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Holiday Baked Sweet Potatoes

One of my “secrets” is that I’ve come to really love sweet potatoes.  So many people make them once or twice a year at Thanksgiving or Christmas.  I’ve gotten to the point where I make them a dozen or more … Continue reading

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“Mushroom Soupless” Holiday Green Bean Casserole

Garrison Keillor has often included references to Cream of Mushroom soup in his monologues about Lake Wobegon on “A Prairie Home Companion”.  According to him, Cream of Mushroom soup is one of the things that Scandinavian Lutherans and Germanic Catholics … Continue reading

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A Cheap Bastid Thanksgiving

I’m salivating just thinking about the food in this post.  Last year I managed to photograph most of the dishes I made for Thanksgiving.  And quite frankly, I’m doing the same menu this year. Over the next week or so … Continue reading

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