Sesame Cucumber Salad

Will someone please tell me why it is 60°F and drizzly, at the end of May, here in Sacramento? For my Memorial Day BBQ, we huddled around the fireplace, while the courageous ones (or those more appropriately dressed for the weather) manned the grill. I don’t want to complain too loudly t…

Chicken Pot Pie

*I used fat free and low sodium chicken broth. **Instead of using onion and celery, I replaced those with 1/2 tsp. celery seed and 1 tsp. minced onion flakes, as well as using dried parsley. **I…

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Stuffed Beef and Black Bean Tamale Pie

Peppered Beef Filets with Caramelized Onion Mashed Potatoes

Chicken-Vegetable Soup with Dumplings

Grilled Tri-Tip Steak with Bell Pepper Salsa

From the recipe archive, just in date for Memorial Day weekend. Originally posted 2007. See our archives for more grilling recipes! ~Elise

Tri-tip roasts are popular here in California; it’s a flavorful cut, perfect for barbecuing and grilling. Triangular in shape, it is plus called sir…

BLACK BEAN CHILI

Thai Curry Stir-Fry

Delicious and easy low calorie meal.

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Caramelized Fennel and Onions

Fennel lovers, onion lovers, unite! And soon after take a shower in grated Parmesan, lemon zest, and chopped parsley. I’d like to say that is quick and easy, but it’s not quick. It’s enlarged and easy, the sort of thing you can just put on the stove and give a stir every once in a while,…

Hank Shaw - Hunt, Gather, Cook

Have you ever wondered how we humans managed to survive before boxed breakfast cereal or skinless, boneless chicken breasts neatly packed in styrofoam and plastic wrap? Or have you ever taken a walk in the woods, or along a stream and questioned what around you might be edible?

If so, y…

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