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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!

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Stunning!

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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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Sounds wonderful Mike! Merry Christmas.

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We had our Christmas dinner tonight of slow roasted tenderloin with bernaise sauce, roasted potatoes and asparagus. It was delicious.

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I had a tuna sandwich after work and Will had Annie's Mac and cheese with carrots and peas thrown in.

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I will make our tenderloin on Christmas Eve with bearnaise, roasted potatoes and whatever green vegetable on sale looks the best - have no idea about dessert or Christmas brunch at this point.

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Today I made Reindeer Chow for quick gifts for coworkers and neighbors. All I actually cooked was the pecans which I toasted. I'll make a second batch tomorrow.

I kept putting off buying the ingredients because they were so expensive - the cereals for example. Well, yesterday I decided to bite the bullet and pick them up on my way to work. I got lucky - just about every ingredient was BOGO 😁 the M&Ms weren't but they were discounted a little. Harris Teeter is one of the stores where you do not have to buy two items to get the discount which is really helpful when you need only one box.

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I made Coq au Vin Chicken Meatballs from Half Baked Harvest which I haven't made in a couple of years. I served them with mashed potatoes. When Will was putting the leftovers away, he found the asparagus I forgot to cook. And, my answer was that at least we'll have them for dinner tomorrow 😁

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Will made onion soup and a chicken and kale Caesar salad

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Welcome back Joan - sounds like a wonderful trip!

I made Roasted Sausage, Peppers & Onions from the Barefoot Contessa Modern Comfort Food Book for dinner tonight. The flavors were really nice and it wasn't a heavy dish. She served it over polenta, but we had it over Italian red rice baked the way we cook our brown rice. This came from our new Italian food vendor for the store. The red rice is unrefined so it has a nice "chew" like farro can have some times. We are really enjoying it.

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Great minds think alike 😁

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Mine died - or should I say Will killed it off using it for smoothies🙄 I was too lazy to use the blender or the food processor, but I do like the texture from the crushed tomatoes- I always buy a better brand for this recipe but also pick which one is the better price at the time.

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Chocomouse - is it the Easy Tomato Soup with the orzo? I leave out the orzo and use 2 teaspoons Italian herbs in place of the saffron. I add 1 teaspoon of sugar to cut the acidity and use 2 teaspoons of salt instead 1 tablespoon. Also, be sure to use crushed tomatoes - we were out the last time I made it when I only had a can of whole tomatoes - even smashed with my hands, the soup wasn't as creamy. FWIW, I never tried it with the orzo, as we wanted a simple cream of tomato soup and that's what we got - so much better than Campbell's😁

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I made a batch of blueberry corn muffins from one of the Silver Palate cookbooks for dinner tonight. I used to make them all the time when the boys were young and hadn't made them in years. They would turn up their noses when I offered, and preferred the regular cornbread. Times change - Will thought that was a good idea for tonight.

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