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  • in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of March 24, 2024? #42237
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      I tried another recipe from the Washington Post today - it was the Creamy chicken with whole wheat biscuits. The biscuits were drop biscuits and they came out OK. I probably wouldn't make them again. The chicken itself was good - sort of like chicken pot pie. I could have cooked down the sauce a little more. It was a quick and easy meal and I will make it again.

      in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of March 17, 2024? #42182
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        We were having leftovers yesterday and Will was making his batch of sourdough to be baked today. We decided that we would have our Reubens on sourdough tonight.

        So this morning I went to Harris Teeter to get deli corned beef and sauerkraut. Not surprisingly, the deli was completely out of corned beef and the truck from Boar's head doesn't come until Friday. So I opted for pastrami - I got the last third of a pound. Not enough, so I added ½ pound of the cracked pepper turkey breast (our favorite). Since it was on sale, I got a pound of the imported Swiss. They were also out of sauerkraut, but at least they had a bag of cole slaw mix. I made thousand island dressing which I tossed with the coleslaw. We put both pastrami and turkey in the sandwiches and Will grilled them in the panini press. We will have them again tomorrow.

        It's supposed to be 40 here tomorrow morning around 7 am, but will go up to mid 60s during the day.

        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of March 3, 2024? #42057
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          Yesterday, I made a salad mix that I could eat for a couple of days. Today, since I was off, I tried a recipe from Half Baked Harvest that had appealed to me- a cauliflower tzatziki bowl with sweet potato fries. I didn't want to make all the parts, so I adapted. For some reason, the vegetables didn't cook as well - high heat enough time, and we were out of a lot of spices - Will told me we needed more, but didn't tell me how many bottles were empty, which is frustrating when you go to reach for a specific spice. At least, it was a filling dinner. I made whipped feta and chopped some cucumber and avocado instead of making tzatziki which was nice. I have leftovers of both the Sunday salad and tonight's vegetables. Can't wait to see what I make of it all tomorrow.

          in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of February 25, 2024? #42010
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            I had the last of my skillet orz chicken casserole tonight. I chopped half a tomato and added it before I heated it up. I also added some Parmesan.

            Tomorrow I'm going to make a kale salad - I preened the kale on Sunday when I got home from the store.

            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of February 25, 2024? #41982
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              Yesterday, I tried a new recipe from the Washington Post - Skillet orzo withspinach, chicken and goat cheese. It's very easy and I've already enjoyed it for 2 nights. There is enough for 2 more. Will is out of town, so I'm trying to eat well, but not cook every day. Tonight I made a shredded cucumber salad to go with it. I do think it could use more cheese.

              in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of February 18, 2024? #41904
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                Vet Sunday night I made Cianfotta (mixed vegetables) from Nancy Verde Barr. We took a cooking class with her about 40 years ago at Sakonnet Vineyard in Rhode Island. I learned so much. The basic recipe is garlic, onion, peppers, potato and tomatoes. It gets sautéed on the stove and then simmers to cook the potatoes.This time I added chicken sausage and zucchini. I think I cooked it about 5 minutes too long. We have enough for tonight.

                in reply to: Remembering Cass Avona (Kid Pizza) #41857
                cwcdesign
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                  Cass was such a sweetheart and such a great presence on the old Baking Circle. He will be missed.

                  in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of January 28, 2024? #41723
                  cwcdesign
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                    A belated Haapy Birthday BA! I hope you had a great day - what did you have for cake?

                    in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of January 28, 2024? #41722
                    cwcdesign
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                      The beautiful wedding was on Saturday the 27th and the rains (heavy, typical kiwi rains) stopped around 2:00 -the wedding was at 3:00

                      The wedding cake was beautiful and delicious on Saturday, but by Sunday, even though it was well wrapped, it became dry. So, today we are making a trifle. We found out that you can only get Bird's (Byrd's?) custard in British specialty stores as it is way too expensive for regular use. The brand they use here is Edmonds so we're going to give it a try.

                      BTW it is Tuesday around 9:45 am here

                      in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of January 14, 2024? #41675
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                        My mother had a meat grinder that I think she attached to her Sunbeam stand mixer. I have no idea how many times she used it. I periodically think about getting one for my KitchenAid, but then we don't eat that much meat.

                        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of January 14, 2024? #41585
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                          I picked up my friend at the airport in Jacksonville tonight and made us teriyaki salmon, broccoli and brown rice. We leave for New Zealand on Tuesday morning. Will, who seems to have had a bout of food poisoning last night 9he is much better tonight) will follow on Saturday. Nathaniel and Anna get married on the 27th.

                          And, Happy Birthday chocomouse!

                          in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of January 14, 2024? #41584
                          cwcdesign
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                            Wrong thread

                            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 31, 2023? #41459
                            cwcdesign
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                              I just finished up the last of the tenderloin in a sandwich for lunch.

                              I'm planning on making artichoke dip for tonight/tomorrow. I've been thinking it's the perfect comfort food and I haven't made it in years. Instead of a can of artichokes, I will be using a thawed bag of Trader Joe's frozen artichoke hearts and subbing cheddar for the parmesan. Will will make a sheet pan dinner so that we have it for a couple of nights.

                              Happy New Year Everyone!

                              in reply to: Pie Art #41451
                              cwcdesign
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                                Stunning!

                                in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41450
                                cwcdesign
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                                  I made chicken salad from the leftover tenders that Will grilled on Thursday so we could celebrate Michael's (my DDH) birthday. Nice simple dinner after two bananas days at work. We had a line of guests winding around half the store for 3 hours yesterday and not quite so long today to order lunch. We've been busy before, but nothing like this. We heard the whole island was packed. There were stories of Harris Teeter being so crowded you couldn't find a parking space.next week the island quiets down.

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