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This year was a great year for blackberries and the bushes nearby were loaded. After picking 4lbs worth, and after a vinegar bath, I had to make a refreshing Blackberry Bourbon Smash. I had some simple syrup already made, but
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My apple mint julep is as refreshing as it gets! Perfect for enjoying on a hot summer’s eve.
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The Hubby’s birthday cake is traditionally a devil’s food cake mix with his mother’s fluffy pudding icing. This year, I left it until the last minute and realized I didn’t have a cake mix on hand, so I went searching for
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Lemonade is a great way to use up lemon juice if you have copious amounts of it. Recipes like lemon bars or even lemon meringue pie don’t use that much when you have 2 cups of it! I had a
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Tomahawk steak is one of our favourite steaks. Done right, a tomahawk steak is juicy, delicious, and cuts like butter. The only seasoning it needs is salt!
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I was looking for a recipe for monster cookies that flattened out, yet were still chewy, and I found a great recipe on A Sassy Spoon. The only changes I made were in the additions. Instead of just chocolate pieces,
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Chingri malai is an Indian shrimp curry, and I was inspired to make it from an episode of Father Brown. I am working my way through the whole series, and one of the recent episodes I watched featured a cookbook
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I try to make something “Irish” for each St. Patrick’s Day, and this year, I made an Irish coddle. It’s basically a stew, though unlike traditional Irish stew with meat, potatoes, and a gravy broth, coddle has barley and sausages.
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Carbonara is one of the Hubby’s favourite pasta dishes! This was actually the first time I made carbonara from scratch (traditional recipe with no cream), and it turned out perfectly. I found the recipe on RecipeTin Eats and halved it
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I had a vegetarian coming to my Christmas dinner this year and wanted to make a 3-bean salad as a more filling dish for them. It worked out perfectly as almost everyone at the table loved the 3-bean salad too!
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