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Garlic

Super Food: Cannellini Beans and Roasted Garlic

13.03.2010 Beans

My mother has always been a master at stretching a dollar because she’s had lots of practice most of her life.  As a single mother of three children under the age of five by the time she was 25, she worked hard to put a roof over our heads and food on the table.  She [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Out of Garlic

04.11.2009 Garlic

I’m never out of garlic, and yet yesterday when I wondered about what would go in the potato leek soup we made for dinner, I found I had only the shriveled remnants of my normally plump reserve.  There were no shallots, and I couldn’t find an onion, either.  Cooking just isn’t the same for me [...]

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Pulled Pork Sandwiches

19.02.2009 Garlic

It’s the busy season for my husband so that means dinner is later with each passing week.  There is no complaint from me because I’ve gotten used to it over the last many years — and I’m not the one working late. The later schedule allows me to think a bit longer about dinner if [...]

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Brined Pork Roast with Mushroom Sage Polenta and Collards

15.10.2008 Fall

Everyone's been waxing prolifically about the onset of Fall weather, and although I can say that maybe…but only a slight maybe…the air in the early morning has a slight chill, there's no way it's Fall here yet.  Of course the calendar swears it's October.  And yes, magazines have arrived sporting all things orange, brown, and [...]

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Spanish Meatballs & Garlicky Greenbeans

01.10.2008 Beans

Have you been watching Spain:  On the Road Again?  When I saw Mario Batalli with Gwynneth Paltrow in the recent issue of Food & Wine,  I thought, huh.  Okay.  And then I looked at the recipes since that’s what life is all about, right?  All that olive oil and garlic…potatoes and rice. Mmm-Hmmm. I have [...]

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Roast Lemon Chicken with Garlic & Olives

24.08.2008 Chicken

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Zest the lemon completely.  Then juice it and quarter it. In a small bowl, mix lemon zest, lemon juice, olive oil and herbs.  Set aside. Pat the chicken dry after rinsing it — inside as well.  Liberally sprinkle inside and out with salt and cracked pepper.  Sprinkle some [...]

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