Category: Recipes
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Did I mention that I love soup?
Lindsay has been joining us for dinner while her husband is out of town, and it has been so much fun! It’s nice to have someone around while I’m preparing dinner. She looked through some of my recipes, and thought this one looked interesting. I hadn’t made it in a long time, so I was…
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More tofu, please
I love this dish for several reasons. First of all, it’s so colorful, and it’s chock-full of veggies. Second, it’s got a peanut sauce. You can’t beat that! And third, it’s just dang good. Tofu, Broccoli, and Tomatoes with Curried Peanut Sauce 1 (16-ounce) carton firm tofu 2 tablespoons canola oil Kosher salt to taste…
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Sponge Cake
This was the first dessert I ever made in our first apartment. I remember making it often, always served with a berry coulis. I made it again recently, and I was surprised that it wasn’t easier to do! I don’t remember all the long mixing and the heating, and I think I underbaked it a…
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Another scrumptious soup
This is another of my favorite recipes. I found it a couple of years ago in an issue of Bon Appetit, and it has graced our table periodically ever since. I love the depth of flavors. I love that I get to use ingredients from my childhood…dried red chiles and Big Jims (also called Anaheim…
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Peggy’s Primavera
While we were in college, Justin worked at a nearby inn as an innkeeper’s assistant. He served breakfast and dinner, cleaned rooms and made reservations. He enjoyed it, although the owner of the inn was not the greatest person to work for. He met Peggy there; she was the chef. Some nights when there were…