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Creamed Eggs on Toast Points

My children are both grown up and beyond the years of me hiding baskets or hunting for eggs (OK, I still put up this adorable little Easter tree with ornaments and yes, they are not so old they don’t expect a chocolate treat from Mom!). However, some traditions remain and this dish is a standard [...]

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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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Creamy Mushroom Bake

I’ve been making this dish for as many years as I can recall; it’s either on our Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner table and is so good I wonder why we don’t have it more often. Maybe we just want to have something to really look forward to or maybe it’s the richness of the sauce…a [...]

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Lasagna with Béchamel Sauce

The rich Béchamel sauce combined with mushrooms and tomatoes makes for a very different type of lasagna and it’s absolutely delicious! I once took this to a group where we each brought a dish to share; this disappeared! Note: this photo without tomatoes..even prettier and even better with them!

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