Sunday, April 28, 2024

Pumpkin soup with maple syrup and five-spice powder

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  While this recipe would make a great fall soup, it did just fine on a day that's rainy and in the 40s. Still in comfort food mode, wit...
Sunday, April 14, 2024

Butternut squash pasta with bacon, sage and brown butter

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  Three weeks ago the red-winged blackbirds were back by the lake's marshy areas singing their signature ascending three-note call. Last...
Monday, April 1, 2024

Lemony white bean soup two ways, plus lemon garbanzo bean orzo soup with spinach, and chickpea soup with feta and herbed oil

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  If you really like one aspect of a recipe but not another, don't be afraid to take another swing at it until you find something that s...
Sunday, March 24, 2024

Crockpot chicken two ways: Marbella and cumin carrot stew

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Kowalski's had a great (and rare) sale on chicken thighs recently so I stocked up. Great candidates for firing up the slow cooker for so...
Sunday, February 18, 2024

Kielbasa sauerkraut soup with wild mushrooms

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  Fresh wild mushrooms are definitely not free, so I only tend to buy them for a specific recipe .... which I then do not make. Usually they...
Monday, February 12, 2024

Pickle rollups in cheese ball form

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  These are basically Minnesota sushi inverted, so they seemed like a plausible thing to try for Super Bowl fare, when fancy seems a tad ou...
Sunday, January 28, 2024

Triple orange scones

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  Every year I have to try at least one new recipe from the Taste holiday cookie contest. This year I tried the Aperol sparklers , which cal...