We have a few friends that are vegan and a few friends who don’t eat gluten. Because we eat the heck out of gluten and can’t live without chicken and cheese and milk and chocolate and etc, I don’t have too many recipes in my stock pile that work for having these friends over for…
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Continue ReadingSandwiches are a great meal to have because everyone can customize them exactly to their liking. This is a great base for a panini that everyone in your family can slightly change to make their own.
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When we were in Munich over New Year’s we ate at the Hard Rock café and my husband got a BBQ pork sandwich that had green apple and coleslaw on it. It was delicious and I wanted to try to recreate the sandwich. Make it with this BBQ Sauce and this Coleslaw if desired.
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Every Valentines day my little family does fondue for dinner. We also do it for our anniversary which is also New Year’s Eve. Over the years I’ve been working on my favorite combos of cheese for fondue and this is the one I’ve made the last 3 times so I figured I could post this…
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I could probably eat this Pot Roast once a week and be perfectly happy. Too bad beef is expensive so this isn’t something I could afford to make every week. There’s nothing like putting this together in the crockpot before church and coming home to your house smelling like a delicious pot roast. This meal…
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We have a tradition of having salmon for Christmas Dinner. This is the recipe I typically make. It’s tender and flavorful and a recipe you will make again and again. I’ve made more salmon living in Finland than I think I ever have in all my years of cooking combined. I love how fresh it…
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I really love lasagna! One day I had planned to make a lasagna but discovered I didn’t actually have lasagna noodles. Undeterred, and determined to satisfy my meal craving I decided to try making it with the noodles I had on hand instead and this Lazy Man’s Lasagna was born. It’s so simple. So easy.…
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I’ve been making this Chicken and Basil Alfredo Stuffed Shells recipe for what seems like my whole marriage. It’s a special occasion dish, typically because it isn’t really a quick throw-together meal. It’s totally worth the time though because it’s definitely a restaurant quality dish that will impress your family, friends and taste buds. I…
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One evening I had chicken I needed to make before it went bad in the fridge. I had no idea what to do with it so I made this up and my husband liked it so much he asked me to make it again 3 days later. So I did. I decided to write down…
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This is a recipe for the best buttermilk fried chicken. Finland doesn’t do fried chicken. Anywhere. That’s not true. At a mall just outside of Helsinki there’s a fast food supposed-to-be-knock-off of KFC and it’s….. so not good. Like at all. So I’m not counting that. I made fried chicken only a few times before…
