Recipes and Food
Foodie Friday: Chewy Gooey Chocolate Chunk Cookies
A few weeks ago I sent a dear friend a care package – a big box stacked full of chocolate chunk cookies. She wrote me the sweetest thank you telling…
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Drawing straws
Cheese Straws that is. Over the holidays, I whipped up batches of these for nibbles until dinner was ready to be served…the perfect nosh for friends while they hung out…
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Foodie Friday: Hash browns for Conor
My son Conor is turning into a foodie; he truly savors the meals at his weekend part-time gig at our hometown eatery – My Place. When he’s not up to…
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Foodie Friday: Building the perfect Chicken Fajitas
It’s cold and snowy outside and all I can think about is what to make for dinner. One of my very favorite meals is a well-stocked Chicken Fajita. You can…
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A taste of Nantucket
I was digging for a new Cranberry Sauce recipe, and what better place to find what I was looking for but from the Cranberry capital of the world, Nantucket. This…
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End of summer salsa
If you’ve planted tomato plants this year, we’re probably in the same boat…lots and lots of tomatoes ready for the picking, or in my case, falling off the vine and…
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Summer smoothies
There’s something about a smoothie that makes it the perfect summer weekend treat. So technically, we started our weekend yesterday morning when it was dark and rainy. No amount of…
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Blueberry breakfast
Blueberries are ripe for the pickin’ here in Connecticut. And picking them by hand – well, let’s just say there’s nothing like it. I don’t know what I like best…making…
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One take
Murph was really on his game this weekend – concocting probably the very best, most awesome batch of Corn and Crabmeat Chowder he has ever made – ever. One taste…
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Grilled green goodness
Love grilled Asparagus. Especially when it’s in season this time of year. When I’m at the market and spy bunches of really thin young spears (which I love the taste…
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From Newtown with love
Twenty years ago my best friend Suzy married a sweetheart of a guy. His name is Ron. Earlier this spring, I asked folks to send me their favorite family recipes,…
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When sweet met sassy
Next time you’re walking by that flat of pansies – more specifically those cute little faced ‘Johnny Jump Ups’ – not so fast, they’re the key to your next dessert!…
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Mama’s pots of gold
For as far back as I can remember, my mom’s (a.k.a. Mama) stuffed cabbage has been a mainstay at all our holiday suppers growing up. And this upcoming Easter Sunday…
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A mighty comforting contender
O.K., so as of today, the countdown to Spring is 13 days – yahoo! But here’s the glitch, a big part of our country is stuck in snow and slush…
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Miss Fannie’s mac n’ cheese
Yucky and yummy. The two words that best sum up this past weekend. The weather here in Connecticut was cold and raw, rainy and (anticipating) snowy, so obviously this was…
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Chocolate therapy
Go ahead – have another. That’s my motto these days when it comes to dark chocolate. Right about 3 p.m. I break out my dark chocolate stash for a little…
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Office nosh
I believe that spreading a little more kindness starts with our family at home. But for some of us, we also have a secondary home and family at work –…
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Roast chicken love
I have an idea. I know full well that St.Valentine’s Day is this week – Thursday to be exact – and that here in New England we’re dog tired from…
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Fire-grilled cheese
We were psyching ourselves up to suit up, grab our shovels, and get going; unfortunately, twenty inches of snow is just not going to move itself (bone-chilling winds or no…
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Scentsational!
Oh my gosh, if you could only take one whiff of my kitchen right now. No, strike that. If you could only take a whiff of my whole house right…
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Pre-game pasta party
How ’bout a new way to get the party started? I’m thinking about changing it up with a pre-game pasta party on Sunday. On game day, the bottom line on the…
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It’s Friday – must be pizza night
Friday nights at Connecticut Country House, it’s all about pizza – homemade pizza that is. First and foremost, I love the freshness and lightness of homemade dough. Not to mention…
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First soup
My New Year kicked off with sweet surprises. One – Every weekend we have a fire going in the big cooking fireplace in the dining room, but yesterday Rick changed…
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Comfort and joy
It’s New Year’s Eve, and we’re keeping it simple. This month has been a blur – a real emotional doozy! And as far as I’m concerned – it’s out with…
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Christmas cookies inspired by Sweet Pea
What a tough week. Mega understatement. Here in Newtown, everything has changed. But the overwhelming outpouring of love and good will on our little community has been, and continues to…
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