It has been a busy several weeks around here. Once harvest and making wine begins, there is barely a minute to breathe, let alone eat. However, hard work makes you hungry and weirdly, so does standing around. Believe it or not there is a lot of standing around when we make wine; waiting for a tank to fill, waiting for…
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Sausage and Tortilla Breakfast Bites
Sometimes simplicity gets the best results. I know I’m guilty of making complicated food with lots of steps and ingredients. However, there are those days and occasions when we all need something quick, easy and tasty. These little breakfast bites hit the nail on the head when it came to making a quick and easy nibble that tastes great….
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Pickled Habanero Deviled Egg Spread on Cheesy Toast
We have truly hit party season, my favorite time of year! It’s always fun to bring out the old-standby appetizers we all love, while creating new ones in the process. For me, it’s not the holidays (especially Thanksgiving) unless deviled eggs are represented in some way. They just have to be part of my celebration. While I have always liked…
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Cinnamon Spiced Rice
I don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned it, but I eat a lot of rice for breakfast. A lot. In some cultures it’s probably common but nothing like the morning cuisine I grew up with. And I’m not really sure when my husband and I started making large batches of what we call “morning rice”, but it sort of just…
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Stuffed Bell Pepper-oni
What seems like a million years ago, but maybe it was only three or four, I was working on getting my kids to love the taste of bell peppers. They were young and bell peppers were something I wanted them to be familiar with and enjoy. This way I could add it to salads and other foods I loved to…
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Pulled Pork Breakfast Wraps
Since we are smack dab in the middle of harvest in the Willamette Valley, hearty and over-sized breakfasts are a necessity. A must. And something we can’t live without. The days are long and it has been a whirlwind of weather calamity here in the Pacific Northwest. Total stress but that goes along with farming. Somehow we received the…
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Reese’s-Chocolate-Oatmeal-Cake Batter Cookies
I have always had this over-the-top enthusiasm for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. They were the first candies eaten out of my Halloween bag and the candy bar I always chose when we were allowed to buy a treat at the market. There is just something about them, I guess it’s that perfect ratio of chocolate and peanut butter in every…
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Slow Cooker-Braised Chicken, Onion and Cheese Sandwiches
Let’s talk about entertaining for a moment. I get lots of emails and questions about cooking for large groups. So many people shy away from it. They feel they could not possibly pull off a meal for a crowd of more than four people. I’m here to tell you, you can. There are so many options and so many simple…
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