Category: Food and Recipes
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Retro Beef Stew
I found a beef stew recipe in a vintage promotional cookbook that was published in 1961, the Cutco Cook Book. I found the cookbook at a flea market for $1.00, so I couldn’t pass it up! I love the vintage illustrations in these old cookbooks and it’s always fun to try recipes from them. I first…
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Cranberry Quick Oats Granola
I’ve always made homemade granola with old-fashioned rolled oats—I’ve read that they work better in granola recipes. But one evening when I was wanting to make some granola, I discovered I didn’t have enough rolled oats. And no time to run out and buy more. But I had plenty of quick oats! So I decided to try making…
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Homemade Applesauce (Sweetened with Honey or Maple Syrup)
I’ve had homemade applesauce before, but this is the first time I’ve made my own. And let me tell you, it’s so much better than store-bought! It’s not as convenient as buying it, but I think it’s worth the extra effort to make homemade applesauce if you have the time. It’s really easy to make your own—the…
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Ann’s Slow Cooker Apple Pie Filling
Back in August, my friend Ann and her husband Steve were busy picking apples from their very own apple tree. And this year it produced quite a number of apples! Ann told me about an easy apple pie filling she was making with these apples. It’s made in a slow cooker, and after it’s done cooking…
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Ginger-Pear Muffins with Crumb Topping
Now that it feels like autumn is in the air, I thought I’d make some muffins with one of my favorite autumn fruits—fresh pears! A friend and I did some pear-picking, and I picked enough to make these muffins. If you like moist muffins filled with lots of small chunks of fresh fruit and topped with…
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Orange Reboot Detox Smoothie
When I heard about the book Whole Body Reboot by Manuel Villacorta, M.S., R.D., the thing that got my attention was the 5-day smoothie detox plan, because I love smoothies. But this book is about much more than smoothies—it’s about Peruvian Superfoods and, as the cover mentions, includes a healthy eating diet plan and recipes to detoxify, energize,…
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Chocolate Chip Coffee Toffee Scones
It’s been a while since I’ve made scones. I think the last ones I made were Blackberry Scones, and that was about a year ago. So when I had the chance recently to try some different coffee blends, compliments of Community Coffee, I thought of making scones because they go great with coffee in the morning. And…
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Eggless “Egg Salad”
I had a block of extra-firm tofu in my fridge, which I was originally going to try baking. But then I came across an eggless “egg salad” recipe using tofu and I decided to try something like that instead.
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