This Fresh Salad takes just a bit of prep time, but even the usual suspects feel different in this dish. First, use hearty arugula as your greens. Next, squeeze the juicy gel out of your tomatoes, leaving only the firm pulp, then cut into decent-sized chunks. Next, cut an English cucumber into 2″ tubes — […]
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Salmon en Croute Recipe: First rinse and pat dry 12 – 16 ounces of a salmon center cut fillet (Place fillet skin side down in a large hot skillet, after 30-45 seconds of cooking take it out, put on a cutting board, and removed the skin) – or use your favorite method for removing the […]
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The Mushroom Gravy As the saying goes…start by making a roux! Two strips of bacon are cooked, leaving oil in the pan. 1 average-sized onion, diced 8 ounces of sliced fresh mushrooms 1 splash of good red wine 1 splash of homemade chicken stock 1/4 cup cream 1 cup of all-purpose flour 2 knobs of […]
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CHICKEN THIGHS in a savory red wine and onion sauce. – We had a tray of 10 skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs and wanted to cook them two different ways. We browned the five individual thighs in the skillet (8 minutes per side). Removed them and cooked two strips of bacon cut into four pieces in […]
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CHICKEN THIGHS cooked in a savory red wine and onion sauce. This chicken is oh so good! We started with fresh bone-in chicken thighs. We placed five individual thighs in a skillet to brown (cooking 8 minutes per side). Removing the thighs from the heat, we then cooked two strips of bacon (which we cut […]
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The Least Appreciated Perfect Food: Homemade Chicken Broth. Once you have roasted your chicken, eaten all of the best bits, you are left with bones and Some meat still clinging to the hard to reach parts. These bones, along with some cut-up carrots, cut onions, chopped bell peppers, and chopped celery, all go into a […]
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FOR OVER 100 YEARS, BOY SCOUTS & GIRL SCOUTS HAVE LIVED BY THE MOTTO: BE PREPARED! Disasters seem to strike often these days. We know there will be many next year, just as there were this year. It only makes common sense to prepare for a disaster, even if that disaster is never known. Like […]
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We roast a whole chicken once a week or so. It delivers what is quickly becoming my favorite meal. It is also the easiest meal to cook. We buy an organic chicken (small birds). We rinse it, dry it well, and place it on a roasting pan with paper towels under it to absorb the […]
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When the days get chilly, this simple and tasty dinner is a matter of using the greens you have, not specifically spinach! We could not tell the difference. We also used less bacon, supporting the protein by substituting some diced ham. Purists give us some slack. If you want to construct the salad using only […]
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I wrote this song recently, thinking back when my daughter was in pre-school and my wife and I were in our thirties. Love, Love, Love was all around and continues today. — Jack A. Atkinson FOR THE LOVE OF MY LADY & MY DAUGHTER (LOVE, Love, Love, It’s Our Guiding Song) Lyrics by Jack […]