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I am by no means a chef but I do love to cook. I will usually follow recipe instructions the first time. But, once a recipe has been added to my ever growing database, all bets are off. Dining In features various recipes that have become family favorites. RSS Feed to Hobby Stash » Dining In



Pecan Sandies

Pecan Sandies

Linda December 23, 2011 0

My mother's Pecan Sandies have been a Christmas tradition for years. They are unbelievably rich and unbelievably addicting. They don't last long around our home

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Ziplist Recipe Plugin

Ziplist Recipe Plugin

Linda December 1, 2011 1

I love Living Cookbook for managing recipes on my home computer. It has a feature for generating html pages but cannot be used for adding entries to WordPress. I’ve finally found  Ziplist Recipe Plugin

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Thermos Sipp 16-Ounce Vacuum Insulated Travel Mug

Thermos Sipp 16-Ounce Vacuum Insulated Travel Mug

Linda November 2, 2011 0

If it was possible to have a love affair with a travel mug, this would be the one. I have a cupboard full of stainless steel insulated mugs that are totally useless when it

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Chicken Enchiladas

Chicken Enchiladas

Linda October 22, 2011 0

Got a wild hair to have chicken enchiladas based on a long ago lost recipe. Digging into the strange and dark recesses of my brain I came up with this. It turned out great

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Linda’s Sloppy Joes

Linda’s Sloppy Joes

Linda October 17, 2011 0

In addition to serving as a traditional sloppy joe, I have served this meat mixture over mashed potatoes, over penne rigatte noodles, and on a bed of lettuce topped with tomatoes and cheese (similar

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How to Cook Plantains

How to Cook Plantains

Linda October 9, 2011 0

I’ve seen plantains in the produce section, but honestly thought they were just mutant bananas. I would love to sample these four appetizers

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Power to the Pepper

Power to the Pepper

Linda September 23, 2011 0

I’m thinking ya gotta be pretty deep into fresh ground pepper to consider using this technique…would be quite a conversation piece at the dinner table

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A New Way to Work with Pizza Dough

A New Way to Work with Pizza Dough

Linda September 7, 2011 0

I haven’t made pizza dough in my new bread machine, but plan to. I find this technique fascinating and will definitely give it a try. He certainly makes it look easy!

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Out of the Woods of Oregon Bread and Bagel Slicer

Out of the Woods of Oregon Bread and Bagel Slicer

Linda August 31, 2011 0

This purchase was the result of a suggestion by Amazon while I was researching bread machines. I have mixed feelings about this knife. On one hand, because it’s so thin, it does slice through

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Honey Wheat Bread

Honey Wheat Bread

Linda August 30, 2011 0

I've been experimenting with this recipe for a couple of weeks now. Think this is it! Here's my latest version...as you can see from the picture, it turned out great. Very light and moist

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