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Cooking on the Fly…
I really haven’t had much time to spend in the kitchen, but everyone has to eat, so I have a few tricks up my sleeve to make a meal in 15 minutes with little cleanup. It starts the night before, I take...
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Grilled Fish with Mango & Papaya Salsa
Keeping with our light and fresh theme – grilled fish (you can use any firm white fish you like) and a fresh fruit salsa recipe makes for an easy dinner. Add steamed rice, fresh kale and Melon Balls in...
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The handy man can..
I mentioned back in this post that I was waiting for a new sink to come in. It arrived and was a perfect fit for the old countertop we tore out of the kitchen. I’ve been the last several days...
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Friday Recipe Exchange: Blood Oranges
Tonight’s recipe exchange is going to be a quick one. It’s been a stressful week – the little company I work with is downsizing (you can read about it here) and I’m busy helping them restructure. The...
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Friday Recipe Exchange: Potato Encrusted Fish or Chicken
I’ve had a stressful couple of weeks and haven’t had much time to spend in the kitchen. I decided I really wanted to try this method of cooking fish and was pleasantly surprised that spending two...
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Tidbits
Homer is up a tree, I wonder what he’s watching?Ah! A flock of Cedar Waxwings has found a persimmon tree with some fruits still hanging onto it. They are some of my favorite birds, too bad the day was...
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Aquaponics How-To
Shamelessly stolen from Balloon-Juice. Every Sunday morning, Anne Laurie, who cross-posts my Friday Recipe Exchanges, hosts a Sunday Morning Garden Chat and today she featured commenter MB’s aquaponics...
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Dinner Menu: Crispy Pecan Fish, Broccoli in Wine Sauce, and Shortbread
I thought I might post a grilling recipe this week, but our weather has been unsettle with thunderstorms, hail and tornado warnings that means grilling is out at the moment. This is a good menu if...
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Tidbits
St Francis broke ground on a new building the other day. The dog in the floppy hat is named Zeus and has a nice story. He had a slight limp on the day he was rescued from a kill shelter but that limp...
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Friday Recipe Exchange: Sweet and Spicy from the Garden
Photo by JeffreyW It’s that time of year again when fresh, local peaches are everywhere and are a part of every meal at my house, so that had to be half of tonight’s exchange. The other half was...
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Tidbits
It’s been a week or so since the cicadas emerged from their 17 year dirt nap and they are making up for lost time.I tried a box mix onion ring batter for these and didn’t much like the result although...
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Fish and Chips
We watched Alton Brown make these on one of the Food Network videos the other day that we had on the DVR and realized that we were due a fish dinner. I used cod, and dusted the fish with flour before...
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Fried Fish Fillets – Largemouth (Black) Bass
I had friends over this fall, fishing both of my stocked ponds. One fellow left me with some cleaned fillets as a thank you. I vacuum sealed a few and promptly forgot them after filing them away in a...
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Friday Recipe Exchange: Grilling Up a Storm
Bixby turned two on Thursday and I felt that justified a Bixby Diaries post. So for the pet lovers, you’ll find lots of new and old photos, plus video of the Beast here. For the rest of you, it’s a...
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Sammich Pr0n
Filed under: Fun with Food, JeffreyW Tagged: beans, cheeseburger fries, fish, pastrami, potato salad, sammich pron, sammiches, sandwiches, slaw
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Tidbits
We are fast approaching Thanksgiving and we’ve had our second hard freeze. The first time I carted the vulnerable jalapenos into the garage overnight but I didn’t this time. I combed through the...
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Tidbits
Like I said, the killer app for steaks is sous vide. These spent the afternoon at 136°F. A quick sear then a rest while a pan sauce was made from the bag liquids, butter, wine, and soy sauce. That...
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