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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!

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Dec 09

Tarragon Vinaigrette Salad Dressing: Simple Dressing Variation

By La Cuisinière | French Country Cuisine Recipes

Tarragon Vinaigrette Salad Dressing – You’ve mastered the basic vinaigrette and now you would like to prepare another easy variation on vinaigrette salad dressing. Serve with simple grilled meats, I love this combination of herbs on a huge mixed green salad. Here are a few recipes for oil and vinegar salad dressings: Grandmère’s Best Vinaigrette Salad Dressing […]

Dec 06

Sausage and Cheddar Muffins

By La Cuisinière | All Recipes , Baked Goods

Perfectly sized for growing boys, these sausage and cheddar muffins came out of the oven just in time for second breakfast or maybe Elevenses. They are Grandma’s version of Betty Crocker’s Impossible® breakfast muffins using Bisquick®. What would any of us do without a box of Bisquick© on the pantry shelf?? 1 lb Bob Evans® […]

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Dec 04

Festive Fruitcake Cookies: Perfect Old Fashioned Chewy Goodness

By La Cuisinière | All Recipes , Baked Goods

Festive Fruitcake Cookies – Quick! You have plenty of time to make these easy festive Christmas cookies with candied fruit for one of the many Holiday parties you will attend during the coming week. Today is not National Cookie Day but we can make cookies anyway! Mini Fruitcake Cookies: Just What The Kids Love. Not! […]

Dec 03

Best Ham Bone Bean Soup: Easy Meaty Meal In A Bowl

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 […]

Dec 02

Celebrating Thanksgiving 2014: Perfect Weather For Turkey Day

By La Cuisinière | Kitchen Musings

Thanksgiving 2014 – The invitation reads “Shall we all gather at Grandma’s house?” For Thanksgiving 2014, this grandma’s house was a shell’s toss away from sand and surf. It was beyond awesome to have every member of the family gather under one roof, if only for a extended weekend – from the family matriarch […]

Dec 02

Leftover Cranberry Sauce

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 […]

Nov 27

Easy Homemade Coleslaw Recipe: Better Tasting Than A Restaurant Favorite

By La Cuisinière | All Recipes , Side Dishes

Easy Homemade Coleslaw Recipe – Coleslaw definitely started as an acquired taste for me. If I remember correctly, my first sample came with a Kentucky Fried Chicken® dinner. It was sweet and not all that tasty. Up until then, the closest I had ever come to coleslaw was a fennel salad – a favorite side […]

Nov 25

Gingerbread Peach Upside Down Cake: Vintage Recipe For Summer Fruit

By La Cuisinière | All Recipes , Baked Goods

Gingerbread Peach Upside Down Cake – Molasses, Spice, And Everything Nice. Without a doubt, gingerbread cake is an old-fashioned dessert welcome on just about any occasion. Not everyone is a fan of molasses but often the easiest dessert – like old fashioned gingerbread – becomes a family favorite. Minutes out of the old bake oven […]

Nov 17

Oven Cook Turkey Wings: Easy & Quick To Cook Comfort Food

By La Cuisinière | Soups

Oven Cook Turkey Wings and make the best turkey wing soup! I was sure winter had arrived early in November. It was definitely cold enough for soup. The temperatures did moderate back into the warm category but I’m sure they will drop back down again. Usually reserved as a post-Thanksgiving meal using the leftover wings, […]

Nov 12

Mini Cheesecakes

By La Cuisinière | Baked Goods

Mini Cheesecakes are like a blank canvas. You will have a difficult time deciding which version of these mini cheesecakes to prepare for your Holidays gatherings. Cheesecake lends itself to endless flavor variations – from an eggnog cheesecake filling to a cheesecake crust made out of gingerbread crumbs. Mini Cheesecakes: Perfect Holiday Office Party Fare […]

Nov 11

Fresh Versus Frozen Turkey: How To Buy The Holiday Bird

By La Cuisinière | Kitchen Musings

Fresh Versus Frozen Turkey – When it comes to the turkey, what is your preference for the Thanksgiving holiday table? I update this post every year. There were plenty of turkeys at Wegmans® today… in every imaginable size and in every price range – turkey breasts and whole birds – both fresh and frozen. It […]

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