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FOOD

Old Recipes

May 27, 2010

  From time to time, for as long as my emotional stamina can handle it, I go through boxes of stuff left over from my parents, primarily my mother. Such was the case this morning. I found an old Sunset cookbook I’d given her years ago when I first moved to California. She had transformed [...]

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Fish Tacos at El Pachuco

May 25, 2010

  In November, I wrote a post about El Pachuco, the Mexican café at the bottom of my road. I love to stop by there to pick up supper for myself as often as I think I can afford the calories. When I drove by yesterday, there was a sign out on the road that [...]

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Slow Cooker African Peanut Chicken

May 19, 2010

  I made this today to have on hand for a few meals. This dish may not look very pretty, but it’s low in carbohydrates, high in protein, and an absolute treat for your taste buds. You can use smooth peanut butter, but I love the crunchiness of the chunky style. You can use any [...]

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Apple Nut Bread

May 12, 2010

  Although I love to eat mostly local fruits, sometimes I really want to make something with apples. The wonderful apple isn’t considered a tropical fruit, but it contains so many good essentials, especially the skin. I haven’t discovered too many recipes that include the skin of an apple, so when I found this one [...]

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Cinco de Mayo – Easy Shredded Pork for Tacos

May 5, 2010

  Hola! Whether you celebrate Cinco de Mayo (Fifth of May) or not, it’s almost always appropriate to eat Mexican food. I honestly believe I must have had a former life as a Mexican because I could eat that food three (or more) times a day. So I look forward to Cinco de Mayo each [...]

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Strawberry Wheatgrass Smoothie

April 28, 2010

  Wheatgrass isn’t necessarily one of those food items that’s on every table, but should be. Recently a friend brought me a tray of soil and a bag of wheat berries. After soaking them for a few days until they were starting to sprout, I spread them over the top of the soil in the [...]

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Baked Crab Cakes with Chipotle Mayo

April 21, 2010

  I remember sitting on a dock with a crab net dangling over the side, waiting for the Blue crabs of Mississippi to climb in. After picking out the good crab meat, we would make up a concoction much like the following recipe for crab cakes. This would be stuffed in the cleaned out shell. [...]

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Clara’s Dill Bread

April 17, 2010

Herb Garden   This is another wonderfully fragrant and delicious bread that originated with my mother years ago. “Clara” was a woman in a church where my father was pastor. This is something I look forward to making when I’m allowed a few more carbs again. As always, I have added Mother’s comments, some of [...]

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Chicken Breasts With Goat Cheese

April 7, 2010

  For medical reasons, I am on a low-carbohydrate diet again. I don’t mind it at all, although I do miss certain things. Eventually, I’ll be able to indulge (occasionally) in some of the more decadent foods I love. If anyone has good low-carb recipes you are willing to share with me, please send them! [...]

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Slow Cooker Chicken Mole

March 31, 2010

  Chicken Mole (moh-lay) may be an acquired taste for some, but I have loved it from the moment I first tasted it eons ago. Making the sauce from scratch can be quite a process, starting off by boiling a chicken (preserving the broth), then getting the meat off the bones. After that, you mix [...]

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Pork Tenderloin

March 24, 2010

  Preheat your oven to 350 F. Slow roasting is the way to go. To help with clean-up, line a roasting pan with aluminum foil and lightly coast with pan spray. Using whatever fresh veggies you have available, prepare a bed for your tenderloin. Here, I used bell peppers, celery, fingerling potatoes, and carrots. Place [...]

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Fresh Pork Belly

March 17, 2010

  Friends in a nearby community own a piggery. Check out my post on that before you continue reading this recipe. During this past year, I had one of their pigs butchered and placed in my freezer. There is not much that compares with home-grown local pork. The meat cutter included quite a few packages [...]

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Irish Soda Bread from an Irish Grandmother

March 13, 2010

  I have been using various recipes for Irish Soda Bread for many years. About three years ago, my daughter in Idaho sent me a recipe that came from the Irish grandmother of a former co-worker. It surpasses anything that I’ve ever made before and I pass it along to you in preparation for St. [...]

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