By La Cuisinière | Perfect Thanksgiving Dinner Recipes
Recipe French Bread Stuffing – I’m not sure why it never crossed my mind to make turkey stuffing using a baguette or any other type of French bread such as a Boule or a Pain de Campagne (country bread). Until now. It’s not as if the choice of breads is limited. In fact, the flavor and […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes , Baked Goods
Simple Homemade Cinnamon Rolls are a Thanksgiving tradition. In our family, homemade caramel cinnamon rolls are part of a very traditional Thanksgiving breakfast. It is a hearty, country-style breakfast that includes sausage, sautéed potatoes, scrambled eggs, lots of strong coffee, frosty orange juice, assorted fresh fruits (or fruit salad) and, of course, my freshly baked […]
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By La Cuisinière | French Country Cuisine Recipes
Classic French Cassoulet Recipe – In other words, a recipe for a classic French Cassoulet Maison. This recipe is not as complicated as it reads. Even as a native and a newly minted cuisinière (aka “cook”), I hesitated to tackle what is, in effect, a stew recipe that takes two days to complete. In a hurry […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes
Roast Leg of Lamb with Garlic and Rosemary – Sunday dinner at Mom’s calls for a recipe on a “pièce de résistance” scale. This past Sunday it was an old fashioned roast leg of lamb. Yes, I am blowing the diet to a certain extent but every so often, she enjoys a regular type of meal […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes
Homestyle Holiday Recipes – Everyone has favorite holiday recipes. Most likely these are recipes your Mom or Grandma used to make only around the major holidays. A few years ago, I decided it was time to collect and organize all those recipes clippings, and then, create a virtual personal cookbook. [yellowbox]In a hurry? Click on […]
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By La Cuisinière | Kitchen Musings
Random Unknown Facts – and factlets about La Cuisinière! Why did I opt to use the word “factlets” when writing about the little known bits of information about me? According to the urban dictionary a factlet is defined as: A trivial, ephemeral fact; yet just as accurate. Not to be confused with factoid, which denotes […]
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By La Cuisinière | Soups
Mixed Bean Ham Soup – It’s on the menu for dinner tonight. Soup in April? Yes indeed. Although today is April 9th, the weather is perfectly suited for a comforting mixed bean ham soup using the meaty bone from the Easter meal centerpiece. You know it’s right up my kitchen “alley” when the package itself […]
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By La Cuisinière | Comfort Foods , French Country Cuisine Recipes
Easy Rabbit Stew Recipe – Basically, it’s a simple stew recipe that could easily be made with chicken but do try it with game. The flavors are very distinct. At home, we call it a Civet de Lapin. My great-grandmother was quite the home chef. She could prepare all types of wild game recipes but rabbit was […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes
Cooking Picnic Ham – The centerpiece at dinner tonight was an 8 and 3/4 pounds glazed picnic ham. Earlier this afternoon, it spent four hours slow roasting in the oven. The slow roasting allowed most of the fat to render under the skin which crisped up rather nicely. It came off in two neat pieces […]
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By La Cuisinière | Soups
Time for the best ham bone bean soup! This is how I came to make a huge crock of delicious ham and bean soup. Allow me to set the Thanksgiving Day scene. I was cooking in someone else’s kitchen. While this spectacular kitchen came fully equipped (down to a huge turkey serving platter), the only […]
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By La Cuisinière | Foodie Favorites
In this family, we have those who love cranberry sauce with their turkey and those who can easily do without. We even have some who prefer whole berry cranberry sauce over the regular jellied cranberry sauce. My cranberry relish mold remains a family favorite at Thanksgiving. However, it’s been years since I found cranberry flavored […]
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