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Cranberry Stuffing with Apples, Mushrooms and Wild Rice

December 8, 2015 By Laura 4 Comments

Cranberry Stuffing with Apples, Mushrooms and Wild Rice will be the vegetarian hit of your holiday meal!

Cranberry Stuffing with Apples, Mushrooms and Wild Rice will be the vegetarian hit of your holiday meal! The fresh cranberries really elevate this casserole into something special. This post was sponsored by Hurst’s Berry Farm, who sent me some fabulous Pacific Northwest cranberries to create a recipe with, and all opinions are my own.  I… 

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Filed Under: apples, casseroles, cranberries, mushrooms, rice, Stuffing/dressing, vegetarian, wild rice Tagged With: apples, casserole, christmas, cranberries, dressing, Holidays, rice, stuffing, Thanksgiving, vegetarian, wild rice

Streusel Topped Apple Oatmeal Bars: Creative Cookie Exchange

October 15, 2013 By Laura 13 Comments

Pecan and Oat Streusel Topped Oatmeal Bars with Dried Apples and Cranberries

It’s time for another Creative Cookie Exchange! This time our theme is a very seasonal apples; I love apple desserts and dishes in the fall, so the choice was really a no brainer. Anything apple counts–I am kind of embarrassed to admit that in this time of (fresh picked apple) plenty, I used dried. Picture… 

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Herbed Chicken Casserole with Wild Rice, Red Rice and Cranberries

March 18, 2012 By Laura 6 Comments

I am going to skip marveling at the weather–everyone in the continental 48 knows this was one weird winter–and just skip to the part that usually comes sometime in April.  We are in our fourth year in this house, and every spring I continue to be amazed and grateful that we are so lucky to… 

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Filed Under: casseroles, chicken, cranberries, Creek in Ohio, dried fruit, easily made vegetarian, Farro, rice, sauces, whole grains, wild rice, zucchini

Spice Crusted Beef Tenderloin: How to Slide a Non-Conventional Holiday Meal past Your Conventional Family

January 5, 2012 By Laura 7 Comments

Spice Crusted Beef Tenderloin is the perfect way to jazz up a traditional holiday meal–or any formal dinner. And if you can afford beef tenderloin for an informal meal, more power to you! I updated the photos for the Spiced Crusted Beef Tenderloin in January 2017. Affiliate links have been used to link to items… 

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Filed Under: beef, cauliflower, cranberries, Indian recipes, peas, potato dishes, potatoes Tagged With: beef, beef tenderloin, cauliflower, christmas, Indian, mashed potatoes, potatoes, spice crusted, spice rub, tadka, tarka, tenderloin

Cranberry Chutney: For Thanksgiving and Otherwise

December 2, 2011 By Laura Leave a Comment

The first rule of cranberry chutney–any cranberry chutney–is that you should make a lot of it because its uses are many and varied and it will keep in your fridge for a good few weeks.  It also freezes well.  So the recipe below is quite large–but I served the chutney baked on top of brie… 

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Filed Under: apples, chutneys, cranberries, dried fruit, fruit, Indian recipes, misc

Cranberry Pecan Orange Coffee Cake

January 5, 2011 By Laura 16 Comments

In past years I have served a more loaded, protein-rich breakfast on Christmas morning, but I have realized that is kind of foolish given how late we get up. Also, my in-laws were with us this year for Christmas, which meant I made a more involved Christmas Eve dinner which meant in turn that I… 

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Sugared Cranberries & Cranberry-Citrus Twist with a Hint of Vanilla

December 1, 2010 By Laura 6 Comments

I cook by feel (cook, mind you, not bake so much). Glugs of this, dashes of that. And I love really intense flavor, so in most cases I err on the side of more, not less. If I mess up, no big deal–I am usually cooking in such quantities that I can such add a… 

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Filed Under: cranberries, drinks, oranges Tagged With: cranberries, drink, mixed drink, orange, orange juice, vodka

Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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