Posts Tagged ‘recipes’

Italian Bread – Recipe

12/09/2010

Whatever possessed me to try this?  And then, whatever possessed me to try this 3 times?  And worse, whatever will possess me to try this one more time?

 

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Chili Verde ? – Recipe

11/27/2010

 I thought I knew what chili verde was, until I started doing some research.   In fact now I’m not even sure of the spelling, chili versus chile.  I defer to what Shakespeare meant with that rose thing.

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Cheese (Queso) Dip – kicked substantially – recipe

11/20/2010

 What’s the shelf life of Velveeta?  That’s a question that doesn’t need an answer.  After trying this dip, you won’t care.

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Chicken Calzones – Recipe

11/13/2010

Latino meets Latin in this variation of the pastry pie. 

What’s the difference between Empanadas and Calzones?

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Wonton Empanadas Carnitas – Recipe

10/23/2010

Well that’s a mouthful.

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Chicken Salad Sandwich – Recipe

10/23/2010

It’s sometimes amazing what you can throw together without much thought or time.  To balance that out, of course, are the science experiments gone wrong that end up in your lessons learned book.  This one is more on the amazing side.

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Chicken And Spinach Soup – Not What You’d Think – Recipe

09/11/2010

This is another one that surprises based on its simplicity and results.  This light soup will bring  pleasant comments from you and your family or guests.  But first a quiz.

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Empanadas – Recipe

08/21/2010

Empanadas are  filled Latino “pastry pies”.  And that’s a misleading description in my book.  Since a picture is worth a thousand words, here’s a picture below.  What’s pictured is really more appropriately named, empanadillas (small empanadas). We can quibble about the name while we eat them, because eating is the more important thing.  These particular ones are filled with a tasty ground beef  mixture.  We might destroy all the mystery about the name by calling it a pocket sloppy joe.  But that would be wrong.

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Cucumber Onion Salad – Recipe

08/14/2010

This is a pretty quick and handy dish, especially in the summer when everyone you know has a boat load of cucumbers to give away.  Plus, using your chef knife to slice through those cucumbers as if they were butter, gives you a real sense of accomplishment.

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Simple Stuff – Recipes

08/14/2010

Sometimes we cook simply because our bodies demand fuel.  Then, we cook to eat.  Here are a few simple recipes that feed that fuel demand.

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