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Continue reading →: Leek SoupLeeks are larger than scallions. They have a long white stalk and both a dark green bulb and dark green leaves. They taste milder and sweeter than onions and garlic. Leeks have been an important food source for centuries. Believed to originally hail from the Mediterranean region and Middle East,…
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Continue reading →: Green Onions
Green onions, also known as scallions, have a milder flavor than other types of onion. Green onions differ from spring onions, however. Spring onions are harvested at a later stage than green onions. Spring onions have a slightly sweeter and more pronounced flavor than green onions. The bulb of a…
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Continue reading →: Shaved Fennel Salad
Fennel has been used for culinary, medicinal and ornamental purposes for centuries. Fennel is especially high in vitamin C, potassium, manganese and dietary fiber. The antioxidants, minerals and vitamins in fennel give it the potential for the following health benefits: Gardening: Fennel is also an attractive ornamental plant and can…
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Continue reading →: Garlic and Garlic Tea
Garlic has ancient roots in Central Asia – dating back at least 5,000 years. But it was especially important to the ancient Egyptians and Romans. Egyptian pyramid builders and Roman soldiers both relied on garlic for their strength and endurance. They believed that garlic instilled courage and strength. Since these…
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Continue reading →: Chives
Almost every recipe for an entrée or side dish requires onions and/or garlic. Often we are tempted to simply leave these out of the dish…or simply use garlic powder or onion powder instead. But… Lightbulb moment here… When you miss out on the taste of true garlic and onions, you…
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Continue reading →: Meal Prepper’s Weekend Cooked Chicken and Ground BeefWe are busy enough during the week to not have to cook chicken so that we can then coo, the chicken into whatever meal we’re making. So I’ve started cooking chicken and ground beef on the weekends to use during the week. This makes preparing dinner during the week so…
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Continue reading →: Senate Bean SoupI love comfort foods…and I love history. But whenever I find foods that have an interesting history, I am definitely in my comfort zone. Foods such as this bona-fide Senate Bean Soup. A hearty ham and bean soup that has been served on Capitol Hill for about 120 years. The…
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Continue reading →: The White ChiliAmazing that while I write this here in July that the temperature is 105 degrees outside. Yeah, it will be August tomorrow… And you would think that after living here I would be used to Texas weather now… But I find myself wishing the weather was just a little cooler……
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Continue reading →: White Chicken Chili
I may have said this before, but there are two foods that most people love that I personally do not like at all – ice cream and spaghetti. I don’t like spaghetti because most spaghetti and other pasta meals contain tomato sauce or paste…and pasta. These are the meals that…
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Continue reading →: Momma’s Mighty Magnificent ManicottiOne good thing about the pandemic was that many of us became better cooks. No longer able to eat out at our favorite restaurants, we had to actually think about and start making our meals for ourselves. Turns out that it wasn’t that hard after all. One of the meals…
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