tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83994962503042786522012-02-16T05:31:45.047-08:00Teresa Kintner Gundersonhttps://profiles.google.com/114861315168483173560noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399496250304278652.post-42293176944378117002010-01-03T16:59:00.000-08:002010-01-03T17:17:38.683-08:00

Tonight I needed easy dinner, so I decided on a butter sauce for pasta. Easy... chop up four or five cloves of garlic (I used large cloves so this would be mild, the smaller garlic cloves are the stronger they are) and a few slices of red onion. Dice it small. Put about half a stick of butter into a small pan and melt it on low. Toss in the onions & garlic and let it cook slowly until they are

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On Saturday (when we celebrated our Thanksgiving) I did something new. A few weeks before I ran across a potato recipe that sounded worth trying out, so I gave it a whirl. It was really, really good and just about everyone complimented me and asked for it to be a regular item on the menu. I had one fake tupperware container of it left, one of those round tall screw top containers. It sat there

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After a long hiatus I'm back. I missed talking about cooking, so despite the plethora of good cooking blogs out there I think I'll take this back up and see if I can't fill a niche.I hated beans growing up, with a passion. My parents were dismayed to say the least, but I held on to my dislike until a few good three bean salads and discovering a black bean hummus recipe. One winter day I found

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Thirty facts about Alton BrownAlton Brown grinds his own peppercorns. With his teeth.Alton Brown’s chili cheese fries are healthier than raw carrots. Even after he adds the bacon and lard. Alton Brown brushes his teeth with wasabi and gargles with pickle brine. But still his breath smells like lemon meringue. Alton Brown can boil a three-minute egg in thirty-seven seconds. When

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I needed an appetizer for my MOPs group's Valentines party. My oven doesn't work currently and I've been sick all week. I opted for simple and easy.1 tub whipped cream cheese (8 oz)1/4 cup sour cream1/4 cup finely shredded lunch meat1/2 cup finely diced black olives1/2 cup finely chopped red onions or scallions1 package Flat Out flatbreadplastic wrapspatulaDump the tub of cream cheese into a bowl

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First of all no, this is not diet food. This is comfort food, pure and simple. This is for a cold winter day when you have a loaf of pumpernickel and no idea how to best make use of it. This is for a day when you will literally have no more than ten minutes to toss stuff in a crock pot. This is good food - but not diet food.Buy two packages of Polish kielbasa. I get the skinless Ekridge variety

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Next to going out to eat, which isn't always an option, there needs to be a bag of tricks in every kitchen for easy dinner. I'm making one tonight that couldn't possibly be easier unless someone else did it for you.Go get a chicken, a whole chicken - the cheap fryers that come frozen at the budget grocery are perfect. Thaw it and dig out the extras they add in the cavity. Rinse it and toss it

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This soup calls for one important ingredient: ham. More specifically it calls for a ham bone, which is one good reason to opt for bone-in ham the next time you cook one. This is a several day project, but worth the time and effort if you can spare it.Ham is a fantastic choice for a budget meal. Get a big one - 8 or 10 pounds - and prepare for meals throughout the week. I always cook my ham in a

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I have the More With Less cookbook and my husband to thank for what is now a staple around my house. I make it often, especially for our monthly Game & Music Nights and it's always a hit. It's great food for summer or winter, and I rely on it for comfort food. It's pretty carby so we don't often add bread to the meal, but it is a very nice breadbowl meal, or good served with a slice of crusty

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I guess it's well and truly fall because my mind has turned to sweet, hot & luscious... and apples are at the top of my list. Early this fall my sister gave me a bag of apples from her tree and I made a batch of applesauce from them. It turned out fantastic, except for the fact that I had at the time no way to process them properly, so it was a little less consistent than I normally like,

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This is a fantastic and delicious pull-apart bread, which is also called Hungarian coffee cake and bubble loaf or bubble bread. I've seen a lot of recipes using biscuit dough from the store, but it is incredibly easy to fix from scratch.From Monkey BreadI had a morning meeting with my Mothers of Preschooler's group, so I decided to give this a try. Take about 30 minutes to prep and put this

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Ever run out of ideas for lunch? I do, and it drives me crazy. From time to time I'll share ideas that I've come up with to keep me happy, and that a little boy enjoys, too.Today's selection is the yummy Pizza Bagel!It's as simple as it sounds. Slather both sides of a plain bagel with pizza sauce (I plan to make and preserve my own sauce eventually, but for now I use commercial jar sauce. Pizza

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We host parties at our house once a month, where everyone comes and plays music and or games, and hangs out. The deal is, I make soup and get bread (sometimes I make it, sometimes I go to my beloved little Polish bakery for it) and people bring drinks and snacks. I've run dry on soup ideas lately, so I did a lot of thinking about what I was in the mood for. Someone reminded me of cabbage, and I

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One of my favorite dishes has always been good old-fashioned liver and onions, but the only time I ever got it was in restaurants (and only then when I was with people who wouldn't be horrified at the thought). I've never understood the number of folks who disdain beef liver. So, for those of you who like this particular dish, I present an easy and quick meal that's cheap and delectable. I

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Years ago I made the switch from white rice to brown rice, but I still wanted to indulge my rice pudding needs. Brown rice is different from white rice, it doesn't behave the same way when it is cooled or cooked. Brown rice pudding will not get thick and mushy after heating with liquid the way white rice pudding will. That means that there is no need to bake this for a long time as you do regular

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