A love for creating recipes, cooking, and sharing tasty food
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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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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The Hubby and I love aloo gobi! We both find that vegetarian Indian (south, north, all of it!) dishes always have so much flavour!
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I use this recipe as my base for all my pickles. I may add a chili pepper or some dill, and I’ve even pickled jars of just garlic. You can make pickles out of just about anything. Pickled carrots and
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I know what you’re thinking. It’s what everyone thinks when you say you’re serving creamed corn. Trust me, its nothing like the glop you get out of the can. It’s fresh, crisp, buttery, and a bit of field corn heaven.
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Both the Hubby and I love sushi, but it can get expensive. I started dabbling with some simple kappa maki and musubi. I realized that with a few tricks, it wasn’t that hard to make. I tend to like the
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I love guacamole. On burgers, chicken, etc., but mostly, just a big bowl of guacamole and some corn chips. Last night I wanted to make that my supper. Guacamole not only tastes yummy, but it’s super quick to make! Just
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I generally decorate my Thanksgiving table with mini pumpkins, and this year I also had a kuri squash from a friend’s garden. I decided to do a take on my butternut squash soup and do a beef, navy bean, and
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Nothing beats a big bowl of fresh homemade roasted vegetable salsa! This has a nice fresh flavor and can be made as hot as you want by using more or fewer jalapenos. The Hubby and I both prefer a less
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Both the Hubby and I love navy beans. They are so creamy, meaty, and soak up flavor. I had made navy beans baked with lamb roast, on a rack over top of the beans, a few years ago. The drippings
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