Monthly Archives: November 2012

Turkey Stock or Chicken Stock or Cornish Game Stock. You get the picture.

The day after Thanksgiving as I was perusing the sale ads, I came across a small recipe block in our local newspaper.  It was a recipe a local chef and store owner concocted that sounded so ridiculously easy that I had to … Continue reading

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Chicken and Dumplings, The Finale

Well?  What do you think of this week’s Food Challenge?  I’m bringing up the last of the recipes for you to try in our Chicken and Dumplings Throw Down. When I was younger, my mom made the best chicken and … Continue reading

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Chicken and Dumplings Throw Down – Installment #3

Thankful? Yes, indeed, I am! I am so very thankful for many, many things in my life…one of which is this group of extraordinary women with whom I get to blog on a regular basis…and now, without further adieu…my installment … Continue reading

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Chicken and Dumplings Throw Down

My family loves comfort food! I can’t think of a dish more synonymous with comfort food than Chicken and Dumplings. I have tried several recipes over the years. Some include veggies, some don’t. I prefer veggies in mine. I landed … Continue reading

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Chicken and Dumplings – Throwdown!!

I have the privilege to start off our Throwdown Week: Chicken and Dumplings, and I know you are all very glad I didn’t cook up for you my mom’s Chicken and Dumplings.  (It consisted of leftover chicken, canned peas and carrots, … Continue reading

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It’s a THROW DOWN! (Idiosyncrazies style)

All this past week the staff has been gearing up for a Chicken and Dumplings throw down with our results posting next week.  We are debating on specific recipes.  We are firing up the test kitchens and experimenting all day … Continue reading

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Meat marinade

I’ve loved twice before I found my one true love; my true North.  But promises broken in one case and secrets in the other left us separate, apart.  What do you say when things like that happen to good people? … Continue reading

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Squash Saute’

This has turned into one of our most favorite vegetable side dish this year.  We have this at least once a week if not twice.  And the best thing about this is that the ingredients change depending on either what’s … Continue reading

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Testing Those Pins Again

This one is for all of you who want to have nice, clean cars, but don’t want to pay an arm and leg for it!  If you are anything like me, then your car headlights are a little dull and … Continue reading

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Focused and Determined

If you have been a long time reader of Idiosyncrazies, you will remember I wrote early this year about my photo-organization.  If you don’t remember or didn’t read it, here it is in all it’s angst driven glory. I have … Continue reading

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