Category: Food
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During the Holidays
There is nothing better during the holidays than seeing family! As it is always a joy throughout the year, around the holidays it is extra special. It is the time of year that you realize just how important and wonderful family is in your life. As the holidays rolled in for Brent and I, we were…
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Popovers
What to make for dinner? What to make for dinner? This question is always lingering around in my head before I head home from work. Do I want to take the time to make something, or just throw something together really quick? As I sat at my desk, pondering what to make, I thought about…
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Making People Fat for the Holidays
Over the past several years, my mom, sister and I have gotten together to make Christmas cookies. It has been a blast. Usually, we just make my grandma’s awesome White Cookies and then maybe one or two other cookies that we are familiar with making. Last year, we spent hours decorating the white cookies with…
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Broccoli Cheddar Soup
A soup I have been wanting to make for a while! Now I have finally done it and it turned out great. I am excited to attempt to make it my own version. There are some ideas I have to make it better. For a first try though… It was mighty tasty. Then a side…
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Turkey Bolognese
I made another meal with leftovers last night! This time it was so good, I am sharing the recipe. Well, most of it. I had to make my own marinara sauce with this, but I will not go into that recipe. Turkey Bolognese Ingredients: 1/4 cup olive oil 1 onion, chopped 4 garlic cloves, minced…
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Turkey Enchiladas
Of course we had even more leftovers than just the smashed harvest veggies. We have a ton of turkey! My favorite Thanksgiving leftover. Last year I tried turkey soup and a turkey pot pie. Both of which turned out great! This year I decided to give turkey enchiladas a try. That is what I spent…
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Smashed Harvest Veggie Ravioli
There are always so many leftovers from Thanksgiving. I decided that my smashed harvest veggies would be tasty inside some ravioli. Tonight I decided I would give making my first ravioli a try. (First noodle making experience as well). It was a little difficult considering I do not have a pasta machine, but I rolled…
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My First Turkey
Brent and I hosted Thanksgiving again this year, but we were in charge of the meal. I woke up bright and early at 6 to prepare our post Huffing for Stuffing Race caramel rolls. While the dough was rising, I prepared my first turkey. I was kind of nervous because people tend to make a…
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Maple Glazed Chicken
The other week my co-worker brought me a food network magazine to look at. She new that I enjoyed cooking and was already picking out my Thanksgiving meal. I spent some time thumbing through the pages to choose which recipes I wanted to try. I found a handful of ones that I thought I would…
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Sushi!
Jess and I were invited over to a good friend’s birthday party this weekend. She has been a friend of Jess’ since childhood and her husband and I have become good friends as well. He had decided to throw her a roll your own sushi night. He prepped all the supplies and had them ready…
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Cardamom Bread and A Pumpkin Roll
We had a few friends over the other night to carve pumpkins. I had to make a few treats for everyone to share. Of course, I needed to use my fresh pumpkin. You cannot have a pumpkin carving party without pumpkin goodies! The Cardamom Bread has become a staple of mine during the fall season.…