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I love to cook! I’m not professionally trained. I just really enjoy cooking. I look at most recipes as a guideline. Dennis loves my cooking and leans toward liking it spicy. Here you will find a few of the things I have made and a little bit about them.
Dennis and I love a good Chinese restaurant. We tend to always order the same dishes – beef and broccoli and Kung Pao Chicken. When we were newlyweds, we had a favorite restaurant in York that spoiled us. It has…
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Today was one of those hot days. Not outside, but both lunch and dinner included extra heat in my favorite ways. It started with a lunchtime snack. Karen decided to make something she called Jack Crisps. Very simple, and really…
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The events that influenced us to grill in heavy rain tonight started 2 weeks ago. We decided to fence in a small area behind out garage to allow our puppy Luxie and her occasional friend Kaz (our daughter’s Boston Terrier)…
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This shipment from Misfits Market (not a sponsor) included Collard Greens. That isn’t something we have much experience with so we decided to create a healthy side dish. 8 oz collard greens, stemmed and cut into 1” x 2” pieces12…
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Another vegetable we haven’t cooked with before is butternut squash. We decided on a Squash Chicken Chili meal but if you wanted to go vegan, you could skip the bacon and chicken and substitute vegetable broth for the chicken broth….
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So most of the cooking posts here are from Karen, but this time I, Dennis, am going to talk about the meal. Tonight was a perfect storm so to speak. First: I am a lover of peanut sauce. Second: The…
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Here is a quick post about tonight’s dinner for those that have been asking. Sorry it’s not in the standard format, you might want to read through the whole post before you attempt it. 1 spaghetti squashOlive oilSea saltGround pepper…
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Decided to take what is usually an appetizer and make it the main course. We used to get this shrimp appetizer in a restaurant in York, PA which has long since closed. It was one of our favorites and I…
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Saturdays are days that Karen and I usually cook together. She said earlier today…”Tonight is gonna be Smash Burger Night.” to which I replied “What the heck is a smash burger”? Apparently it is very thin seared burgers stacked up…
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Since the middle of last year, Dennis and I have been delighted by creating “stacks”. Visually they are very impressive but what we have found is that you can be extremely creative in your choice of ingredients. The very first…
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