Category: Recipes
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Garlicky Mashed Potatoes
Since my husband is Irish (mostly) and my sister also has an insane love for potatoes, I have a self-inflicted high standard of what I think mashed potato should be. I love garlic! It smells so good with the buttery mashed potatoes. You can also add chopped parsley or rosemary to the mashed potatoes. The…
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Cheesy Baked Mac and Cheese
Such a nostalgic dish! So comforting. This is the second most requested side dish at Thanksgiving. To call it a side dish does it injustice. In my family, the main course are the side dishes. A side bonus, once it is cooled you can freeze this and enjoy it later. So make lots of it!…
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Japanese Potato Salad
I started making this potato salad after my high school friend introduced it to me. I had to make it and share with my family. My mom and aunt especially loves it with rice! Yep, you heard me…carbs on carbs. It’s different in that it contains apples and thinly sliced cucumbers. It adds so much…
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Green Bean Casserole
This recipe is the most requested in my family, extended family, and friends on Thanksgiving. So much so that my cousins and siblings have been pinging me lately to get their hands on this one so that they can replicate it and share with their families on Thanksgiving. We used to share Thanksgiving together and…
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Portobello Mushrooms Stuffed with Italian Sausage
Made these stuffed portobello mushrooms to go along with my Salade de Chèvre Chaud. It was really simple to make and a great entree. It’s also good with sweet or spicy Italian Sausage. Servings: 6 Ingredients: 6 large portobello mushrooms, stems chopped & reserved 2 Tbsp vegetable oil 1/2 lb mild Italian sausage, casing removed 2 cloves…
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Salade de Chevre Chaud
It’s spring!! I guess I can’t use winter as an excuse to eat more carbs, stews, casseroles, heavy foods in general anymore. You know…so that I have enough energy to stay warm? No? Am I the only one? As soon as spring rolls around I get so excited to see all the different kinds of vegetables…
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Irish Guinness Beef Stew
It was suppose to snow today, but it didn’t or at least I didn’t notice it. What a bummer…I thought it will be a great, last hurrah to winter to do a slow cooker recipe. I’m going to do it anyway. So, since it is St. Patrick’s day weekend and my boyfriend is Irish I…
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Fried Coconut Shrimp
Coconut shrimp cravings? Yep, had one of those the other day. As in like, the whole day. The whole day I’m just wondering to myself I don’t want it to be an appetizer, I want it to be a meal so that I can eat more of it. I had these with some cold sesame…
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Kale Aid
I felt a little under the weather the other day. No energy, tired, bleh! I really wanted some juice…something that glows green like kryponite but doesn’t drain my strength. Ha! I really wanted some Kale Aid from True Food Kitchen, but it is so far from me. So here is my version. If you want…
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Szechwan Wontons
Szechwan wontons or sichuan wontons are awesome. I never really had them this way besides in wonton soup until I saw them in one of my cookbooks, which I will have to review another time. Szechuan cuisine originated from the south western part of China in Sichuan province. The cuisine is known for their use…