Can you tell it is finally pear season here in Iowa? This is one of my all-time favorite desserts. It can be made with pears or apples, o...
Pear Vanilla Jam
Mom collected this recipe from an adorable French woman who lived and ran a B'n'B out of her home in a cave. Nestled in the gorgeo...
Savory Cranberry Apple Chutney with Rosemary
Can it up and hoard it until Christmas, then bake it on top of Brie Cheese, whoooeee! Yum! It's also especially tasty with some...
Dinner Rolls
Easy, quick, and always delicious. Pops calls them 'fly off the plate rolls' because they're so light and tasty that they fly ...
Cowboy Beans / Calico Beans
This is the easiest recipe in the history of easy recipes. It uses only one pan, and is comprised of things you generally have on hand. ...
Chocolate Oaties
Mom's wonderful chocolate Oaties. Perfect little clusters of sweet, chocolatey, oatmeal that melts in your mouth. Ingredients 1 stick (...
Mom's Baking Powder Biscuits
MOM'S BAKING POWDER BISCUITS I grew up eating these deliciously light, flaky and buttery biscuits with everything from soup to...
Vietnamese Cashew Chicken
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons vegetable oil 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 lb boneless chicken thighs, sliced thinly 1/2 teas...
Mom's Rolled Sugar Cookies
The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies in the World - Courtesy of June Newman 3/4 c butter 1 c white sugar 2 eggs 1 t vanilla 2 1/2 flour 1 t...
The Humble Hominy // Hominy and Bacon Recipe
I picked up a dented (I know, I know: botulism and all that fun stuff) can of hominy at the grocery store for $.10 the other day and bro...
Awesome Falafel
This Falafel is Awesome 2 cans garbanzo beans 4 cloves garlic 2 t. cumin 1 t. turmeric 1 t. salt 1/2 c. onion or 6 scalli...
Perfect Prime Rib
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beef roast |
prime rib |
prime rib recipe |
prime roast |
rib roast |
roast beef |
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yuuuum!
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FOOLPROOF GUIDE TO PERFECT PRIME RIB Prime Rib has always been something of a mystery to me... how is it so pink and juicy and flavorful...
Patatje Oorlog -or- The Best Street Food You Will Ever Eat
dutch fries |
dutch street food |
french fries |
patat oorlog |
patatje oorlog |
peanut sauce french fries |
peanut sauce recipe |
street food |
war fries
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PATATJE OORLOG The glorious and simple combination of ingredients that is patat oorlog or patatje oorlog... I can't even spell in En...
Genoise Cake with Mocha Buttercream
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buttercream recipe |
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genoise cake |
genoise cake mocha |
mocha buttercream
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GENOISE CAKE WITH MOCHA BUTTERCREAM The most delicious cake ever. Buttery and coffee-y and creamy, and well, heavenly. Honestly, th...
Ricotta Cake with Fresh Pears
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fresh pear cake |
pear cake |
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ricotta recipe
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RICOTTA & FRESH PEAR CAKE This cake is delicious and moist thanks to the ricotta and fresh pears. It was great the night I baked it: a...
Italian Sausage and Broccolini Fettuccini with Pecorino
ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND BROCCOLINI FETTUCCINI WITH PECORINO Italian Sausage and Broccolini Tossed with Pasta and Pecorino Cheese- takes abou...
Lonely Fajitas
LONELY FAJITAS Mum and pop went to a Chamber of Commerce auction (the socialites of The FC) and I was left home alone. I had naught but...
Ode to a Grecian Omelet
Being, on a Saturday afternoon, in a ravenously hungry sort of mood, I endeavored to create what would become a Grecian Omelet. Having prev...
Roast Your Own Beans
green(ish) beans, please become brown? Today, while shpping at the Wheatsfield grocery store, I realized that unroasted coffee is a...
The Accidental Cheese
It's nine o'clock at night and April and Amber have decided to make some tasty, homemade, guar -gum and stabilizer free ...
Cheese Puffs
We made these tasty cheese puffs for a snack. Since we don't eat that much fat, I figure fried food is probably good for the monste...
Chix and Gabbys
Making chicken and garbanzos for lunch and the house smells heavenly. We actually have some smoked paprika we got at Penzy's Spices in...
Caramel Apple Pie
I'm not normally into really sweet desserts, but this apple pie is pretty great. I also don't like apple pie with a lot of spice, ...
Mom's Baking Powder Biscuits
MOM'S BAKING POWDER BISCUITS INGREDIENTS: 2c flour 2t baking powder 1t salt 1/2 t soda 1-2T sugar 1/2 c. shortening, so...
Mom's brownies
The best brownies in existence. Somehow, it makes a difference who makes them: Mum's are fudgiest, Amber's were black last time, a...
Pheasant Fricassissi a la Mark Newman
PHEASANT FRICASSISSI Alright, here it is pheasant fricassissi: You wake up the dog, get a gun, preferably a 12 guage shotgun, but any ...
Sweet Potato Fries and Carrot Tart
Hello, hello! So, last night we (I) made sweet potato fries for the first time. Surprisingly, it's quite difficult to find a recipe for...
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