By La Cuisinière | All Recipes
Easy Christmas Yule Log Recipe – We tend to go all out when it comes to Christmas desserts. Variety is the key. Cookies, cakes and mousse au chocolat. But what happens when you’re short on time – when traditional desserts and cakes would require a longer time frame than you have? What you need is […]
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By La Cuisinière | Soups
Easy Beef Minestrone Soup – I’ve prepared Minestrone soup so many different ways over the years. But a few days ago, I purchased two small pieces of beef shank and all I could think of was beef minestrone soup! Why soup? Soup is easy to prepare and thanks to Wegmans® varied ready made produce packs, […]
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By La Cuisinière | Soups
Beef Bone Stock Recipe – Soup was first offered as a separate course on the royal menu at Henri IV’s and Marie de Medici’s wedding feast in 1600. All of a sudden, beef bone stock was something more than a by product of hearty stews. They say that pepper pot soup helped Washington’s troops survive […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes
Best Thanksgiving Dinner Recipes – Thanksgiving dinner is the one meal of the year where I make it a point of serving up the family’s favorite traditional style recipes. Down to the desserts. But you’ll have to admit that sometimes, it would be interesting to vary the menu, adapt the recipes or just try […]
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By La Cuisinière | French Country Cuisine Recipes
Rognons De Veau Aux Champignons – In other words, easy sautéed veal kidneys with mushrooms and shallots in a white wine sauce. Now we’re talking home style comfort food for any day of the week. This is one of the many quick and easy dishes my grandmother would prepare when she came across the freshest veal […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes , Soups
Best Bones For Broth – What are the best bones for broth? When making bone broth for soup and cooking in general (like gravies) be sure to include larger bones for the marrow and knuckles pieces to get plenty of collagen. Bone broth is not new on the market. I can remember grandmother and great […]
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By La Cuisinière | Gift Ideas For Someone Who Loves To Cook
Best Stocking Stuffer Gift Ideas For Foodies – Here is my list of supermarket finds that won’t break the bank. Just updated to 9 gift ideas for your favorite foodie! Getting an early start on your Christmas shopping? I know it’s a must for me as I’m usually scrambling to fill everyone’s stockings with favorite […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes , Chicken
Easy Chicken Meal Prep – With the Instant Pot®, 15 minutes is all you need to prepare enough chicken for a variety of recipes! What recipes could you prep with six pounds of precooked chicken? Here are some of my ideas (and recipes) for various meals made with a single Saturday morning “meal prep”. The […]
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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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By La Cuisinière | French Country Cuisine Recipes
French Poule Au Pot Soup – Poule au pot is not technically a soup. Considered the main dish, it is a quintessential and very traditional Sunday dinner in French country homes. But this country girl never leaves well enough alone in the kitchen or in any recipe. So I made soup instead. I first heard […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes
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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