barely a recipe. But, boy, is it yummy! I love the way the vanilla bark mellows out the mints, and the mints add a breezy freshness to the vanilla bark.
Preparation time: 10 minutes
2 cups mints
2 20-ounce packages of vanilla bark
Melt the vanilla bark in a...
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