A comfort dish from my childhood was chicken livers and spinach rice. This is my lazy way of enjoying at least the chicken livers especially on a gray and cold winter's day.


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Sadly, I don't have a fireplace to hang my stocking on ... yes I DO have a Christmas stocking ... so I taped it up on my bookcase.


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I can't remember the last time I made these but I was reminded of them recently, when I visited a local European grocery store. They were charging $2.99 per piece for the large size. I was horrified, and since I had just restocked my supply of rum, I made a quick half batch today. The recipe was shared with me by my BFF, Ann, more than 50 years ago ( Read more... )

My nephew gifted me with various interesting beers over the summer. On one delivery, I ended up with a can of double chocolate stout, which seemed a bit challenging to drink on its own. I HAVE had Guinness Stout in the past and though I can drink the first half pint without too much trouble, by the second half, as it warms up, it's rough going. So ( Read more... )

I'm planning on making these toffee bars again and while reviewing the recipe, I realized that I had never shared the pictures or the recipe link.I recommend making them if you need a fast recipe with little preparation. Sadly, they don't last long especially when you only make a small 8x8 inch tray.


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Just a quick post to 'keep my hand in the game', as it were.

At long last, I made fish tacos. Though they're not close to being 'authentic' starting with the fish used (sole), they tasted great. I based them on this recipe I found on the web.


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About thirty years ago, I made an attempt at a tourtiere, a French-Canadian meat pie, but the pastry was so hard that I ended up tossing the whole thing. I finally decided to try again using a recipe I found on line. The crust was a great success, but the filling was a bit on the bland side. I'll try again one day. In the mean time, this was the ( Read more... )

My neighbour gifted me with a giant zucchini (seedless) and after making a chocolate zucchini loaf, I still had about 75% of the zucchini left so I did some googling and found this recipe for beef rissoles with grated zucchini in the meat mixture. Here are some pretty pictures taken during the process of assembling the rissoles.


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Sometimes convenience foods are ... convenient. This handy little package of dried noodles in my pantry has been the start of many fast meals. You may use the brand you prefer.

Package and contents - For a healthier meal, only use half the seasoning packet and a splash of soy sauce to adjust the salt level.


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I had some ricotta and provolone in the fridge and thought of making a lasagna but I didn't have any lasagna noodles and was too lazy to make my own from scratch so I hunted down a recipe that used penne, ziti or medium shells for a casserole type dish. I had penne rigate so that's what I went with. And, in place of the doctored marinara the recipe ( Read more... )