Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Farewell from Nicole!

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This site is seriously malfunctioning and I can ’ t fix it. I ’ ll take it as a  “ sign ” : My blogging days are over.  Hearing from you, me...
Friday, May 30, 2025

The Perfect Corned Beef Sandwich

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 All I can say is YUM! The Perfect Corned Beef Sandwich: Montreal smoked corned beef, very, very thinly sliced  Sauerkraut, squeezed dry of ...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

No-Bake Chocolate-Coconut Macaroons

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These no-bake Macaroons  are easy and semi-delicious. They’re also among the first recipes I’ve published in more than a year (Ged-dover it:...
Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Three-Ingredient Salad Dressing

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Three ingredients. Three. That’s all it takes to make this ... Salad Dressing! Sauce! All-Purpose Super-Duper-Can’t-Live-Without-It recipe!...
Sunday, January 14, 2024

Black Bean and Corn Salad

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It’s Winter in the  Time Zone and at the Latitude Where We Live , but we’re having this, tonight! Why not? It’s deliciously similar - but no...
Friday, November 24, 2023

Simple Barley Casserole

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I first published this recipe (with plenty of photos) in June, 2014. My introductory words have changed; the recipe has not. Given the state...
Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning Mix

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It’s not often I go bonkers over the loss of a commercial product. I did last March, when I phoned and later wrote the Consumer Affairs Depa...
Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Breaded Shrimp with Veggies

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Food costs are high, these days … (“How high is high?” asked the customer of the cash cow. “Very high!” said the cash cow, grinning …)  Le...
Sunday, October 15, 2023

Grandpa’s Secret Macaroni and Cheese

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Be still, my beating heart! Himself has given up the secret recipe he has clutched to his bosom for 28 years, since he first created it for ...