Wives With Knives: Always Fun...Sometimes Edgy!

Minestrone Soup with Spring Vegetables and Chicken Meatballs

March 24, 2013

Spring may have arrived but nobody told Old Man Winter about it, at least not where I live. I had to scrape ice off my windshield yesterday morning and, judging from the time the furnace clicked on this morning, it’s cold out there again. At least we don’t have several feet of snow like [...]

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French Frisee Salad with Poached Egg and Bacon

March 19, 2013

French Frisee Salad with Poached Egg and Bacon, or Lyonnaise Salad as it is sometimes called, is one of the most popular salads in small restaurants and bistros in France. This classic salad originates in Lyon, a city often referred to as the gastronomic capital of France. The combination of bitter greens, bacon, egg and [...]

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Irish Lamb Stew and Cuisine Kathleen’s Blog Crawl

March 13, 2013

Welcome to the 5th annual ST. PATRICK’S DAY BLOG CRAWL hosted by my dear friend, Kathleen, at Cuisine Kathleen. I love St. Patrick’s Day for so many reasons. Spring is around the corner. Days are longer and the first Spring flowers are starting to appear. And my mother always made the most delicious corned beef [...]

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Pecan Pie Muffin Bites

March 10, 2013

I was in the mood for something sweet last week and wanted to try a new recipe so I rummaged through my stash and found this little gem from a back issue of Southern Living. When it comes to sweets I’m a person who likes “little bites” that don’t make me feel guilty when I [...]

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Steak and Refried Bean Quesadillas

March 4, 2013

I love to cook, and spending hours in the kitchen working on a special meal for my family is a labor of love. That being said, I’m not one to pass up the opportunity to make quick, easy and inexpensive meals that use up bits of leftovers that I always seem to have in the [...]

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Roasted Beet and Orange Salad ~ Deli Style

February 28, 2013

STANDARD MARKET in Westmont, Illinois is one of the most exciting, beautiful grocery stores I have ever seen. When it opened in November, 2011, my daughter raved about how wonderful it was…she lives close by and now shops there on a regular basis…so it was the first stop when I flew to Chicago last year. [...]

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Ina’s Lemon Cake

February 23, 2013

I make no secret of the fact that I am one of Ina Garten’s biggest fans. I have all her cookbooks in my library and am confident that every recipe they contain is wonderful. Oddly enough, this recipe for LEMON CAKE is one I have never tried. We love lemon desserts, and I have made [...]

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Chocolate Cream Roll

February 19, 2013

I went to Chicago last week to visit family and to celebrate my granddaughter’s 23rd and my great-grandson’s second birthdays. It’s tradition that the birthday person can select any birthday meal and my granddaughter chose meatloaf, mashed potatoes and Caesar salad…is there anything better when it’s homemade? My contribution was the requested dessert [...]

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Ham Potato Cheddar Soup

February 16, 2013

Despite sunshine and 60 degrees it is still soup season at my house. We always have a couple of nice weeks in February before rainy March and April take over, and this is one of my favorite times of year to get down to the beach for a few days. It may be cold but [...]

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Appliances For My Dream Kitchen

February 14, 2013

I have never spent much time day dreaming about owning a big, fancy house or an expensive car. As long as I can take a nice vacation from time to time and putter in my garden I’m a happy person. Jewelry isn’t my thing and I don’t have a closet full of expensive shoes. My [...]