Breads and Muffins / Breakfast/Brunch / Eggs / Vegetables

Pumpkin Muffins

This is a perfect fall recipe because it calls for a fresh pumpkin. It's perfect to make just after Halloween when you may have a pumpkin or two kicking around…

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November 27, 2010

Desserts / Eggs / Snacks

Cinnamon Sugar Biscotti

I have developed a taste for biscotti over the last couple of years. I never loved biscotti as a child, perhaps because all the biscotti that I tried had nuts…

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November 24, 2010

Eggs / Main Dishes / Pork / Side Dish / Vegetables

Five-Treasure Fried Rice

Recipes from the Fine Cooking magazine or website never let me down. One recipe is better than the next. My niece made this last week and suggested that I try…

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November 14, 2010

Beef / Cheese / Eggs / Main Dishes / Poultry / Vegetables

Beef, Cheddar and Potato Pie

This recipe could have been called Meat, Cheddar and Potato Pie, because I have made it with both beef and turkey.  I think it's equally good with both.   I really…

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November 11, 2010

Fruit / Soups / Vegetables

Red Lentil Soup with Lemon

When the weather starts to get chilly, I'm always on the lookout for a good, comforting soup recipe. Although I hated them as a child, I now love lentils (perhaps…

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November 7, 2010

Chocolate / Desserts

Shortbread Candy Bars

Looking for something to do with your extra Halloween candy? This is the recipe for you. You can use any type of chocolate-based candy. I made half the tray using…

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November 7, 2010

Breads and Muffins / Breakfast/Brunch / Desserts / Eggs / Fruit / Nuts

Apple Cake

I'm going to let my husband say a few words because he LOVED this apple cake.    I thought it tasted like something that came from a bakery, not from my…

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October 27, 2010

Dairy / Side Dish / Vegetables

Smoked Chili Scalloped Sweet Potatoes

Ok, so this is now one of my favorite new recipes. I could eat this dish day and night. I had a couple of sweet potatoes from the Shelter Island…

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October 22, 2010

Breads and Muffins / Breakfast/Brunch / Fruit

Whole Wheat Apple Muffins

I was responsible for snack at the boys' soccer game today, so I brought up a bunch of sliced-up oranges and a batch of these muffins. The team made short…

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October 17, 2010

Breakfast/Brunch / Desserts / Fruit / Nuts

Breakfast Apple Granola Crisp

We went to Shelter Island last weekend. It was a long weekend; Monday was Columbus Day. On the way out, we stopped at an apple orchard to pick apples. We…

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October 14, 2010