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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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For the Friend’s Christmas Dinner this year (2024), I made a whiskey-glazed ham with scalloped potatoes (with creamed corn and a three-bean salad). I was looking for a saucy and creamy recipe, and this one from Spend with Pennies was perfect (with only
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I was going through my spice cabinet the other day and noticed a packet of Moroccan seasoning. Later that week, I pulled a whole chicken out of the freezer and put the packet to good use for some Moroccan chicken
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I wanted to make some scalloped potatoes, old school style, but of course, kicked up a notch. I looked up Julia Child’s recipe, but it looked to be a bit of fuss to make and ended up settling on scalloped
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I love au gratin potatoes, but with a lactose intolerance I can’t take the easy way out and buy the boxed version. Which I fully admit is a guilty pleasure, or rather, was. These au gratin potatoes are cheesy, saucy,
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When we were in Hawaii (Big Island), we made a very lucky discovery of a small restaurant called the Rebel Kitchen. It was some of the best food on the Island, and we ate there a couple times. The first
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One of my favourite vegetables is potatoes. And au gratin potatoes have to be one of my favourite ways to have my favourite veg! Cheesy and creamy and potatoey! I had a few potatoes and wanted to make something that
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I’ve made this a couple times and never seemed to quite get the taste that I was looking for. This time I seemed to have hit the nail on head. Before when I made it, it was with white vinegar,
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You know those delicious lemon Greek potatoes that you get at a Greek restaurant, that are super tender,lemony, and perfect with a big scoop of tzatziki? I love those and they are so easy to make. I know the recipe
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I just made a big pan of these for a Christmas potluck. Something warm and cheesy and oh so good. I think it was cleaned out within minutes and there were quite a few second and third helpings. Its one
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