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I discovered long ago that I could get my kids to eat any orange vegetable if I season it with pumpkin pie spices. I decided to take that idea and kick it up a notch and apply it to Sunday Dinner. This is an easy one-pot dinner. It is also quite frugal for a fancy Sunday dinner. Pork [...]

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Alea’s Turkey Lasagna Soup

by Alea on November 8, 2011

It may seem early to be thinking about how you are going to use your Thanksgiving leftovers since you probably haven’t even bought your turkey yet. But the best way to make sure that your leftovers don’t get pushed to the back of the refrigerator is to have a plan for how you are going [...]

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Alea’s White Chili with Ground Turkey

by Alea on October 25, 2011

Cooler evenings call for spicy dinners to warm us up. I like to add rice to my chili to make it extra hearty. And I often include corn in my white chili because the sweetness of the corn provides a nice contrast to the spicy peppers. Adding rice and corn are fairly inexpensive ways to stretch [...]

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Alea’s Southwest Pasta Skillet

by Alea on October 11, 2011

This quick and easy recipe was inspired by mushy salad greens. I had plans to make taco salad and had already started browning the hamburger when I pulled the lettuce out of the refrigerator and discovered it had turned. I didn’t have a lot of time to come up with a new dinner plan. I surveyed the cupboards [...]

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Alea’s Minestrone Casserole

by Alea on September 27, 2011

Last week I was going to make Chicken Noodle Soup, but my son had already created several major messes – we’re talking “new house rules” messes and I did not think I could handle another one…

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On busy weeknights I content myself with feeding my family “Real Fast Food” – meals that are made of real ingredients and that come together faster than the local pizza company can deliver pizza.

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Fajita filling usually consists of meat, peppers, and onions. However…

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Alea’s Squash Calzone

by Alea on August 9, 2011

“Your mother will be making squash for breakfast, squash for lunch, squash for dinner, crunch, crunch, crunch”…

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Alea’s Grilled Ratatouille

by Alea on July 26, 2011

It takes more than a Disney movie to convince my kids to eat ratatouille…

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Chimichurri Sauce is a traditional Argentinian sauce. It is the consistency of pesto and is usually served over grilled steak…

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