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Cook At Home Day

Pumpkin Muffins – Cook at Home Day

March 11, 2009

A few weeks ago I found canned pumpkin on clearance at my local Publix. I’ve been trying out a variety of pumpkin recipes. These pumpkin muffins turned out well!
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar
1 can (15 ounces) [...]

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White Chicken Chili – Cook At Home Day

March 4, 2009

This is an outstanding chicken chili recipe. The great northern beans make the dish very filling and satisfying.
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup white onion chopped
1/2 cup celery chopped
3 tablespoons flour
1 can chicken stock
2 cans great northern beans
1-1/2 cups cooked chicken diced
Directions:
Saute onion and celery in olive oil until translucent. [...]

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Homemade Pizza – Cook At Home Day

February 25, 2009

One of my favorite things to make at home is homemade pizza. I’ve been making this recipe for years now.
Pizza Dough Ingredients:
1 cup warm water
2 teaspoons active dry yeast
2-1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
Dissolve the yeast in the warm water. Add the remaining ingredients and [...]

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Chicken With Stir Fried Peppers – Cook At Home Day

February 19, 2009

I wanted something quick and easy this past week. I decided on chicken with stir fried peppers. It was a very easy dish to make and was something different from the regular “chicken and rice”.

Ingredients:
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into bite sized pieces
2 tsp Olive oil
1 large green bell pepper [...]

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Pasta Fagioli – Cook At Home Day

February 12, 2009

This is my own version of pasta fagioli. It is not a soup but more like a casserole. My kids love it and I like how easy it is to make. The ditalini pasta makes the dish “different” and fun. If you use all fresh ingredients (i.e. not previously frozen meat) this [...]

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Pizza Bread – Cook At Home Day

February 5, 2009

For this week’s Cook at Home day, I made a pizza bread. I got the idea from Kate at the “Cooking During Stolen Moments” blog. I just adapted my own recipe from my own pizza recipe. Instead of making the pizza in the regular manner, I used the same ingredients but “rolled [...]

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Homemade Vegetable Soup – Cook At Home Day

January 29, 2009
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Apple Pie Spice Muffins – Cook At Home Day

January 22, 2009

Welcome to the first edition of “Cook At Home Day”, a new weekly feature here on our blog. Today’s recipe is for apple pie spice muffins. I’ve been making these muffins for many years now, and originally got the recipe when cooking for a milk allergic child. Notice that the recipe is dairy [...]

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Cook At Home Day

January 22, 2009

Since I do quite a bit of home cooking, I’ve decided to add a regular weekly feature to this blog starting today with a “Cook At Home Day”. Each week on Thursday I will be featuring a new recipe that I have personally cooked during the prior week. I’ll give you [...]

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