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Farro with arugula and pomegranate seeds
I had never cooked with farro before this recipe. But I found I really liked it and will make it again. This makes a light, fresh side dish. Farro with arugula and pomegranate seeds 2014-01-21...
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Gluten-free baking success
Up until recently my efforts at gluten-free baking had been mostly failures. It’s a tough thing to master. But I picked up a couple of recipes on Kristin’s blog, and they both turned out surprisingly...
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Buttery peas and potatoes
This was a favorite side dish growing up. I hadn’t made it for ages and when I finally dug out the recipe I couldn’t believe it didn’t include dill. So I added some. My mom always boiled the potatoes...
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Grandma’s sour cream lemon pie
My grandma loved to make this sour cream lemon pie — it is such a perfect spring dessert. Mom made one for us last weekend with some lemons a co-worker had brought from home and we ate it up!...
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Sweet potato hash
There is this really great breakfast place near us called Sam’s Log Cabin that serves the most delicious vegan hash with sweet potatoes, carrots and greens. I tried it on a whim one time and was...
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Easy strawberry jam
I feel like jam is one of those things that seems intimidating, but is actually really easy to make. I think it’s the canning aspect that’s scary, but you can make a quick fridge jam that will...
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My first pickles
I promised I would report back on pickles and I’m finally getting to it! Our cucumber plant produced a TON of cukes so we had to figure out pickling. I wanted to keep them as simple as possible, so I...
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Biscuit donuts
Um, why did no one tell me about the wonderfulness that is a biscuit donut? I learned about them on the Say Yes blog and couldn’t believe I’d never tried them before. Basically all you do is crack open...
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Grandma’s potato salad
I finally did it. I took a stab at making my grandma’s famous potato salad, and I think I nailed it. Her recipe is legendary in our family. And while I could never make it as well as she did, I...
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Halloween peanut butter cookies
I had to share this cookie idea I found on Pinterest. There it says to use a cookie mix, but I tried it with my peanut blossom cookie dough recipe and I think it was well worth the extra time. All you...
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