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Entries Tagged as 'easy food'

My salad with chicken, and not a chicken salad

June 8th, 2009 · 7 Comments

I don’t understand what people see in the mayo version of chicken salad; you know what I’m talking about, crap like this! Something about “normal” chicken salad just makes me wonder. It doesn’t even look appetizing to me, just a big white pile of mush. Kind of like American style potato salad, which doesn’t hold [...]

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Cooking bacon in the oven

May 17th, 2009 · 8 Comments

I learned to cook bacon from my mother, and her method was in the microwave oven. So naturally this was how I cooked bacon for the longest time. But the only downside to this method, it that at times it can be messy, and the final results can be inconsistent.

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Quick tubini in tomato sauce and meatballs

May 15th, 2009 · No Comments

I wanted something hot & quick for dinner tonight since I can only eat mac & cheese 3 days in a row. Plus I wanted to use up the 6 meatballs from GFS that have been developing a heavy case of freezer burn. So here is my under 30 minute meal, made with garbage from [...]

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Bacon Breakfast Burrito Recipes

May 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments

This is one of those restaurant recipes that I wanted to duplicate for a while. I mean how hard could it be to make. If a high schooler working at MickyD’s can make a breakfast burrito.
As a side note, I really don’t like eggs, especially undercooked eggs of any style (poached, soft cooked, sunny side [...]

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Poorman’s garlic bread recipe

April 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments

I learned this recipe in Germany a number of years back. When I learned this recipe from Nook, it was one of those recipes created out of necessity. You’re living in Germany, trying to make some food to remind you of home in the United States. So what better then spaghetti and meatballs, with a [...]

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