Chocolate / Dairy / Desserts / Eggs

French Silk Chocolate Pie

We had some friends over for dinner the other night,  a couple with their 9-year old son, so I decided to make this French silk pie for dessert.   It looked…

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November 4, 2011

Fish / Main Dishes / Vegetables

Baked Flounder with Tomatoes and Basil

This is a great end-of-summer meal (which I'm a little late in posting).  It's quick, easy and full of flavor, and it's a great way to use up the extra…

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November 3, 2011

Dairy / Main Dishes / Poultry / Vegetables

Ground Turkey Shepherd’s Pie

I haven't posted in a while because we got busy with Halloween. Halloween is my husband's favorite holiday and he created an excellent haunted house in our apartment that we…

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November 2, 2011

Beans / Pork / Side Dish / Vegetables

Cannellini Beans with Lemon, Roasted Red Peppers, and Bacon

What a delicious side dish!   A big bowl of these beans could have been my whole dinner the other night, they were that good and that satisfying. They're also full…

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October 24, 2011

Desserts / Fruit

Oatmeal Cookies with Tart Cherries and White Chocolate

  I love a good oatmeal cookie. I also really like tart cherries and white chocolate chips. The sweet/tart combination is delicious. Oatmeal Cookies with Tart Cherries and White Chocolate…

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October 21, 2011

Soups / Vegetables

Classic Tomato Soup

My husband's aunt recently had some dental work done, so I was fishing through my saved recipes for a nice soup to make for her. I have made tomato soup…

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October 19, 2011

Chocolate / Dairy / Desserts / Eggs

Chocolate Layer Cake with Marshmallow Frosting

This cake isn't the most beautiful, but it's one of my all-time favorites.    It reminds me of devil dogs and Hostess cupcakes (the kind with the white swirl on top).  …

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October 18, 2011

Chocolate / Desserts / Eggs

Peppermint Brownies

We had a school meeting for kindergarten parents the other night and one of the organizers asked me to make some dessert, so I decided to try these. They were…

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October 17, 2011

Cheese / Fruit / Salads / Vegetables

Baby Spinach Salad

Found this recipe in a recent Rachael Ray magazine. I love pomegranate seeds and I also like salads with cheese, so I had to try it. It's my new current…

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October 16, 2011

Beef / Cheese / Main Dishes / Vegetables

Carole’s Eggplant Parmigiana

Growing up, we always got to choose our birthday dinner and dessert. When I was younger, I would always choose Chicken Divan. To this day I still love it, although…

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October 14, 2011