Pear Almond Tart

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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MOM'S BAKING POWDER BISCUITS I grew up eating these deliciously light, flaky and buttery biscuits with everything from soup to...

Vietnamese Cashew Chicken

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Ingredients: 2  teaspoons   vegetable oil 2  garlic cloves, minced 1  lb   boneless chicken thighs, sliced thinly 1/2   teas...

Mom's Rolled Sugar Cookies

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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

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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

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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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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

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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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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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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

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ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND BROCCOLINI FETTUCCINI WITH PECORINO Italian Sausage and Broccolini Tossed with Pasta and Pecorino Cheese- takes abou...

Lonely Fajitas

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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

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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

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green(ish) beans, please become brown? Today, while shpping at the Wheatsfield grocery store, I realized that unroasted coffee is a...

The Accidental Cheese

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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

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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

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Making chicken and garbanzos for lunch and the house smells heavenly. We actually have some smoked paprika we got at Penzy's Spices in...

The Lost Carrot Tart

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I previously referred to Carrot Tart but failed to post anything about it. Here it is: I bought two bags of shredded carrots from &q...

Caramel Apple Pie

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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

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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

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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

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PHEASANT FRICASSISSI Alright, here it is pheasant fricassissi: You wake up the dog, get a gun, preferably a 12 guage shotgun, but any ...