December 2011
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Everything's better with bacon!
This idea is so simple. Take some favorites and combine them into an awesome meal. I can practically guarantee that your kids will eat it. I suggested dinner’s ingredients to my husband because I knew we would all like it. Of course, I don’t have to tell him how to make it, but I also know it will be great— and different than the way I’d make it. (Actually when we...
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Crunchy Chicken Nuggets
Since the day before I’d made homemade pot stickers which my youngest refused to eat. He ended up going to bed without eating a proper dinner. I felt guilty so on this night I made a meal I knew they would all like without complaint— chicken nuggets, roasted potatoes (looked just like French fries), roasted sweet potatoes (for me) and broccoli (everyone’s favorite). I decided...
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Fred Flintstone at 5
We recently got our lamb and beef “shares” from our CSA/Shared Harvest. The other day I mentioned the lamb burger my middle son initially whined about. Today we had shoulder lamb chops. My husband had made a marinade last night for them— olive oil, rosemary (from a friend’s garden), garlic, salt and pepper. Simple, but oh such a wonderful combination of flavors that...
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This isn't a hamburger!
Well, it happened again… my middle son ended up in tears when he found out was for dinner. After we’d spent most of the late afternoon scouting out the best tree from the tree farm and cutting it down, we were just up for a quick meal. We were having a hodgepodge of some leftovers—ratatouille and beef bourguignon that a caterer had made for a party I’d organized the night...
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Same chicken, 2 nights 2 ways
One dish I absolutely love that my mother-in-law makes is her chicken stew. She makes it full of large pieces of chicken, potatoes, carrots and celery. And she makes dumplings too. I decided the other day I’d make a chicken stew but wasn’t in the mood to make the dumplings so I opted for egg noodles instead. I didn’t have my MIL’s recipe but she’d explained it a...