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To all my friends who need a little green in their day…
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It’s a terrible time to be out of Midori.
But I can always be Irish tomorrow…
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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
Tag Archives: recipe
Miscellaneous nonsense.
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A little bit of this, a whole lot of nothing important.
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I feel you Biggie.
I really do.
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I am woefully out of touch, as proved by this public service announcement from the University of Pittsburgh.
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Could there be anything more revolting?
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Holy Hell.
That’s going to give me nightmares.
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Zeppelin greenery and superhero corn.
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I’m pretty sure this first photo is AI generated, but I admit it made me smile.
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Rock on philodendron Robert.
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Adamantium corn skewers.
Need I say more?
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I had a good laugh at this article because it would totally be something I’d do. Mystery solved why the poor little thing wouldn’t eat.
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I saw this diabetic coma inducing treat on the menu when we went out to lunch the other day. Talk about overkill…
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It would be worth making these just to be able to answer the question “ What are you bringing to the potluck?” with… Moose Farts, but I’ll leave it to the more adventurous cooks amongst us. (Please note that’s not the full recipe. Don’t make farts and blame me when they fall apart)
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Easy peasy chicken dinner.
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Want an absolutely fool proof easy chicken dinner?
Here it is.
Two large bone in, skin on breasts. Admittedly, these were huge.
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Place in a large roasting pan with two inches of chicken broth. Bouillon cube based broth will work. Add 5 sections of celery, the upper half of the stalks with leaves. Season with paprika and parsley, Pat with butter.
Bake skin side up for 1/2 hour at 350, turn chicken over and bake for an hour and a half, basting a few times. If you like crispy skin, flip chicken over one more time and bake an additional 5 minutes.
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Remove celery and thicken gravy.
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Seen here served with garlic mashed red potatoes and honey glazed carrots.
Husband likes to eat the soggy celery, I don’t.
A simple satisfying meal.
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Here a 🦀, there a 🦀.
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Every Thanksgiving I’m asked to bring my Crab Toasties appetizer. And since I rarely make them at home because my husband doesn’t like crabmeat… I’m happy to oblige.
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It’s a treat that takes a good chunk of 💰 seeing that fresh crabmeat is currently $30 a pound and I doubled the batch and needed two pounds, but holidays are made for splurging.
Use fresh crabmeat… do not, I repeat DO NOT! use canned… here’s the recipe.
It’s quick, easy to make and oh so yummy.
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** Crab Toasties **
1 pound cooked crabmeat
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup mozzarella cheese
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 package Thomas English muffins
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Mix first 5 ingredients together
Quarter English muffins and arrange on cookie sheet.
Spread crab mixture on muffins heavily, sprinkle with paprika and parsley flakes if desired.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
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Easy peasy, nice and cheesy.
Line cookie sheet with parchment paper for quick clean up.
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Into every life, a little corn must fall.
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Though I live in the land of clam and haddock…. every once in a while I need to break the mold and stretch the chowder boundaries.
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So on a cold and windy day?
Shrimp and corn chowder is on the menu.
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And this new recipe I found?
Wow.
So thick and creamy you could eat it with a fork.
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I’d recommend using medium or small shrimp. I only had jumbo on hand and even cutting them in half made for more than a mouthful.
Yield: 4 small bowls or three large as pictured.
Not a lot, but trust me this is so rich you can only eat one. As a meal, not an appetizer.
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I found a good one.
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Yes, I tried another recipe I found online.
I can’t help myself at this point, but at least this one turned out to be tasty.
I don’t know the name of it so let’s just say it’s an Italian-y tortellini soup.
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Easy to make and quick… at a little over half an hour cooking time… I’d say with a few tweaks this one’s a keeper.
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Ingredients:
½ bunch kale, stems removed and leaves
chopped
⅓ cup heavy cream
3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pound Italian sausage, casing removed
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 medium sweet onion, diced
2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to
taste
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
4 cups chicken stock
1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
Instructions:
Heat olive oil in a large stockpot or Dutch oven
over medium heat. Add Italian sausage and cook
until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure
to crumble the sausage as it cooks; drain excess
fat.
Stir in garlic, onion and Italian seasoning. Cook,
stirring frequently, until onions have become
translucent, about 2-3 minutes; season with salt
and pepper, to taste.
Whisk in flour until lightly browned, about 1 minute.
Gradually whisk in chicken stock and tomato
sauce. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer,
stirring occasionally, until reduced and slightly
thickened, about 10 minutes.
Stir in tortellini; cover and cook until tender,
about 5-7 minutes.
Stir in kale until wilted, about 1-2 minutes. Stir
in heavy cream and basil until heated through,
about 1 minute; season with salt and pepper, to
taste.
Serve immediately.
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I only changed one thing when I made this and I’m sure you can guess what that was.
Yes, I axed the noxious green devil’s weed called kale and substituted spinach.
When I make this again I think I’ll cut back on the sausage. If you like it really meaty, leave it as is… but a little sausage goes a long way for me.
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Marry me.
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No, I’m not proposing…
Although after all these years my husband might be more than willing to share the pleasure of my company.
No, I’m simply sharing a recipe called Marry Me Chicken.
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This sounded yummy so I gave it a spin.
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Mine didn’t look anywhere near as brown so maybe I didn’t sear the meat long enough… but let me tell you it was damn tasty all the same.
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I did add a bit of flour to the sauce at the end since it was too thin for my taste, but this is a keeper.
Instructions are a little vague, but don’t be afraid to be heavy handed with the seasoning and tomatoes. .
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Let’s play.
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Stop groaning, just do it.
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I should have known nothing good would come from eating healthy! The 10th picture in my gallery is a screen shot of a popsicle alternative recipe.
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I haven’t tried it yet, and now I’m not sure I should.
So…. what’s going to do you in?
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Thank you Canada.
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Living in Maine, we have the occasional spillover from our neighbor to the north.
Canadian coins, poutine, and select craft beers float over the border regularly. But now?
I have to thank their army.
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Dessert in a glass. You can’t go wrong with that.
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So thank you Canada!
Winter never looked so good.
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River's world..... 