Category Archive: Recipes

Fillet de porc au poivre blanc

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Print Pepper encrusted pork tenderloin in apple brandy cream sauce Yield: 4 servings Ingredients4 pieces of pork tenderloin cut to 1 1/2 inches thick kosher salt 2 tablespoons whole white peppercorns 1 tablespoon butter 1 teaspoon olive oil 1/3 cup calvados 1 cup heavy creamInstructionsAllow the pork to rest at room temperature for 15 to …

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Sorta Sister Squirrel Smoothies, Yum!

Sorta Sister Squirrel sent us this delightful recount and recipe. Prologue: I try to make a delicious smoothie at home using an old dinosaur blender. I put the blender together wrong. All the soy milk drains out the bottom, making a disgusting mess and making it very clear I will be electrocuted if I ever …

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Peach tart

Peach Tart

Print Peach tart Ingredients8 peaches 4 cinnamon sticks 2 tbsp vanilla extract 1 refrigerated pie crust (yes, I know that’s cheating – you can make your own if you’re a better person than me) 1/2 cup raspberry jam 1 egg + 3 yolks 1/2 cup sugar 1 tbsp flour 1 tsp vanilla paste 1/2 cup …

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Spaghetti squash with heirloom tomato pomodoro

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When I was a kid, the farmers market meant bushels of purple hull peas and tomatoes. Folks would buy things that they didn’t grow themselves and can. My grandmother kept her own garden that I helped with. I was not fond of shelling peas and even less fond of those huge green horned tomato worms. …

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Is it cheating?

Fresh Summer Veggies

Thus far we’ve done a great job of cleaning out the pantry. We’ve had pork chops with pan gravy and cheesy grits. We’ve had pasta pomodoro using the last of our fresh tomatoes. There was salmon baked in foil packets with butter, cilantro, and a good dousing of Sriracha chile sauce. That one needed coconut …

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