Recipes by Lynn

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	Improv Challenge: Popcorn & Peanuts by Lynn I had a lot of fun with this month's Improv Challenge ingredients. Neither popcorn nor nuts are something I eat much of anymore as they can cause terrible gastric distress. But I love how they smell and taste and the textures ... sigh. So I set out to make something I could eat that would still meet the Challenge's requirements.Why…	1 vote 936 views
	More Beanz! by Lynn My bush green beans are quite ... prolific ... this year and I'm having a little trouble keeping up! Usually, by the middle of July, the plants have fallen prey to some hungry critter or been crispified by drought and bean production is over. This summer ... well, I'm pretty sure my cats have zeroed out my neighborhood's rabbit…	1 vote 686 views
	I Wield The Barbecue Tongs by Lynn PagesI Wield The Barbecue TongsIt seems like grilling is generally seen as a very masculine thing, but The Husband didn't grow up with grilling as any kind of male cultural or culinary marker and, after years of inflicting the grill upon my love, I've begun grilling everything myself. Really, what was I thinking all those years…	1 vote 661 views
	Improv Challenge: Beans & Bacon by Lynn I'm a sucker for Campbell's "Bean With Bacon" soup, but I don't eat it as often as I crave it as it's full of salt. And, yes, I know the Healthy Request version has half as much sodium, but that's still too much considering I'm likely to eat the entire can in one sitting. Also, quite frankly, the stuff I buy now seems neither as beany…	1 vote 822 views
	Baked Sweet Potatoes With Black Beans by Lynn This month's Improv Challenge ingredients are beans and bacon. Coincidentally, August is Bacon Month in the United States (who decides these things?). Needless to say, I was full of grandiose bacony-plans. And then I thought it might be more healthful to focus on the beans and not the bacon. And then I developed a completely…	1 vote 793 views
	Hartford Sängerbund Bierfest: A Little Taste of Germany by Lynn Last Sunday, The Husband and I attend the Hartford Sängerbund Bierfest in Newington. While this was the first we'd heard of the event, it's been going on since 1984 ... which meant it must be good. And it was!Admission was $10 per adult and food tickets were $1 each. We bought $30 worth of tickets, which allowed us to buy various…	1 vote 696 views
	Improv Challenge: Milk & Honey by Lynn Every time I sat down with my notepad to think up interesting combinations of milk and honey for September's Improv Challenge, I ended up with lists of cakes and puddings. Which would be fine ... if I hadn't recklessly decided to stop eating (as many) cakes and puddings. Every autumn and winter, I gain weight. Every spring and summer,…	1 vote 703 views
	These Cucumbers Aren't Cool by Lynn Okay, so we were at Jasper White's Summer Shack last weekend and The Husband's dish came with a side of buttered cucumbers. He was quite excited by the idea of them, but the actual application left him disappointed. Too peppery, he said. No butter flavor, he said. Not terrible as such, he said, but not what he wanted.What did he want?…	1 vote 679 views
	Week Day Comfort Food: Slow Cooker Pot Roast by Lynn Terrible hankering for pot roast when I was planning out this week's menu -- blame the turning leaves and cooler breezes -- but I couldn't quite figure out which pot roast recipe to use. And then I decided "To heck with it! I can't go wrong chucking random roastie ingredients in the slow cooker!" So that's what I did. And it was…	1 vote 1151 views
	Weekday Comfort Food: Salisbury Steak by Lynn Monday night, I'd put a frozen brick of grass-fed ground beef in the fridge to thaw ... only to realize on Thursday morning that it was still in the fridge, very thawed and in need of cooking up before it became a health hazard. I'd had plans for it on Monday, but you know what they say about the best laid plans.As I had a package of…	1 vote 827 views