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Summer’s Best: Fresh Tomato Sauce
These tomatoes are naked! We made this tomato sauce before this blog was even born, back when we just sent each other recipes all the time and went “oooh, let’s make that one. And a scone, to save for...
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Tomatillo Salsa (Salsa Verde)
I wanted to love this salsa, but I only liked it. I think the problem is that I was trying to duplicate something that’s not actually standard salsa verde. It’s a green salsa they serve at a place...
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Creamed Onions (Alfredo Style)
On the one year anniversary of my first date with my husband, I made Deb’s creamed onions with chives and bacon, and fully intended to tell you more about it after first mentioning it. Of course I...
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Shortcuts to a Better Cherry Pie
Cherry pie is one of those foods for me. When I was in high school, I spent two weeks at my grandfather’s house while I was going to debate camp (yes, I did high school debate and became a lawyer. I...
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Pecan Sandies
My wonderful grandfather (he of the excellent cherry pie and etouffee) is turning 95 today. Such an occasion calls for an epic cake, but with the record-breaking heat waves we’ve been having lately,...
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Back in the Saddle Again (Roasted Cherry Chocolate Tart)
My apologies for the radio silence. It’s been a busy couple of weeks, and I, for one, am still recovering from what will go down in history as the most epic of all Smitten Kitchen days, the one...
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Blueberry Applesauce
For most purposes, I think of myself as a Texan even though we moved to Ohio right before I started third grade. All of my family is from there, many of them still live there, and I just love Texas....
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Beetfredo (Whole Wheat Penne with Roasted Beet Sauce)
I bought some beets intending to make beet chips, which Emily – God love her – brought into my life. Then I didn’t feel like going through all that effort, and I needed a fun dinner idea, so I...
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Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Cookies (. . . for dogs)
Last month, we adopted a wonderful Australian cattle dog named Sydney. She has adopted us very quickly, and has become very protective. We’re working on training her to be more obedient so she won’t...
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White Russian / Kahlua Cheesecake Brownies
This is perhaps not a Lent-appropriate recipe, but oh well. Save it for Easter? This was a birthday gift a long time ago for someone who loves Kahlua but can’t drink it anymore for health reasons. I...
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