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Side Dishes

Grandma Clark’s Stuffing/Dressing

Stuffing vs. Dressing: Stuffing is cooked in the bird and dressing is cooked outside the bird. This here is my grandmother’s recipe (with a few alterations by yours truly), and Thanksgiving without grandma’s stuffing isn’t Thanksgiving at all. This recipe has been passed down from my grandmother (haven’t a clue where she originally got the […]

Soup

Curried Pumpkin-Peanut Soup

This recipe comes from the Seattle Times. I get weekly recipes by email from the Times, and I got this one in 2006. Apparently they liked it so much that they sent it again just last month. Everyone we’ve ever made it for has loved it. A curry aficionado loved it so much she asked […]

Soup

Pasta e Fagioli

I believe the original source of this recipe is the San Francisco Chronicle in the early 90’s. Over the years I’ve changed it up a bit, and the recipe below reflects those changes. I absolutely love this soup. It is so hearty, so flavorful, so satisfying, and very healthy. My mom used to make this […]

Pasta, Vegetarian

Bev’s Baked Ziti

If you live anywhere outside the Northeast, you probably don’t know what Baked Ziti is, and if you do know what it is you probably haven’t had really great Baked Ziti. There are few things I think Italian restaurants do better in the Northeast than anywhere else, and one of those is Baked Ziti. These […]