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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
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
Read More »Ziplist Recipe Plugin
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
Read More »Thermos Sipp 16-Ounce Vacuum Insulated Travel Mug
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
Read More »Chicken Enchiladas
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
Read More »Linda’s Sloppy Joes
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
Read More »How to Cook Plantains
I’ve seen plantains in the produce section, but honestly thought they were just mutant bananas. I would love to sample these four appetizers
Read More »Power to the Pepper
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
Read More »A New Way to Work with Pizza Dough
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!
Read More »Out of the Woods of Oregon Bread and Bagel Slicer
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
Read More »Honey Wheat Bread
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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