Squash is such a perfectly autumnal vegetable, signaling the end of harvest season for much of the country, not to mention its historical value as a nutrient-dense food. According to the American Library of Congress: “Squashes are one of the oldest known crops–10,000 years by some estimates of sites in Mexico. Since squashes are gourds, they…
Category: Meal Style
Recipe Review: Scalloped Potatoes by Gimme Some Oven
I must confess; since I was quite young, I’ve been making the same recipe-without-a-recipe scalloped potatoes. I watched my mother make it several times and then made the recipe myself as a duplicate to hers, with a frustratingly low 65-70% success rate. I’ve always figured that my hit-or-miss percentage on this recipe was because I…
Recipe Post: Dairy Free Pie Crust
I’ve posted previously on a delicious pie crust recipe for my Apple Butter Pumpkin Pie, but times change and many people I know are looking for dairy free options these days. So I’ve developed this recipe based on one of my classic pie crusts, but tweaked to not only be dairy-free but also spiced to…
Recipe Post: Mile-High Cheddar and Green Onion Biscuits
These biscuits are ridonculously delicious. How do I know? My husband, who cares so little for food other than as a fuel source, and often laments why food doesn’t just come in a convenient pill form so he can skip all of the annoying and time-wasting *chewing*…LOVES these. The first time I made these, he…
Recipe Post: Cauliflower Cheese Pie
My father, a proud British man and a pretty decent plain-cook in his own right, had an absolute passion for making and eating Cauliflower Cheese Pie (which is of course a casserole, not a pie, but that was its name and that’s what I shall continue to call it). He also had quite a preference…
Recipe Post: Soft Dinner Rolls
These rolls are the softest, fluffiest, most delicious bread product I have ever made…and I have made a LOT of bread over the years! Slathered with softened salted butter, it was extremely difficult to stop myself from eating them one after the other until they were gone. I baked these off in a glass baking…
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