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Hawaiian Ham & Cheese Sandwiches – and – a Goat Cheese stuffed Endives

Yesterday was filled with cooking, singing, laughing, eating and drinking!  We had our annual Christmas party.  It has come to be quite the event, my good friend plays the piano and we start out by singing Christmas carols and end the night singing anything from Billy Joel, James Taylor to Queen and finally some great Show tunes. The day was entirely for making all the … Continue reading Hawaiian Ham & Cheese Sandwiches – and – a Goat Cheese stuffed Endives

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Mexican Pork Stew – easy and delicious

In cooking I truly believe that a recipe is just a place to start; use it more as a guideline than a rule. I have heard many people in my classes that only feel comfortable with following the recipe word for word. I do try to make a new recipe as written but more times than not I end up changing it, a little more … Continue reading Mexican Pork Stew – easy and delicious

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Lobster Cake with Tomato Tartar Sauce (Blanchard’s on Anguilla)

I am not sure if you have ever tried this but sometimes when I am at a restaurant I ask the server what their favorite thing on the menu is, especially if I am torn at what I might want to order.  This last Friday night was our last night of vacation we were on the Caribbean island of Anguilla. While we waited for our … Continue reading Lobster Cake with Tomato Tartar Sauce (Blanchard’s on Anguilla)

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Thanksgiving Dinner – no power – Sausage Ciabatta Stuffing

Firstly I hope you all had a wonderful day with delicious food and great conversations with your family and friends Talk about having a pretty traditional Thanksgiving here in NH we got hit with a heavy snow storm on Wednesday; I think the final total was 15 +/- inches.  While that much snow is generally not a big deal for us, this one kind of … Continue reading Thanksgiving Dinner – no power – Sausage Ciabatta Stuffing

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Gingerbread Men Army

Friday a girlfriend and I spent 6+ hours making cookies. Chewy Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip, Sugar, Snickerdoodles, Chocolate Chip and Gingerbread Men 10 dough’s in total. We baked several dozen but find it is so much easier to freeze the dough’s in tube form and take them out as needed. Not all cookies can be frozen so we do tend to pick the ones we … Continue reading Gingerbread Men Army

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Homemade Macaroni and Cheese comfort food simple and delicious

As you are reading this my husband and I are in Key West FL for good friends of ours wedding.  My son is home taking care of the house, dog and my husband’s construction business. While I know he will never go hungry I still wanted to make sure he didn’t survive on takeout pizza.  He must have been thinking the same thing as he … Continue reading Homemade Macaroni and Cheese comfort food simple and delicious

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Big Debbie – Oatmeal Creme Pies

Yep I did it again; my husband was reading his weekly Sunday magazine this morning and they have a Food & Drink section with a recipe of the week.  He said “honey you should make these and blog about them”.  I can read between the lines, he really didn’t have any preference if I blogged about them for not; he did however really want me … Continue reading Big Debbie – Oatmeal Creme Pies

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