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Sausage-Stuffed Pattypan Squash Last week, I was set on taking my entire family to the local farmers’ market. We decide to go to the one in Pendleton, Indiana, which wasn’t very big, but we still ended up leaving with our hands full. One of my …

Shredded Potato Salad Let us be honest with each other, there are probably three million potato salad recipes floating about, but I couldn’t care less about any of them. A bold statement for someone who just wrote a shredded potato salad recipe and brought you …

Shrimp Rangoon I looked up the history of the crab rangoon and was surprised in my five minutes of research to find that the “Rangoon” (notice it’s capitalized), is from the city Yangon, also called Rangoon. It’s the former capital of Burma, which is now …

Lemon Almond Breakfast Bites Making lemon almond breakfast bites ahead of time saves my world. They’re crazy tasty and refreshing too. These breakfast bites are nice because I can make them after ingesting a couple gallons of coffee. They store well in the pantry and can be …

Restaurant Style Asian Fried Rice As I receive compliments and requests for my restaurant style Asian fried rice, I think to myself, “What makes this so special?” Perhaps, it’s because my husband talks it up. He likes to do that. Perhaps, there is something about …

Creamy Roasted Vegetable Soup I really like raw veggies most of the time. I’m am amazed when people visit my home and are surprised that my kids like raw veggies too. I thought everyone ate them. We’re not vegans or vegetarians, but sometimes I like …

Brussel Sprouts with Rosemary and Shallots Most people have memories of their mothers forcing Brussel sprouts down their gullets as children. At least, that is what TV would have me believe. I, unfortunately, don’t have such memories.  Brussel sprouts were not introduced into my diet …

Sun-Dried Tomato and Mushroom Quinoa It was “Meatless Monday” and the majority of my family was out of the house during dinner time, which allowed me to make any thing I wanted for dinner. I made the red, white, and blue quinoa I had picked …

Mini Potato Cupcakes I had invited my family over the other day for dinner and used five pounds of red potatoes to make the mashed potatoes. I had a little left over the next day and wanted to use them for something. Those potatoes were …

Kale Greens and Garlic Kale greens: the super healthy food that is most beneficial when steamed and keeps the noise of excessive glove snapping to a minimum. It’s known for its cancer-preventing properties, including colon cancer. Yeah, now that glove snapping makes sense. If you …