poultry

crisp duck breast on a shaved winter salad

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This ain’t no Skagit Valley mud flat duck!  My first experience with duck was when some friends of mine from high school went hunting then baked it in a loaf pan.  It looked like meat loaf and had ketchup poured over the top.  It tasted like yuck, therefore I thought that I hated duck.  Come [...]

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Liquid Gold and breaking it down

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The gold price is going higher and higher in a hurry.  It is believed that it will reach $1200 an ounce before the end of the year.  With only one more trading day this month it might happen before December, we will have to see.  I remember just a few years ago it was $400 [...]

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Skipping the dry turkey this year?

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You’ve got yourself a turkey defrosting for the big day?  Are you worried about serving up a dry bird to your friends and family? Have you considered brining it?  That is the key to a juicy bird and raves from your guests.  Even if you are planning to deep fry the bird, I would use [...]

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Chilaquiles [chee-lah-KEE-lehs] mmm

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Chilaquiles is a Mexican dish created out of the necessity to use up stale tortillas and left over meats and vegetables. I think that it is the ultimate one dish meal for leftovers that I know of. It goes over well at our house. I have made a few different varieties of chilaquiles before I [...]

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Petite Turkey with Quick Cranberry Compote

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Grubby little fingers are stealing the food as I try to take a picture. Greedy little buggers! Diestel Family Turkey Ranch raises a bird they call a petite turkey. This is the turkey I made for Sunday dinner. It was only 6 1/2 pounds, the size of a large chicken. We ate it like a [...]

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brown rice salad with chicken and avos

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This is a really great dish that can be enjoyed warm, room temp, or even cold the next day. Now, I am a huge lover of fresh herbs. They add such a lively flavor to your food then you need much less salt. Lemon juice and zest also work well in most dishes, sweet or [...]

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Thai inspired chicken noodle soup

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This is our favorite chicken noodle soup. Today it feels like February so I am going to make some soup. I am craving a lively comfort food today. This is a lovely, bright and creamy one pot meal. The kids love it in their thermoses the next day. Also good with squash or pumpkin.  I [...]

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