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AndiatBettyCrocker 1/28/2009 4:07:00 PM
Every now and then, I’m asked to bring a meal to a neighbor who recently had surgery or to a young couple who has just had a baby or to a family from our church needing help. I like helping out this way because whenever I prepare a meal for someone else, I double the recipe so it becomes dinner for us too.
For this purpose, I developed an easy recipe for Italian Sausage Filled Pasta Shells—with only five ingredients. I deliver these casseroles frozen so that the recipients can bake them whenever they need a meal. Along with the frozen casserole, I sometimes drop off ingredients for a salad and a loaf of French bread too
Italian Saus...
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AndiatBettyCrocker 1/26/2009 1:14:00 PM
After missing two weekends at our cabin in northern Wisconsin because of our vacation in Jamaica, we were anxious to head “up north” again. I was happy to see our wild life surviving the sub-zero temps (it was -13°F on Saturday morning when we woke up).
Here are some of the birds who visit my feeders.
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bird watching in northern Wisconsin, Lemon Pudding Cakes, Pudding Cake, warm desserts
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AndiatBettyCrocker 1/22/2009 11:06:00 AM
While it was -24°F. (actual temperature—not wind chill), here in Minneapolis last week, my family and I were relaxing on a warm beach in Jamaica.
At around noon everyday, a long line formed at the “Jerk Chicken shack” on the beach. We watched the cook grill chicken halves and then chop them up to serve on our plates....
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AndiatBettyCrocker 1/20/2009 1:00:00 PM
This is what our new President Barack Obama and family will be eating today for lunch:
First Course:Seafood Stew
Second Course:Duck Breast with Cherry ChutneyHerb Roasted Pheasant with Wild Rice StuffingMolasses Whipped Sweet PotatoesWinter Vegetables
Third Course:Cinnamon Apple Sponge Cake
This meal replicates many of President Lincoln’s (a fellow Illinois politician) favorite dishes—such as seafood stew, duck, sweet potatoes and Apple Cinnamon Sponge Cake. Here is ...
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apple-cinnamon cake, chiken greasts with orange glaze, ganola streusel-topped sweeet potatoes, inaugural lunch, roasted vetetable medley, shrimp bisque
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AndiatBettyCrocker 1/15/2009 6:00:00 AM
In my post on Tuesday, I mentioned that I’m vacationing on the island of Jamaica this week.
When Jack and I stared to plan this trip, I began to think about some of the foods we would be eating, like Jerk Chicken and Jamaican Rice and Peas (the "peas" in this popular dish are really kidney beans). I also looked forward to tasting lots of tropical fruits and fresh seafood too.
Here is a really easy soup recipe to bring a little "island cooking" into your home this week.
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Jamaica, Progresso Soups, soup, spicy tomato-crab soup
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AndiatBettyCrocker 1/13/2009 6:55:00 AM
I'm in Jamaica this week.
Just thinking about our trip last week, made me want to bake one of my favorite cakes—a Triple-Ginger Pound Cake. That's because most ginger comes from Jamaica.
Here are the three forms of ginger used in the cake: fresh gingerroot, crystallized ginger and ground ginger...
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AndiatBettyCrocker 1/8/2009 6:00:00 AM
There are lots of ways to stay warm in the winter. You can wear warm clothes, stay indoors, put another blanket on your bed, drink warm beverages and eat hearty foods. One of my favorite cold-weather foods is Beef Burgundy (Boeuf Bourguignon, spelled the French way), which is a beef stew flavored with red wine. I’ve tried lots of versions of this recipe but recently discovered one in the Barefoot in Paris cookbook by ...
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AndiatBettyCrocker 1/6/2009 11:00:00 AM
We started out on the 3 1/2-hour drive to our cabin in northern Wisconsin at 7:00am on New Year’s Eve Day. It had snowed the night before and so the roads were snow packed and icy. If that wasn’t bad enough it was very cold. It was so cold that after being on the road for around two hours Jack looked at the outside temperate gauge which was at -9°F. and then said to me, “It’s really warming up.” When we started out it was -17°F.
House Finches at a thistle feeder.
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AndiatBettyCrocker 1/1/2009 8:00:00 AM
After today, the holidays are officially over but winter isn’t—at least not in Minnesota. If it is cold where you live, you might consider making some ice votives for your front steps. My friend, Kathy, made some for her front steps and then “harvested” about 30 more for friends and neighbors.
She pours water into a large plastic molds and then lets them sit in outside in our below freezing temps for around 10 hours or so when she brings them inside and pours out any remaining water i...
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