Family dinners :

More Office Follies

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As if I hadn't just been slighted by the vending machine yesterday, today the microwave turned on me too.  I had the brilliant idea to bring oats to work with me to cook in the microwave here.  I wanted to make sure I wasn't late, and[...]

Lamb shoulder cassrole

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700g lamb shoulder (marinated in 'souvalaki' seasoning from wollies or plain) - cut fat off Coast lamb in flour and fry in oil + butter. Set aside in casserole dish. Fry finely diced onion, carrot, celery (just remember: 1 onion, 1 carrot and[...]

Feeling a little Saucy?

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I needed to make a pasta sauce (details of why later in the week!) this morning, so I got out my tried and true 'Simple Tomato Sauce' recipe, which the lovely Jaime Oliver thought up. It really is simple, it takes no more than ten minutes to put[...]

Dad's 70th Birthday Soirée

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It arrived all too fast, and ended all too fast: Dad's 70th birthday. It doesn't seem possible that Dad turned 70. Has that much time really passed by? Well, yes, and it's happening to all of us! I remember grampa Rabideau once saying, while in[...]

Roast beef dinner with polenta

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To cook roast beef, add 1tbsp of flour into a roasting oven bag and marinate joint with honey and wholegrain mustard (just salt and pepper will do just fine too). Puncture bag and place in 190-200 deg c fan forced oven for 45-55mins (for a[...]

Wicked Cheap Wednesday presents Maple-Pecan Chicken!

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Happy Wednesday, all!  Hope your week is going great! I'll get to the recipe in a minute, but I just wanted to give a shout-out to the cooking class Melissa and I took last night!  I'll be posting the recipe I made another night, but I[...]

Family Dinners

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One of the most remarkable, and rewarding, aspects of my co-op work at the Boys and Girls Club is the incredible amount of freedom I have in their (amazing) kitchen. They don't have a lot of money to throw around, so they don't have the[...]

Sara Moulton?s Everyday Family Dinners

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Sara Moulton is a professional chef and television personality. In her book “Everyday Family Dinners” Sara shares over two hundred family tested and family pleasing recipes. As Sara says “I believe that few things are as beneficial[...]

$5 Dinners? ? Feeding the Family for $5 or Less

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I really liked this website. Check it out... Fast, inexpensive recipes for the family. Sign-up for newsletter and be entered to win her free cookbook. $5 Dinners? ? Feeding the Family for $5 or Less [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my[...]

The Death of the Commute Widow and the Birth of our Family Dinners

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Nine months ago, I harbored a deep sense of guilt. Family dinners were a rare occurrence in our home. My husband's hour to hour and a half commute home in the evenings simply made it impossible. I fed the kids at 6, essentially throwing some simple[...]