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Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit

For years I had been hearing about the Chick-fil-A Chicken Biscuit, and had been meaning to go try one. I just don’t eat fast food very often, and for some reason on the rare occasions when it seems like a good idea, it’s Sunday… which is a no-go for Chick-fil-A. A couple years ago, they…

Mushroom Garlic Pasta

If you love garlic like I do, then this is a simple pasta dish that focuses on the wonderful garlic flavor, with mushrooms to add some extra umami. You can use whatever kind of pasta you want. Guessipe 1 lb pasta 1/4 cup olive oil 10 cloves garlic, sliced 8 oz mushrooms, sliced 1/2 cup…

Caprese Sandwich

I am a meat lover, but when I’m looking at a sandwich menu there is one vegetarian option that always draws my attention and often wins out over its meaty brethren… the caprese sandwich. It’s fresh and zingy, but substantial enough that I feel completely sated when I’m done eating. When I realized I could…

Spinach Artichoke Dip

People go crazy for this dip at parties. So good with tortilla chips, pita chips, bread, vegetables, or just to spoon straight into your mouth as some of my friends do! Guessipe 8 oz cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup sour cream 1/4 cup mayo 4 garlic cloves, minced 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp pepper 1/4…

Lemon Curd

COVID-19 lemon series part 3 – Lemon Curd. What better way to round out a lemon-themed meal than with dessert? I am not a big fan of icing, but I’m all in on using lemon curd as a topping on simple vanilla cake. Bonus – you can spread the leftover lemon curd on pancakes the…

Soy-Ginger Dinner Scramble

Cookbook Club – Virtual Potluck Well, COVID-19 happened, and that made dinner parties impossible… almost. But we can’t let anything stand in the way of Cookbook Club, so we figured out how to do a virtual potluck. We provided some recipe options from Bon Appetit for “when there’s nothing in the fridge”, and then we…

Lemon Dressing

Continuing with my COVID-19 lemon series we have Lemon Dressing! Because you have to have a side dish to go with your lemon chicken, why not whip up a salad with lemon dressing? It’s easy, refreshingly tasty, and versatile – use it on whatever salad fixings you have around. Guessipe 1 TBSP lemon juice 1…

Lemon Chicken Sauce

Grocery store shelves continue to be pretty bare as this COVID-19 craziness continues. But I did get a load of lemons from a friend. She threw them in my trunk as we waved at each other through the window of my car, which was a surreal social interaction I never thought I’d have, but thanks…

Honey Butter

Here’s another guessipe I’ve come to think of as “COVID-19 approved”… which means it contains only ingredients you probably already have in your pantry – honey and butter. Despite that, the savory sweet creaminess of honey butter will elevate your meal and give you that feeling like it’s something you’d have in a restaurant. So…

Garlic Aioli

I served this to a friend who hates mayonnaise, and he loved it so much that now I have to keep him regularly supplied. He uses it for everything – dipping sauce for fries and tater tots, condiment on sandwiches, seasoning for eggs, even just spread on toast like it’s butter. It’s easy to make,…

Buttermilk Pie

Can I tell you one of my food pet peeves? I don’t understand why buttermilk comes in quart containers… why Why WHY??? I’ve never seen a recipe that uses more than a cup of buttermilk at a time, and yet I’m forced to buy four times that amount. It makes me crazy and I hate…

Pasta all’Amatriciana

Cookbook Club – Milk Street: Tuesday Nights The cookbook for our March Cookbook Club was Milk Street: Tuesday Nights. Due to host availability we had scheduled it for earlier in the month than usual, which turned out to be a lucky thing since COVID-19 may keep us from gathering for awhile. It looks like we’ll…