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I made a walnut crusted chicken from myrecipes.com on Thursday that we really enjoyed. We both agreed that the dijon mustard in the buttermilk/mustard marinade needed to be increased as well as marinating it as long as overnight. I need to make more of the crumb mixture and probably toast the walnuts for more flavor.

For St. Patrick's Day, I made a baked casserole of deli corned beef, cabbage and potatoes. I'm glad I know as much about cooking as I do because the recipe had a list of ingredients without telling you how to prep the individual ingredients, nor did it specify in the recipe! For example, it told you to cook the onion (medium) and the garlic (one clove), but did not say to chop or mince. Can you imagine the poor person who might have tried to cook the onion and garlic whole - or not slice the potatoes for layering in the pan? Anyway, it was really good and I will add it to my recipe file with the recipe corrections.

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chocomouse, I gather you have power. My brother on Buzzards Bay was still without power. As he was on his back porch checking on the generator, a tree fell on his car and partially, but not badly on his house. Needless to say he was rather shaken as he watched it. Of course it didn’t fall on SIL’s car which is basically dead. I have a photo but I don’t know if I can figure out how to post it here - it’s in my messages. I tried to paste it but all it did was post the label

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My sympathies to your family Joan. I wish you all peace.

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No pi here ?☹️

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On Thursday I made a Thai noodle salad that we like and it makes a lot. I decided that instead of mixing all the various parts together I would keep them separate in the fridge so we could create our own proportions. I put all the vegetables in a ziplock bag and a double batch of peanut dressing in a jar. I used linquini instead of rice noodles which worked better as far as we’re concerned. I doubled the amount of chicken breasts and learned that next time I will slice them into cutlets and marinate them longer - the marinade did not have enough time to seep into the chicken - it was dry. There is still enough for dinner tonight.

I also tried a low carb recipe for baked spaghetti squash and spinach. I thought maybe it was time to try spaghetti squash again. Nope, although it was edible, I was very disappointed. I roasted it in halves and then squeezed out most of the liquid as recommended, made the cheese sauce and mixed everything together as recommended. I did have to add more salt and pepper to the sauce as it was kind of bland. I also covered it with grated Parmesan per the recipe. I was surprised that it came out watery but I think that was because the spinach was uncooked - the photo looked much thicker which is why I tried it. It was very bland and I realized that that was because spaghetti squash is bland and watery even if you squeeze out the liquid. So, needless to say, I won’t be cooking spaghetti squash again - I’ll stick to butternut and acorn.

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We get a list of national food days from Culinary so we can highlight something on our menus. When I went to see if pi day was on it (it was not - potato chip day was). I mentioned it to our chef and she didn’t know about it (different home country)so I explained it. She liked the idea, but I don’t think we can do anything this year - whoever made the list probably didnt connect pi with pie - maybe next year.

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I know there are links, but I do think it’s basically an old-fashioned book review since there are comments why they like the books - in the old days they’d give you the price and publisher so you could find it at the bookstore.

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I actually bought a can of Vegalene from KAF last fall for my bundt pans. I figured that if they used it in all the kitchens at the resort, it was worth trying. It is non-gmo and contains sunflower oil, sunflower lecithin, natural flavor & propellant - no silicone which is what would make the pans sticky. I got it from KAF because it was cheaper than Amazon. So far so good, very light but sure did work on my bundt pans and cleans off easily.

I, too, minimally wash my USA pans and I love them

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On Sunday, I made MrsCindy’s Irish oatmeal bread again. This time I had all the ingredients and paid attention to the rising time. It was much better. I made it as a sharing loaf and froze half. I think next time I will reduce the honey as I thought it was a little sweet.

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I tried a recipe for Rory’s scones, originally created by the Allen family of Ballymaloe. I tried halving the recipe, but I didn’t realize how small the scones were. They are small, savory ones to go with soups or salad - an Irish biscuit so to speak.

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Joan, a very, very belated birthday to you? it sounds like you had a great day,

During the week I made an asparagus and bok choy frittata which I ate for dinner and then a couple of breakfasts. Although it called for a drizzle of sesame oil to make it more Asian, I would not use the oil again.

I also made some ginger carrot soup from Simon Pearce’s cookbook. It’s one of Will’s favorites.

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Living by the shore, we always had iodized salt because it was supposed to help with the salt not retaining moisture. It didn’t, we always had to add rice to the shakers. I think I still buy iodized when I buy table salt, but I mostly use Kosher.

Interesting BA, I have a thyroid issue and iodine has never been mentioned to me. Maybe because of the type.

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Last night I made Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken and brown rice to serve it on. It will last us a couple of days.

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I made MrsCindy’s chocolate chip cookies yesterday and used on of my new cookie scoops. Boy, did that save a lot of time!

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I’m not baking yet, but this blog post popped up in my mail today and it made me think of BakerAunt.

Buckwheat Crepes Recipe {Naturally Gluten-Free}

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