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Crockpot Thai Peanut Chicken Thighs

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 by Carlotta

Some times a fave could use an update. Think of how many design changes blue jeans have experienced in the past decades! From bikini-bellbottoms to high-waisted straights, mom jeans to boyfriend jeans, trip-over-your-own-legs-baggies to skin-tight-can’t-breath-jeggings. They are all great, EXCEPT for the ridiculous style in the late 1980’s when we tucked the hem of our … Read more Crockpot Thai Peanut Chicken Thighs

Smoky Rhubarb Bourbon Barbecue Sauce

July 4, 2020July 2, 2020 by Carlotta

Let me explain something to you: this is the ONLY barbecue sauce you will ever need. Since this is summertime and my rhubarb is still growing like crazy, it’s the perfect time to smother everything in sauce. In fact, I would quite possibly eat my elbow if it was dipped in this smoky sauce. There … Read more Smoky Rhubarb Bourbon Barbecue Sauce

Creamed Chicken over Mashed Potatoes

July 18, 2021March 1, 2020 by Carlotta

Some times we need a “food hug”. Do you know what I mean? It’s a day when things have been challenging. We feel lonely or discouraged. The stressors of life seem to be digging their claws into our hearts, and we long for the innocent freedom of childhood. And a healing hug. A beloved meal … Read more Creamed Chicken over Mashed Potatoes

Chicken & Mushroom Stroganoff

September 12, 2019September 11, 2019 by Carlotta

Where do you find inspiration for the meals you create? Something you ate at a restaurant? Something you found online? Or saw on a TV show?

Chicken Salad with a Taste of Mexico

January 12, 2020June 2, 2019 by Carlotta

I seem to be hooked on cumin right now. There’s something perfectly suitable for warm weather in the nutty, earthy, peppery taste of cumin. It’s not an in-your-face flavour, but packs a little heat in a nicely subdued package.

Curry, Chicken & Wild Rice Salad

June 28, 2022May 8, 2019 by Carlotta

Spring has arrived in Minnesota, which makes me crave salads, grilling, long leisurely evenings by the lake, and s’mores.

Chicken, Artichoke, and Cannellini Spezzatino

April 23, 2019April 20, 2019 by Carlotta

My mother-in-law was not a fan of stew. She told me on several occasions that stew is for people who are “too lazy to make soup”. I (respectfully) disagree with her opinion, and believe that stew is more practical for those days when I don’t have time to cut veggies into dainty little pieces to be gracefully slurped along with copious amounts of broth. Give me something thick and hearty. And sooner, rather than later!

Perfectly Pressure-Cooked Chicken Breasts

June 11, 2019September 15, 2018 by Carlotta

If Albert Einstein’s definition of insanity is “doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results”, then my version for cooking would be “doing the same thing over and over and DREADING different results”.

Thai Peanut Chicken

November 12, 2021June 30, 2018 by Carlotta

My pressure cooker does not get a summer vacation. Seriously! How else can you cook tasty meals without heating up the house or demanding lots of time?

Taco Seasoning

June 29, 2019June 22, 2018 by Carlotta

As I was mixing this seasoning blend up the other day, one of my piano students came for lessons. His first words were, “Mmmm. Your house smells so good!”

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