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Marosszéki Heránytokány (Hungarian~Romanian Beef and Pork Stew)

May 22, 2019 By Laura 6 Comments

Marosszeki Heranytokany (Hungarian~Romanian Beef & Pork Stew)

Marosszéki Heránytokány, or Hungarian~Romanian Beef and Pork Stew, is a delicious, hearty and rich stew, made complex with spices and tangy with sour cream. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. Maybe it is time to stop thinking of excuses and just tell you guys posts might be a bit… 

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Filed Under: bacon, beef, beef chuck, beef stew, Hungarian, mushrooms, pork, potatoes, Romanian, white wine Tagged With: baby redskin potatoes, bacon, beef stew, hungarian, meat stew, mushrooms, pork, potatoes, romanian, sour cream, stew, white wine, wine

Mexican Pasta Bake with Ground Beef and Sour Cream: Using Community Cookbooks

May 29, 2014 By Laura 5 Comments

Mexican Pasta Bake with High Fiber Noodles, Cottage Cheese, Sour Cream and Ground Meat--simple and delicious!!!

Mexican Pasta Bake with Ground Beef and Sour Cream is the best of American comfort food livened up with healthy vegetables and Mexican herbs and spices. This next installment in my series using community cookbooks comes from the most wonderfully named little book: “…On The Border…By The Sea…” Cookbook Contributed by the Women of The… 

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Filed Under: beef, casseroles, Community Cookbooks, cottage cheese, ground beef, Mexican dishes, mushrooms, pasta, southwestern, zucchini Tagged With: beef, casserole, community cookbook, cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, ground beef, ground turkey, mexican, mushrooms, noodles, pasta, peppers, sour cream, southwestern, zucchini

Whole Grain Breakfast Blueberry Mini Bundts: #BundtBakers

May 15, 2014 By Laura 28 Comments

Whole Grain Breakfast Blueberry Bundtlette

Whole Grain Breakfast Blueberry Mini Bundts will have the whole family clamouring for breakfast! Hey guys I know I just posted yesterday, but this has just been one of those weeks, where I have had a lot of deadlines. And you know me, you know I am nearly constitutionally incapable of skipping any opportunity (commitment)… 

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Filed Under: berries, blog events, blueberries, breakfast, bundt cakes, cakes, muffins, whole grains Tagged With: #BundtBakers, berries, blueberries, breakfast, bundt, bundtlette, cake, mini bundt, muffins, sour cream, whole grain

Sour Cream Waffles: Alex Cooks Breakfast for Dinner!

November 22, 2013 By Laura 4 Comments

Waffles made with milk and sour cream, with whole grain flour

Sour Cream Waffles are rich yet light, absolutely delicious, and hearty enough to serve for breakfast before school. Guys! I have gotten SO brave! You want to know how brave? Check it out:

Filed Under: breakfast, kids cooking, waffles Tagged With: breakfast, brunch, kids cooking, sour cream, waffles, white whole wheat flour, whole grains

Late Night One Bowl Vanilla Sour Cream Cake

January 14, 2013 By Laura 3 Comments

Plain or simple are not works I associate with the cooking I do. Ironically, therefore, my baking is pretty much the opposite; I don’t like too many flavors going on at the same time. And when I am sick, as I was over Christmas, I want my desserts to be even more plain. Almost boring… 

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Filed Under: cakes, misc. dessert, pantry cooking, reviews, Tools, whole grains Tagged With: cake, magisso cake server, one bowl, recipe, sheet cake, sour cream, vanilla

Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake

November 9, 2009 By Laura 13 Comments

I wanted to wax poetic about this cake–because I truly do feel poetic about it, I’ve made it several times–but I am having trouble. Maybe it is the 5 hours of sleep and Kung Fu Panda in the background robbing me of brain cells. Whatever, the cause, believe me when I say I am not… 

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Filed Under: bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate Tagged With: bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate chips, sour cream, tube cakes

Pork Tenderloin with Apples and Sour Cream: Early October At Its Best!

October 6, 2008 By Laura 6 Comments

Pork Tenderloin with Apples and Sour Cream is the best and most flavorful of hearty midwestern American cooking in the autumn. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. [I updated these photos in December 2017.] One of my favorite things about apples is how great they taste in savory dishes,… 

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Filed Under: apples, beans, Midwestern American, pasta, pork Tagged With: apples, autumn, egg noodles, fall, pork, pork tenderloin, sour cream, white beans

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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