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Veggie Bagel Sandwich

January 29, 2012
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Pin It   I love a good sandwich. They are easy to assemble with endless variations of ingredients and are good any time of day.  Even if I weren’t counting calories right now this would be my lunch time choice at least once a week.  It starts with a really good bagel, Panera Bread’s are [...]

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The Prime Rib’s Blue Cheese Dressing

January 24, 2012

Pin It The Prime Rib is one of Portland’s oldest steakhouse restaurants. It was well known in the ’50′s and I remember going there on special occasions with my parents and grandparents. The recipe for their famous blue cheese dressing was published in the Portland Oregonian’s food section years ago so my mother and grandmother could [...]

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Happy New Year ~ A Roundup of My Favorite Everyday Recipes

January 1, 2012
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 Happy New Year! I always look forward to versions of the year’s favorite and most popular recipes that appear on many of the blogs I follow.  It’s a good reminder of the posts I have bookmarked and it gives me a second chance to see some great recipes that I missed the first time around. [...]

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Pizza Night – Sausage, Hatch Chilies and Tomatoes

October 13, 2011
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   I grew up in a German household and spicy food was never on the menu.  My mom’s cooking was wonderful but would be considered a little on the bland side by today’s standards.  If my parents were feeling a little wild and crazy they might order  kung pao chicken from the local Chinese restaurant [...]

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BLT Wedge Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing

October 2, 2011
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   Tomato season is still going strong here in the Pacific Northwest.  Summer arrived late this year and the warm days we got came in mid-September so tomatoes were latecomers to the farmers’ market.  I’ve served them hot and cold, cooked and au natural  for almost every  meal the past few weeks but I have [...]

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Homemade Ketchup and the Secret Recipe Club

August 29, 2011
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  I was so happy when I received my first blog assignment for this month’s Secret Recipe Club.  I’m new to the group, hosted by Amanda at Amanda’s Cookin’, and have been looking forward to this event and to meeting new bloggers. Amanda’s concept is simple.  Each month participants are assigned a blog of a [...]

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An Easy Midweek Dinner – Pizza Pie

August 11, 2011
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  Whew, what a busy week.  Daughter and family arrive tomorrow and I’m preparing for Saturday’s farmers’ market.   As long as I have a well stocked fridge and freezer I’ll be set for whatever happens.   The most important thing on the agenda is taking a five generation photograph of our family.  My mother [...]

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Oven Roasted Tomatoes, Tomato Basil Soup, and Grilled Cheese Croutons

July 25, 2011
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    Local tomatoes are just beginning to appear in our farmers’ markets and I can hardly wait for those thick, juicy slices of vine ripened, sweet tomatoes for salads, sandwiches, tarts, soups and sauces.  I posted this recipe for oven roasted tomatoes several years ago and it is one of my most read posts [...]

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Roasted Tomato Basil Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons

September 10, 2009
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I was so eager for tomato season to arrive and now I have more than I know what to do with. Slow roasted tomatoes are my favorite because they are so versatile and delicious and are the perfect base for tomato soup. I’ve combined several recipes for this soup, taking what I think are the [...]

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