Pear and Sour Cherry Crisp
This tart and sweet pear and cherry crisp is a delicious combination. For company, it’s a simple dessert to prepare.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Lightly grease a 2-quart baking dish.

Mix pears cherries cornstarch 2/3 cup sugar and almond extract in prepared baking dish.

Combine flour 1/3 cup sugar salt and nutmeg in a bowl; cut in butter with a knife or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Sprinkle flour mixture over fruit.

Bake in preheated oven until crust is golden about 1 hour.

ArnoldGreg June 12, 2025

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Creamy Gnocchi and Sausage Skillet
Gnocchi, Italian sausage, portobello mushrooms, and spinach come together in a rich and creamy sauce in this easy, one-skillet meal.

Over medium-high heat, warm up the olive oil in a big skillet.

5 minutes after adding the sausage.

Add the mushrooms and onion, and cook for 4 minutes, or until soft.

Add the garlic and cook for about a minute, or until fragrant.

Add wine and Dijon mustard and stir.

Stir in half-and-half and gnocchi before simmering.

For 5 minutes, cook with a medium heat setting and a cover.

Spinach and Parmesan cheese are then added after removing the lid.

Cook for about a minute, or until cheese has melted and sauce has thickened.

Place mixture on 4 serving plates, then sprinkle with crushed red pepper flakes.

ArnoldGreg June 11, 2025

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Celery Potato Soup
A delicious combination of russet potatoes, celery, and onion, this easy soup will warm you from the inside out.

Heat oil in a stockpot over medium-high heat; stir in onion.

Cook and stir until onion has softened and turned translucent about 5 minutes.

Add garlic and cook until fragrant about 1 minute.

Add potatoes and celery and saute until celery is tender and slightly browned 3 to 5 minutes.

Add water bouillon cube garlic salt and pepper.

Bring to a boil and cook until potatoes are tender 20 to 25 minutes.

Fill blender halfway with soup.

Cover and hold lid down with a potholder; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend.

Pour into a pot.

Repeat with remaining soup.

Serve hot.

ArnoldGreg June 10, 2025

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Quiche au Chou Romanesco (Romanesco and Mushroom Quiche)
This quiche has a puff pastry crust and a filling of nutty Romanesco cauliflower florets sauteed with mushrooms and oregano.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).

Line a 9-inch quiche pan with parchment paper.

Press puff pastry into the quiche pan and trim to fit.

Prick pastry with a fork and place in the refrigerator.

Bring a pot of water to a boil.

Add Romanesco florets; cook until crisp-tender about 3 minutes.

Drain.

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat.

Add mushrooms; cook and stir until lightly browned about 5 minutes.

Stir in drained Romanesco florets oregano salt and pepper.

Cook until florets are tender about 5 minutes adding water if they start to stick.

ArnoldGreg June 9, 2025

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Spicy Peanut Chicken Stir-Fry
Cayenne pepper has been added to the sauce to make the peanut chicken stir-fry a little spicier. Over rice, please!

In a bowl, combine the cayenne pepper, chicken broth, soy sauce, cornstarch, sugar, and vinegar.

Stir until the sauce is smooth.

Chicken and garlic are sauteed in oil in a wok or a sizable skillet over medium-high heat for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the chicken is no longer pink in the center.

Add the red bell pepper and cook for about a minute, or until just barely tender.

Sauce should thicken in about a minute after being stirred into the chicken mixture.

Add peanuts and green onions to the chicken mixture as a garnish.

ArnoldGreg June 8, 2025

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Hot Spinach and Artichoke Dip
Popular spinach and artichoke dip with bacon and Parmesan croutons.

Set the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit (200 degrees C).

Bacon should be cooked for 5 to 7 minutes over medium-high heat until browned and crispy.

When the crumble is cool enough to handle, drain on paper towels.

In a mixing bowl, combine mayonnaise, artichoke hearts, spinach, Parmesan sour cream cheese spread, and the spread.

Add the bacon crumbles and thoroughly combine.

Mixture should be spread into a 7×11-inch baking dish.

ArnoldGreg June 7, 2025

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Sweet and Sour Chicken III
In this traditional sweet pineapple and sour soy-vinegar chicken stir fry with a hint of ginger, carrots, red and green bell peppers, and a few other colorful vegetables add lots of color.

Brown chicken in oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.

Add green bell pepper red bell pepper carrot and garlic and stir fry for 1 to 2 minutes.

In a small bowl combine cornstarch and soy sauce and mix together; pour mixture into the skillet along with the pineapple and liquid vinegar sugar and ginger.

Stir together and bring to a full boil.

ArnoldGreg June 6, 2025

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CCRyder’s Cider-Smoked Ribs
Baby back ribs are marinated in a homemade dry rub overnight then smoked slowly over apple cider in this saucy, spicy barbeque recipe.

combining white and brown sugar table salt pepper powder powdered garlic garlic powder Ancho chile and paprika powder pepper, black The rib rub is made by mixing cayenne pepper, rosemary, thyme, cumin, nutmeg, and allspice in a bowl.

Apply rub evenly to the ribs.

Wrapped in plastic, leave the food in the refrigerator to marinate for 8 to 24 hours.

As directed by the manufacturer, heat the smoker to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).

Place the ribs meat-side up on the grill.

1 1/2 hours of smoking will result in browning.

Take out of the smoker.

In a roasting pan made of aluminium, pour apple cider.

If necessary, arrange the ribs in the pan standing on end.

Use aluminium foil to protect.

Going back to the smoker Spend another two hours smoking the ribs until they are tender.

ArnoldGreg June 5, 2025

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Cornmeal Cookies IV
Cornmeal cookies that are not only buttery and sugary, but quite spicy! They also have cranberries and orange juice!

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Grease cookie sheets.

In a large bowl cream together the butter and sugar until smooth.

Beat in the eggs one at a time then stir in the vanilla and orange juice concentrate.

Combine the flour cornmeal baking powder cinnamon nutmeg and cloves; stir into the sugar mixture.

Fold in the dried cranberries.

Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.

Bake for 8 minutes in the preheated oven.

Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

ArnoldGreg June 4, 2025

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Easy Fish Pie
The cheesy potato topping on this savory fish pie makes it an ultimate comfort-food meal that’s good for any occasion.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Cut a small slit in each potato and place onto a baking sheet.

Bake in the preheated oven until potatoes are easily pierced with a fork about 1 hour 10 minutes.

While the potatoes are baking melt 4 tablespoons butter in a skillet over medium heat; stir in onion.

Cook and stir until onion has softened and turned translucent about 5 minutes.

Mix in Cheddar cheese cream mustard and lemon juice.

Season with salt and pepper.

Cook stirring frequently until sauce is warm and Cheddar has melted 3 to 5 minutes.

Remove from heat.

ArnoldGreg June 3, 2025

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