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Quesadillas (Cooking for One)

Posted on July 31, 2012July 31, 2012 by Lanie Fioretti

My favorite tortillas for this are still Don Pancho® wholewheat tortillas.  They are the perfect size and have great flexibility when they’re at room temperature.  I use one tortilla, place all the ingredients on half of it.  Once I place it in the pan, I fold it in half when it starts to cook.  (Brookshire…

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Ham and Cheese Chicken Breasts (Cooking for One)

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Lanie Fioretti

When you feel like you deserve an elegant dinner for one, this is the recipe!  It’s simple and yummy.  I used one ingredient that’s on the suspect list for some of you, crushed pork rinds.  Don’t knock it, until you’ve tried it.  I used them frequently when I was a personal chef for a couple…

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Lessons from the Garden

Posted on July 28, 2012July 28, 2012 by Lanie Fioretti

If you garden, you know, sometimes it’s hard to figure out what the heck is happening to your plants.  I grow some of the vegetables in large containers in our back rock garden area.  This morning I thought I’d plant some seeds in a couple containers where the plants just all of a sudden died. …

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Grits with Okra and Black Eyed Peas

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Lanie Fioretti

PrintGrits with Okra and Black Eyed Peas Total Time: 1 hour Yield: Serves 6 Ingredients1 1/2 cups non fat milk 1 clove garlic, pressed 6 TBSP grits 3 oz cream cheese 1 TBSP butter 1 egg yolk 1 TBSP jalapeno (optional) 2 cups okra, cut into pieces and blanched 1 1/4 cup cooked black eyed…

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What’s Your Beef

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Lanie Fioretti

What are we really eating?  The media is privy to information sometimes I don’t see from other sources.  I’ve included a copy of a story I received the other day, and thought you’d at least like to have the information. Taiwan banned imports of U.S. beef containing ractopamine in 2011. Their parliament has just voted…

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