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March 18, 2011

Swiss Coleslaw for Recipe Friday

Portland, Oregon has already exceeded the average rainfall for the month of March, and we are only halfway through the month. The forecast calls for more rain for at least the next ten days. It’s getting slightly warmer than it was in February, but I’m...

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March 11, 2011

Madeleines with Lemon Curd for Recipe Friday

Last Saturday afternoon, right before his friend came over to hang out, my son said, “I need to make Epicurean Creamed Peas this weekend.” “What for?” I asked. “For French class,” he replied, “but I need three people to evaluate it. I guess I’ll have...

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March 4, 2011

Pan-fried Pork Chops for Recipe Friday

When I was a kid one of my favorite meals that my mom made was pork chops. She always made thin cut pork chops and fried them to what I affectionately call “shoe leather.” I suppose my mom cooked them this way because she and...

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February 25, 2011

Sesame Garlic Toast for Recipe Friday

There are probably as many recipes for garlic toast as there are for French bread. We’ve tried many of them. But our favorite garlic toast is what I call Sesame Garlic Toast. This is one of my family’s favorite side dishes. It is also one...

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February 18, 2011

Cooking Tips for Recipe Friday

It’s Recipe Friday and I can’t think of a recipe I want to share. Maybe it’s because we’ve been having the same old thing lately and I haven’t come up with anything that’s really new. Or maybe it’s because my recent posts with pictures have...

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February 11, 2011

Fajita Tacos for Recipe Friday

Growing up, tacos were not one of my favorite meals. There are so many varieties of tacos, though, so just because you don’t like one taco doesn’t mean you won’t like another. Over the years I’ve developed this taco recipe, and now it’s the only...

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February 4, 2011

Swiss Steak for Recipe Friday

When I was a kid my mom used to make Swiss Steak a lot. I think she used the recipe from the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook, which uses canned tomato soup. This is my own version that uses V8 Juice instead. This entrée can...

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January 28, 2011

Lasagna for Recipe Friday

I’ve been thinking about doing this recipe for Recipe Friday for quite a while, and since I made some last week and remembered to take pictures I decided it is finally time. This is my son’s all-time favorite food; it’s what he always wants on...

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January 14, 2011

Chicken Noodle Soup for Recipe Friday

This post sort of includes two recipes, not just one. Last weekend, they were having a buy-one-get-one-free sale on large packages of chicken breast at my local Safeway, so I bought two packages. To make sure it all got used up and nothing went to...

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