Recipes by ValleyWriter
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Sunday Suppers - Homemade Spaghetti & MeatballsSunday Suppers - Homemade Spaghetti & MeatballsSometimes, you just want a hearty, simple, delicious dinner. Even though I have absolutely ZERO Italian ancestry - this desire often leads me to pasta. Tonight, I decided to do some homemade sauce and meatballs (made with yummy, Wheel-View Farm grass-fed beef!). Since tomatoes aren't… |
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Sunday Suppers - Spicy Super Bowl Snacks!In the days leading up to this weekend, I was soo excited for Sunday. Is that because I'm a football fan? Heeellll no! (Well, those tight pants with the padded butts are a fave, but I digress.) It's for the food! I love Super Bowl munchies - chili, wings, nachos, anything deep fried - Bring It ON!!So, tonight's Sunday Suppers… |
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Easy Chicken & Broccoli CasseroleEasy Chicken & Broccoli CasseroleIn sharp contrast to Sunday Suppers, which can take several hours to put together from start to finish, one of my requirements for weeknight dinners is that they be fairly quick and easy. My preference is to get dinner done within an hour - less than that is even better.This is especially true in the… |
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Sunday Suppers - Lemon Pepper Pasta PrimaveraSunday Suppers are back! On tonight's menu (drum roll please.........) fresh pasta!! I love, love, love fresh pasta. And it really is pretty simple to make. But it's messy. And it takes a while. So - it does end up being a special meal for us. Hence, it's perfect for Sundays!I've never made flavored pasta before, but I've been toying… |
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Christmas Cookie Extravaganza 2009Christmas Cookie Extravaganza 2009Last year, I did my 2-day cookie blitz the weekend before Christmas. This year, I made just as many cookies, but was smart enough to spread it out a little over the last week. I'm really happy I chose to do that because this year, I'm not exhausted and sick of cookies at the end of it all like I was… |
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Healthier Fish TacosHealthier Fish TacosMy husband's company is headquartered in southern California and ever since his first visit there, any time he hears mention of fish tacos, he tells me how wonderful they are in California and that we should try to make them sometime. I've always been reluctant to try since most of the recipes I've seen use… |
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Pesto Rotini with Shrimp & Summer Squash (aka CSA Cleanout Pasta)Pesto Rotini with Shrimp & Summer Squash (aka CSA Cleanout Pasta)I pick up our CSA share every Monday night on my way home from work. Since I never know exactly what I'll be getting that night, I always plan Monday night's dinner as a kind of clean out… |
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Fresh Tomato Basil Sauce (in the crockpot!)I have always wanted to try my hand at homemade spaghetti sauce. Unfortunately, tomatoes usually come into season here just as soon as the temps reach 90+ degrees, with the humidity 80% or more. Yeah - not exactly the type of weather that you want to be boiling something on the stove for hours in. This year, the hot weather stayed at… |
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It's raspberry time!Raspberries have just come into season here in the Pioneer Valley within the last week or two. Our CSA has a nice grove of raspberry bushes, where share holders can pick their own. We're having a party this weekend and I wanted to make a fruit dessert, so I was super excited to see the beautiful red berries aplenty when I headed down… |
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Oh. My. Apple Fritters! (with vanilla bean glaze)Oh. My. Apple Fritters! (with vanilla bean glaze)Last week, Kelly at Evil Shenanigans posted a recipe for Apple Bacon Fritters with Maple Bourbon Glaze that had me drooling over the computer screen and craving apple fritters. The craving hit hard last night... at about 7 o'clock... when I had no time to let a yeast dough rise. But… |
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