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A Sentimental Old Fool

Well, I got what I wished for - a one-way trip to Colorado.
Little did I realize how hard it would be. As I sit here in a quiet house with the kids in bed, I look around and realize that this is the last night I will spend here. Shari and I built this house [...]

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Westward Bound

The Glass family is moving to Colorado. Read more…

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Dad’s Stuff and Junk

Every few weeks I make what we call Dad’s Stuff and Junk for Saturday breakfast. It varies from week to week depending on what I have on hand, but usually goes something like this.
Dice potatoes into half-inch cubes. Saute rosemary and garlic in butter, lard, or olive oil or a combination of those for a [...]

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Salmon Pasta

I was faced with a meal I hadn’t planned for. I almost caved and just took the kids out to a restaurant, but we had just been out the previous day. I decided to go home and see what I could invent from what I had on hand. Here it is. Micah liked it [...]

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Black Bean and Squash Soup

We just got back from vacation and didn’t have much in the house to eat. I made do with what I had and here is the result. I found it quite tasty. It has a unique combination of flavors that I liked but Shari did not. She didn’t seem to like the sweetness that the [...]

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The Thanksgiving leftovers were devoured by my visiting family. I had not planned meals for most of this week depending on the fact that we generally have enough leftovers to last us for a week. What to do? I remembered that Shari likes a white bean chicken chili she’s had at Ruby Tuesday’s and [...]

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Moderation

Some people tell me I’m too extreme and should use moderation.
Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me [...]

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Chicken and Rice

This is a quick and easy thing to do with leftover chicken or turkey.

1 cup brown rice (I use short grain brown)
2 cups chicken stock
1 tsp salt

In a covered saucepan, simmer the rice in the chicken stock with salt until all the water has been absorbed.

2T butter or coconut oil
2T unbleached flour
about 2/3c coconut milk [...]

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A Day of Local Food

Yesterday Shari was gone to a scrap-booking marathon, so I decided to take the kids out and get some apples and go for a drive in my new convertible (actually it’s not new, it’s a 1999 VW Cabrio). Forgive the photo quality. The photos were taken with my phone camera.
We headed out for Kapnick Orchards [...]

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Penne with Zucchini and Feta

Shari picked up the original at a local Weight Watcher’s meeting. I changed it a little bit. It’s a quick and delicious summer-time dish.

1½ cups brown rice penne pasta
2 medium zucchini thinly sliced
4-8oz feta cheese crumbled
½ cup pasta cooking water
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon fresh basil
salt
pepper

Cook the pasta per package instructions. Set aside 1/2 [...]

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Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Everybody’s had garlic mashed potatoes. There can’t be that many ways to make garlic mashed potatoes can there? Well, I don’t know, but here’s how I do it.

8 medium new red-skin potatoes
4-6 large cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1 sprig rosemary
3 tablespoons butter (olive oil will also work)
a couple dollops of sour cream (I culture my own)
2 [...]

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Potato Salad; Spicy Aoli

This is an adaptation of potato and pea salad with chive aioli from Epicurious combined with the mayonnaise recipe from Nourishing Traditions and a few minor changes.
The aioli (makes more than needed for the salad):

1 whole egg
1 egg yolk
1 1/2 T brown mustard
1 1/2 T lemon juice
1 T whey (optional; not whey protein powder, but [...]

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Corn Chowder

5 medium corn on the cob (sliced off the cob)
8oz roasted red bell peppers (jar)
4oz Sundried Tomatoes in Oil
2 small onions chopped
4 clove garlic clove minced
6 slices cooked bacon
1 Tbsp bacon fat
1 1/2 - 2 quarts chicken stock
2 cup heavy whipping cream
8 small red potatoes chopped into bite size pieces
several sprigs of thyme
a sprig [...]

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Chicken and Dumplings

I got a hankering for chicken and dumplings and had never made them before. I considered looking up recipes, but figured it would be more fun to just make things up as I went along. So here are my results.
First I made a roux. I had seen several shows on the food network explaining different [...]

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Spaghetti Sauce

I started with the HarvestEating tomato sauce. Go there and watch the video. It will give you the gist of how to make this sauce. I have simply added a few minor touches to it because I really like puttanesca sauce.

1 28oz can San Marzano tomatoes (very important to get San Marzano)
1/4 cup extra virgin [...]

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