By La Cuisinière | All Recipes , Pennsylvania Dutch Country Recipes
Farmer’s Market Chicken Salad – This recipe dates back to the ’50s if not earlier. My mother in law Margaret had a table at the local Farmer’s Market for years. This chicken salad – and her old fashioned potato salad with cooked dressing – were so popular back then that those customers who were lucky […]
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Braised Country Style Pork Ribs – We were going to eat out on Saturday night until I remembered my $5.00 pack of country style pork ribs. When I spotted the Manager’s Special at the supermarket earlier this week, there was no specific recipe in mind. Menu ideas included my Pennsylvania Dutch pork ribs. I could […]
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Apple Cider Vinegar Beef Marinade – Today, I’m experimenting with a cider vinegar marinade for a beef roast. The flavor quotient is huge and would also work wonders on thick steaks! My aim is to marinate a tenderloin but I thought an eye of round roast was better suited for the experiment. The eye of […]
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Braising Pork Tenderloin – This recipe for pork medallions (médaillons in French) in a rich mushroom sauce is the ultimate set it and forget it method to prepare pork tenderloin. It is both quick and easy when using your favorite slow cooker! For this meal, the pork tenderloin is sliced into thick medallions and slow cooked to […]
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Pork Tenderloin Medaillons – Médaillons in French but I could also call them pan fried pork medallions – in garlic mushroom sauce! Truly a quick and easy way to prepare a pork tenderloin dinner. Seared tender morsels of pork covered with sautéed mushroom medley and coated with a thick garlic sauce. Over buttered noodles. Are we […]
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Copycat Rib Sandwich – Another Monday and I’m sitting down to document a few more kitchen musings. Faced with a larger than usual leftover selection as well as fresh meat and seafood – it needs to be cooked. Today or tomorrow at the latest. A Cornish hen Two beautiful skate fillets One and half pounds […]
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Martha Stewart Meal Delivery – I collected Martha’s recipes long before I started this home-style cooking blog. Every cook in this family has long standing Martha Stewart “favorite” recipes as part of their cooking repertoire. Yes, I’ve even tweaked Martha’s scrumptious recipes. But… her ingredients and cooking methods are oh so very close to the flavors and […]
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Easy Beef Pot Roast Recipe – In 2015, I participated in a slow cooker challenge. The challenge was to prepare a new recipe every day for an entire month. My participation fell somewhat short of the full challenge but this recipe for an easy beef pot roast was a keeper. You know me by now – […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes , Soups
The Best New England Clam Chowder – My grandsons and I always have fun cooking “special” requests during the summer. The chowder was one such request they thought of as the perfect side dish to have with their packed sandwich lunch. They are growing boys – taller than me this summer of 2017. A sandwich […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes , Seafood
Copycat Bang Bang Shrimp Taco: Summers with Grandma include preparing copycat dishes from favorite restaurants or simply learning how to make their favorite dinner selections. Both grandsons are interested in cooking – even more so after taking the FACS program “Chef” Club at school during the past two years. They prepared menus selections with the […]
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Beef Top Loin Roast – When was the last time you prepared a tender and juicy roast beef top loin recipe? And… how often do you come across the perfect sized boneless cut of roast beef at a fantastic price? In a supermarket? The answer is “not often” unless you can visit a true butcher shop and […]
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