Recipes

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Simple Glazed Sweet Potatoes

This is a fast and easy side dish to prepare – a little spicy and a little sweet.

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Whole Wheat Carrot Morning Glory Muffins

These delicious and nutritious muffins are from the King Arthur Whole Grain Baking Cookbook - http://bit.ly/8E06Dc . It’s a great resource, and one of the cookbooks that I actually use quite often. Even though they are loaded with ingredients like shredded…

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Beef Tamale Cornbread Topping

This is one of my favorite winter casseroles based on a recipe from The Best Make-Ahead Recipe Cookbook - http://bit.ly/6BfSwv . You can make it in one large 9x13 pan or prepare two 8x8 square pans, and bake one and freeze one for another time. To freeze, w…

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Orange Zest Sugared Doughnut Holes

These little doughnuts are best eaten on the same day, in fact, they are best when still warm. You don’t need any special fryer equipment, a simple 4 quart saucepan will work, and they’re so easy to make. I like to use a mini ice cream scoop for form the do…

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Deviled Eggs with Smoked Salmon

I love deviled eggs and there are so many delicious variations. I'm making these for Christmas dinner hors d'oeuvres and using some of the Smoked Sockeye Salmon that I brought back from a recent trip to Alaska.

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Clementine Almond Cake

Every part of the Clementine -- peel, pith, and flesh -- plays a role in this moist almond cake. Each slice has a sophisticated slightly bittersweet marmalade-like flavor, since boiling the Clementines beforehand mellows any bitterness from the skin and pit…

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Rugelach with Chocolate Currant Walnut Filling

The trick to great rugelach is making a flaky buttery rich pastry dough. If the dough gathers into a cohesive mass around the blade in the food processor work bowl, you have over-processed it. Make sure to stop processing at the point where the mixture is s…

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Festive Arugula Salad with Clementines, Feta, and Sugared Pistachios

This is a great salad to serve around the holidays when Clementines (Cuties) are in peak season. The green arugula and pistachios, red cranberries, orange cuties, and the white feta make for a festive presentation. The sugared pistachios can be made ahead a…

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Best Braised Beef Brisket

I’ve tried many brisket recipes and this has become a longtime favorite. The method comes from a Cooks Illustrated recipe that requires a few hours of unattended cooking, as well as advance preparation. After cooking, the brisket must stand overnight in the…

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Streusel Topped Pumpkin Muffins

The streusel topping is especially good on these muffins. I often double the recipe and save some in the freezer to use later on Blueberry or Banana Muffins.

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Old Fashioned Shepherd's Pie

This is great comfort food on a chilly winter night. Although just about any mild beer will work in this recipe, O’Doul’s non-alcoholic beer works very well.

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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

The best of two favorite cookies, baked into a brownie. This recipe is adapted from Martha Stewart’s Christmas Cookbook. Featured as a "holiday treat" on the popular food blog One for the Table www.oneforthetable.com

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Sweet Potato Maple Muffins

These muffins are a great alternative to pumpkin. You can use cinnamon and nutmeg in place of the spices, but I think allspice and cloves give them a unique flavor. I usually make extra sweet potato for dinner and then make these muffins the next morning.

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Roasted Fish Fillets in Mustard Cream Sauce

This is a fast and easy dish to prepare and it’s so delicious. The creamy mustard sauce is great on any fish fillet – red snapper, tilapia, grouper. It's one of the recipes featured in Ina Garten's new cookbook "Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics " - http://b…

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Favorite Turkey Tetrazzini

A post Thanksgiving favorite! Tetrazzini is also great with leftover chicken.

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Thanksgiving Peas with Shallots and Thyme

Do not thaw the peas before adding them to the skillet. Save time by prepping other ingredients a couple of hours before and keep in a plastic wrapped dish. Then throw it all together just before dinner

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Classic Sage Onion Bread Stuffing

This recipe is combination of technique and ingredients from Cook’s Illustrated and Joy of Cooking, which I suppose now makes it my own. There are tons of recipes with exotic flavors and ingredients, but if you’re looking for that classic Thanksgiving stuff…

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Perfect Turkey Gravy with Make Ahead Turkey Stock

This stock has incredible flavor and can be made ahead to save time at Thanksgiving. It’s the base for perfect turkey gravy, and can also be used in your favorite dressing recipe. To roast the trimmings and vegetables, it’s best to use a roasting pan that c…

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Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Oatmeal Cookie Topping

This is a great alternative to marshmallow topped sweet potatoes. Cutting the sweet potatoes into slices of even thickness is important in getting them to cook at the same rate. A potato masher will yield slightly lumpy sweet potatoes; a food mill will make…

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Favorite Cranberry Sauce with Pears and Fresh Ginger

There are so many variations for cranberry sauce – experiment with a few until you find a favorite – this is one of mine. The maple syrup gives a more mellow sweetness than granulated sugar. If you've got frozen cranberries, do not defrost them before use;…

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Easy Apple Turnovers

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Sugar Cookies

These are one of the simplest and most basic rolled cookies - but so delicious. They’re buttery and sweet, with crisp edges and chewy centers.

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Whole Wheat Hummingbird Muffins

These muffins are based on the famous southern Hummingbird Cake – made with banana, pineapples, and coconut. Food historians generally cite Mrs. L.H. Wiggin's recipe published in the February 1978 issue of Southern Living magazine as the first printed refer…

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World’s Best Chili Con Carne