Category Archives: Main Dishes

Red Peas for Good Luck in the New Year

Did you eat your New Year’s Day peas?  When I was growing up, my mother made peas every New Year’s day – green, from a can.  In fact, all vegetables during my growing up years came from a can – … Continue reading

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Home & Homemade Tuscan Bean Soup

I know you’re sick of hearing me talk about unpacking boxes and sorting and organizing.  But, I’ll bet you that I’m even more sick of actually unpacking the boxes and sorting and organizing.  I have good news – I AM … Continue reading

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Hatch Green Chile & Cheddar Quiche

This is the time of year when I go to the grocery store, step out of my car, and the air is infused with the scent of roasting chiles.  It’s a heady, peppery smell that let’s me know it’s Hatch … Continue reading

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Curried Onion & Goat Cheese Galette

On Saturday night, we hosted a dinner party for two women we didn’t know with some other women we did know.  How do you host a dinner party for women you don’t know?  Let me tell you how we got … Continue reading

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Salmon Salad for a Memorial Day Picnic

On my recent trip to Europe, I’m pretty sure I ate 12 baguettes in 12 days.  Not to mention all the other deliciousness I ate like crepes, pastries, stroopwafels, and cheese.  After that whirlwind of eating, I’m back in the USA, and just … Continue reading

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Paris: A feast for the Imagination & the Taste Buds

Hello from Paris.  No, not Paris, Texas…the real deal, Paris, France, where food rules.  Remember a couple of weeks ago when I blogged about Caramelized Onions, Pasta, and Parmesian and how I haven’t been eating any white foods (bread, rice, pasta … Continue reading

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Egg & Pepper Sandwich – Jersey Style

I grew up around a lot of Italians but never ate an egg and pepper sandwich until about five years ago when my birthmother, who is half Italian and who has a history of marrying Italians, made them for dinner one … Continue reading

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Caramelized Onions, Pasta & Parmesan

Caramelized onions, pasta, and a generous topping of fresh parmesan — this is simple goodness.  Comfort food if you ask me.  The first time I ate this, we were visiting our friend Carol in South Texas.  She lives in the … Continue reading

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Cooking in the Great Outdoors: Salmon & Jasmine Rice with Mixed Vegetables

I didn’t discover my love for camping until my early twenties.  My first trip was a weeklong extravaganza at Ludington State Park on the shores of Lake Michigan.  I was transformed and have been camping ever since. My biggest trip so … Continue reading

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Heirloom Yellow Eye Beans

This past holiday season, I got a lot of cooking related gifts — things like ravioli presses, a comal for making tortillas, and an attachment for my mixer to make homemade pasta.  But one of my favorite presents was a … Continue reading

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