AT THE WATER’S EDGE:
LIVING LIFE AND LEARNING ALL I CAN ALONG THE WAY
food
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Cheesy Vegetable Soup
I’m not a huge soup person but when the days grow short and the temperature drops, it does sound good. I wanted to make broccoli cheddar soup the other day; I couldn’t remember which recipe I had used last time, but I remembered liking it. As it turns out, I somehow failed to find the…
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Cheesy Pasta Deliciousness
I was trying to decide on what to make for dinner tonight, thinking through what I had just purchased at the store. Without an exact recipe in mind, I asked Tom if he wanted some “cheesy pasta deliciousness” – and got a pretty favorable response. Next step: defining what that meant. I have a rough…
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Happy Halloween – 2011
Saturday was our annual Halloween party! We had a great time with friends, playing games and eating food. I decided after last year to do another giant pot of chili as the main food dish. It worked out great, and anything left over I’ll freeze and use over the next few months. As for the…
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A Taste of Fall: Stuffed Acorn Squash
I am not a big squash fan. Just the name of it sounds kind of gross. Squash. But, it’s supposed to be healthy and as a fall fanatic, something always draws me to the piles of squash at the farmer’s market. Along with pumpkins and gourds, squash is a symbol of fall. Usually I just…
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A Garden Dinner
I’m not yet to the point of growing enough in my garden to make a whole meal out of only home-grown foods, but I do love it when I can incorporate veggies from my garden as a main part of my dinner. Last week I tried something new: homemade spaghetti sauce. For some reason, I…
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Kung Pao Chicken
I have been trying to get this recipe right for some time now. Kung Pao Chicken is my favorite dish to order at a Chinese restaurant, and I still dream of the amazing Kung Pao at the restaurant we used to frequent in my home town. Without a decent Chinese restaurant in our area now,…
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Pineapple-Jalapeño Chicken
This is another one of those recipes from necessity…you know, where I have a few ingredients lying around that I need to use up, so I decide to make up a new dish. This time, I had jalapeños from the garden that I needed to use up, plus some orange bell peppers. I had some…
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Fruit Pizza
Fruit pizza is a dessert that has been a tradition in my family for a long time. The original recipe came from our family cook book, but my mom and I have re-vamped it a little so that it’s more to our liking. It’s a delicious dessert that’s great for summertime, when there are lots…
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Turkey Zucchini Pasta
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Back-PACK-ing: Food, Fears & Packing Woes
Tonight I am prepping for my very first week-long backpacking trip coming up in just a few days! We leave on Saturday to drive to Copper Harbor, at the tip of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. From there, we take a ferry on Sunday morning to Isle Royale National Park. Once we land on the island, we…
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