1 Cook, 2 Countries & A Taste For World Cuisines: Cooking A La Mode De Chez Nous - Cuisine d'Hier Et d'Aujourd'hui! For the love of home style cooking and great food. Memories are made of this!
By La Cuisinière | French Country Cuisine Recipes
Easy Jelly Roll Cake – There is nothing yummier than coming home from school to this simple sweet treat – a light sponge cake filled jams or jellies put up the summer before. Raspberry (framboises) and currants (groseilles rouges) are my favorite. Un roulé à la confiture! In other words…a jelly roll or comfort food in its […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes , Comfort Foods
This is a recipe for Grandma’s (in other words – me) semi-homemade, back of the box, doctored up lasagna. It is specially prepared for two growing boys. We’ve always known she can’t leave well enough alone so every part of the back of the box recipe was changed in some way. This is her version […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes
Slow Cooker Risotto Recipe – A simple risotto was the subject of a kitchen test. All I wanted to do Saturday afternoon was to prepare risotto in a slow cooker, but a poorly packed grocery bag almost ruined the rice cooking experiment. The tailgate opened as I hurriedly walked towards the back of the car and […]
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By La Cuisinière | Baked Goods
Maxi Toll House Cookies – Toll House® cookies, aka chocolate chip cookies, are the perennial favorite of every chocolate lover – regardless of age. Then you have Toll House® Maxi cookies – the perfect treat for our chocoholics. No time to make cookie dough? Reach for the best chocolate chip cookie mixes! When Only Maxi […]
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Garlic Chicken Wings Recipe – Yesterday, the weather in northern Virginia was sunny but rather chilly. With drenching rain forecast for the coming weekend, we took advantage of the afternoon to cut the grass, weed the flowerbeds and generally reclaim the garden. Suddenly reminded of the late hour, a certain someone suggested the following dinner menu […]
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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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This Chocolate Pecan pie is the perfect dessert for the chocoholics in your family. More importantly, this one pie will satisfy both the pecan pie lovers and those who thought they were getting a gooey chocolate cream pie. We’re on a Karo® syrup cooking adventure. This time, we’re experimenting with the Karo® Chocolate Pecan Pie. […]
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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 | All Recipes , Comfort Foods
Need something quick for dinner? Why not try our sausage, sage and celery strudel? To a cold heavy skillet – a cast iron skillet is perfect for this – add a one pound pack of Bob Evans® Savory Sage bulk sausage. Break up the sausage log into even size pieces so it cooks more evenly. […]
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I’ve spent years living in countries from the Balkans, the Middle East and South Asia…all famous for their kebabs prepared with all types of meat. After years of eating the local fare we are used to the kind of “hot and spicy” that will bring you to tears. Tandoori and Murgh Tikka are recipes which […]
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Pork Loin Rack Roast – This weekend, we are celebrating five March birthdays with a group reunion. My sister, daughter and I planned the menu a few weeks ago and each one of the “moms” has been assigned part of the meal. Wondering what I am bringing? Roast pork sandwiches for a small army! It was […]
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