Monthly Archives: September 2010

Buffalo Chicken Strips with Blue Cheese Dip

Posted on 22 September 2010 by

Football season is upon us. I know because my husband disappears every Sunday afternoon and Monday night, giving me some much-needed alone time.  Ahhh, I love the autumn. Kidding aside, these buffalo chicken strips are a great recipe find from … Continue reading →

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Blue Cheese Dressing

Posted on 20 September 2010 by

If it is possible to be in love with a salad dressing, then I am head over heels for blue cheese dressing. It is my decadent treat at home-style Italian restaurants and steakhouses. But it’s even better to make at … Continue reading →

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Chicken Parmesan

Posted on 16 September 2010 by

The latest issue of Fine Cooking had a recipe for quick chicken Parmesan, which I made last Sunday night. It was so delicious that we could not stop devouring it. The main tweak I made to the recipe was to … Continue reading →

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Classic Cucumber Salad

Posted on 13 September 2010 by

I made this for dinner last night with the last of our garden cucumbers. This quick marinade is probably my favorite way to eat cucumbers. You can vary the herbs and citrus to suit your menu; for instance, basil is … Continue reading →

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How to Make Nut Butter

Posted on 12 September 2010 by

The latest issue of Fine Cooking has a procedure for making homemade nut butters using almonds, hazelnuts and pecans. Making my own nut butter is probably not something I would have thought of doing. We always have a jar of … Continue reading →

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Old-fashioned American Potato Salad

Posted on 4 September 2010 by

I know, summer is almost over. You don’t have to tell me. But we have one more holiday weekend, which means we can have one more barbecue, which means we can make one more potato salad. Hooray! This is my … Continue reading →

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Fast Yeast Bread

Posted on 3 September 2010 by

I don’t know why I don’t make fresh bread every day. I really should with a recipe like this one for Fastest Yeast Bread from Mark Bittman. You can literally make the dough and bake the bread within 1 hour, … Continue reading →

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