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My paternal Grandmother was born in Sicily, Italy. She came over to America as a very young girl and lives in New Jersey currently. She is 89 years old, and she still has a fully stocked kitchen and is constantly …

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I’m not really a casserole person. I don’t like the idea of all my foods together because I like a plate of diversity, so I can take little bites of everything. Need we discuss the Chicken Spaghetti disaster of 2010? …

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Since going gluten free over 4 years ago, I have found some GF frozen pizzas and even some go to pizza dough mixes that I enjoy, but never a stromboli.  Recently, with the aid of Bob’s Red Mill GF Pizza …

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We are experimenting with nuts in our cooking this month, and last weekend proved to be a mostly successful experiment. Jennie and I felt fairly confident that we understood how nuts were used in baking and sweet treats, so we …

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Hey there chickens! I love hanging out over here- thanks for having me again. It might be the last time, after I hit you with my latest creation. Let me give you a little context though: JW, my husband and …

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August and September have been busy months around here, and so Jeff has been working a lot. This means I am able to cook some nights on my own, just for me – things I know he would never eat, and …

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As summer draws to a close (What?! How?! When!?) I have been trying to take advantage of zucchini and summer squash being in season. As such, I was delighted to try out a summer vegetable fettucine recently from my Food …

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Despite my being mostly Italian, I had not until very recently, made a lasagna on my own.  I’m not a big fan of ground meat or ricotta cheese . Then there is the whole business of having to find GF …

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Becca has been asking forever that we make our own polenta, so one day recently we did just that. It was so easy and delicious that I think I’ll just continue making it homemade, thank you very much! We used …

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A favorite dinner of mine is crepes, and when I received a crepe maker a few years back for my birthday, I was also given a crepe cookbook that Jeff and I have been using ever since. The Chicken Broccoli …

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