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Fajita Chilaquiles Casserole

February 1, 2010
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I had a busy week last week with with four new recipes. This week it’s simple things like sausages and sauerkraut and leftovers from the freezer! I started reading a new blog that links to reviews of Rachael Ray recipes.  (I know, I know!  Hey, either she can cook, or she’s hired good cooks.) First up was Fajita Chilaquiles Casserole. I made this with steak, and halved the recipe.    I thought there were...

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Roasted Chicken Thighs and Vegetables

January 3, 2010
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I made this tonight.  Definitely a keeper.   I used two white sweet potatoes, three carrots, two parsnips, a good dozen garlic cloves (on the grounds that they were small), and added an onion cut in sixths.   I used a bit more seasoning and rubbed some on the chicken under the skin. Next time I’d cut back on the olive oil (but I eyeballed it so the recipe may be right), try boneless...

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Funniest thing I've read about punctuation today

November 6, 2009
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“Alternately, the random appearance of capitals in inappropriate places makes us wonder if you don’t secretly wish the Germans won World War II.” Thank you, John Scalzi.  Read his full post.

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Big Pan o' Yummy

September 10, 2009
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One of the blogs I read posted this recipe, with credits to Mark Bittman, he of the 101 Summer Salads. 15091 If you make this, and you should, right now, I highly recommend the following: Use Corn, Onion and Parsley from your local Organic Produce outlet. Mine happens to be open Thursday evenings, right around the corner from where I work. Use roasted Hatch Green Chile that your friend just couriered back from New...

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A Pleasantly Terrifying Way to Spend a Morning

August 29, 2009
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The last morning of our weekend trip to Southern Oregon,  Jim told that me while I’m usually low maintenance, I do occasionally inexplicably and abruptly switch to extreme maintenance.   This was after I’d had to change my shirt AND my pants due to breakfast malfunctions. Well, the shirt may have already been stained, we’re not really sure. It was a good thing I had on nominally clean clothes since we were about to...

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