Casseroles

Welshing on the Rabbit becomes Welsh Wabbit (Think Chicken!)

I’ve watched a couple of my friends participate in a unique monthly event called a Recipe Swap. Each month they are given a recipe to start from and their challenge is to ‘swap’ out some of the ingredients to make the end result their own personal and updated take on the original recipe. It sounded [...]

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Fresh and Savory Tomato Pie

One of the things I love about food blogging is discovering dishes made by my peers, other bloggers. The other day my friend Toni of Boulder Locavore published a post for a Savory Tomato Pie. I loved her self deprecating demeanor about being lazy (which she is not!) and how she used a ready made [...]

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The Best Green Bean, Onion and Mushroom Dish Ever

So I made some green beans…so big deal right? Wrong. They were a huge deal. A ‘I think I could eat these for breakfast, lunch and dinner deal’ even. Was it the bacon fat? I’m sure that did not hurt. How about the chicken stock…that too. But what I really loved? Though made smack dab [...]

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Quiche Lorraine with Caramelized Onions IS for Real Men!

I was 28 when I moved to Raleigh, NC from a suburb of St. Louis, MO. I had been married for just a couple of years when my husband was offered a management job with a telecommunications company and I was excited about the move. It was going to be hard to leave my young [...]

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Golden Macaroni and Cheese with Caramelized Onions

I love KerryGold Butter. The difference in flavor is remarkable compared to the standard brand and I love to use it for special recipes. However, my first love from the Kerrygold brand is their Dubliner Cheese. Dubliner is a sweet mature cheese (aged over twelve months) manufactured by Carbery and marketed internationally under the Kerrygold [...]

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Cincinnati Chili with Spaghetti and Cheddar Cheese

I’ve been nostalgic lately and not sure why but memories of my childhood and home and friends from the past seem to be flooding in lately. Maybe it’s having heard from some fellows I went to college with (true to form, they were all together drinking!) or maybe even that this last week saw my [...]

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Pasta with Chicken, Grilled Onions and Sun Dried Tomatoes

I was reminded yesterday of how often I make something for a meal with inspiration from, not a chef, not a book, not a TV show…no, from my fridge. And how often that inspiration comes so easily because I’m looking for something simple and quick that I can add to pasta. Many years ago I [...]

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Zucchini and Cream Cheese Casserole topped with Butter Crackers

I’ve grown my own zucchini for many years but in the past couple of years I’ve cut way back on a big garden with vegetables and now concentrate on growing a wide variety of herbs. That’s OK…it was getting to the point where at this time of year I did not want to see another [...]

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The Best Turkey Tetrazzini with Mushrooms, Bacon, Garlic and Herbs

This dish, while Italian sounding, is an all American dish said to have originated in San Francisco; named after the Italian Opera singer, Luisa Tetrazzini . Turkey Tetrazzini is a fancy name for a turkey casserole with a cream sauce, mushrooms and peas and we’ve always used it fora leftover dish after Thanksgiving when turkey [...]

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