.   Pasta is such a great dish to serve when entertaining.  It can be made ahead, frozen, and needs little attention while baking. This Baked Ziti with Mini Meatballs is always a crowd pleaser.  In fact, when I made it last year it was gone before I could get any. I started this dish
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      Baked Potatoes are one of my favorite things to eat. I rarely do. Don’t know why. They are so easy to throw together and always a yummy treat. I prefer to bake the potatoes in the oven, I don’t know why but I think they taste better.   I usually have what
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.   Tacos are so yummy, but they can be time consuming so whenever I am making them I like to make an extra batch of meat.  I like to use it for taco salad, my beef and black bean salad, and even my beef enchiladas.  And now, I have this recipe.  It looks like I
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.   I just love baked potatoes,  I’m not sure why I don’t make them more often.  When I came across this recipe I was so excited I made it that night. One of the great things about this recipe is many meals I can make with such a small amount of each ingredient.  Not
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.   I love making soup. It is such a great way to warm the house as well as our tummies.  When I was at the market yesterday I saw these beautiful shallots and thought SOUP! So I grabbed them and a few bulbs of garlic and headed home to get to work.   What
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Sometimes the foods that seem the simplest to make cause me the most trouble. Steak is one of those things for me.  My husband loves this expensive steak house near us.  It is one of those places where everything is a la carte.  I have been trying to mimic the peppercorn sauce that they use
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It’s raining! (That doesn’t happen that much here in Southern California).  What better to make than soup. I love the way the smell drifts through the house.  I makes it so cosy. The best part of this soup is how easy it is to put together, it is freezer friendly, and very inexpensive to make. What
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Spaghetti Squash is such a cool veggie.  Super easy to cook and best of all it gives you the feeling that you are eating carbs when you are not. ( Not that I watch my carbs… But I have heard some people do!) Once it is cooked it really can be treated as any veggie
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    My husband loves chicken piccata but we need to eat more fish so I took out the chicken and substituted fish. This turned out to be a lovely light dinner.  The Tilapia absorbed caper and lemon flavor beautifully.    I find that breading, or in this case flouring the meat or fish and
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  What You Need: 2 Cups Pasta 1/2 Cup Chopped Pancetta 2 Cups Chopped Mushrooms 4 Cups Fresh Spinach 1 Cup Parmesan Cheese What To Do: Cook pasta according to directions on the package.  Reserve a cup of the cooking water for the sauce.  In a pan, cook the pancetta.  Remove the pancetta and add
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  Salmon is such a quick fish to cook.  Actually, all fish is quick to cook.  I am guilty of regularly overcooking it.  I try to only flip the fish once.  As the fish cooks, you will be able to see the fish changing color on the sides. Once the fish has changed color about
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I love cruising the meat department! Whenever I am in the market I walk through the department and look for any sales.  The best times to look at my marked are the day after a holiday.  Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter usually have some wonderful meats that are dirt cheap. I found this pork loin for
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This is such an easy pasta dinner to make and it freezes beautifully. Just make sure not to add the bread crumbs until right before you are going to throw it into the oven. I used some of the cooking water from the pasta and Parmesan cheese to make a creamy sauce then I stirred
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This is such a great play on chicken wings.  It is easy to put together and freezes wonderfully. If you are making it ahead or freezing it don’t add the bread crumbs until you are ready to bake it. What You Need: 2 Cups Pasta 1 Can Cheese Soup 1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese 1
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Quesadillas are great for lunch, dinner, and even as an appetizer.  I always cook all the sausage or bacon in the package when I make breakfast (usually only on Sundays). We could never eat that much but I figure if I am going to dirty the pan I might as well cook it all. It is
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This is a great meal that can be made ahead of time and frozen.  I wasn’t sure if baking the uncooked tortellini would work out.  It did! Making this meal even easier to put together. This makes a lot! The tortellini seems to really swell up with the sauce. I was able to make 8
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    This is such a simple meal to throw together and if you like garlic you are going to love this! It works well as a main meal or as a side dish.  I would probably serve it with a nice steak.  Since the olive oil and butter are the only sauce on this
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Growing up I was not a big fan of fish.  I think it had to do with the bones.  Defiantly  not a pleasant experience as a young child. But these days I have come to really look forward to a nice fish dinner.  This rosemary halibut dinner is very easy to put together. The one thing
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After looking at a lot of recipes for Carnitas I adapted this recipe.  I feel that it has less fat and grease than the more traditional Carnetas. It is also so easy to make. Only 5 ingredients!    Usually with Carnitas  all the fat is left on so that you can get a nice brown
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