$100 Brownies

A pile of cookies sitting on top of a white plate.

Ingredients 2/3 cup whole almonds 2 sticks butter ( I really like to use salted butter for this recipe) 6 oz bittersweet  chocolate( at least 60%) broken in pieces 1/2 cup cocoa powder 1/2 tsp salt 3 eggs 1 ½ cups sugar 2 tsp instant coffee or 1 tsp espresso Directions Preheat oven to 325…

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A September Salad

Apple, pecan, and blue cheese salad.

Never ever would any good Southern girl say she is tired of the bounty of summer tomatoes, but by the middle of September it’s fun to add a little variety to your salads. Sometimes a recipe is a beautiful hand me down from you family or shared by a friend, but sometimes it involves a…

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Aloha Chicken

A plate of food with broccoli, rice and meat.

Ingredients 1 package boneless, skinless chicken thighs (This will feed four, 2 pkgs will feed 8 and you don’t need to change the ingredients –plenty of sauce) 1 onion, sliced 1 can dark cherries, undrained (not cherry pie filling) ½ cup brown sugar 1 cup sherry 1 jar (12 oz) chili sauce  (find with ketchup)…

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Aloha Tiger Salad

A bowl of salad on the table with chopsticks.

Ingredients (serves 2) 1 cucumber, seeded and sliced into thin 2-inch strips ½ bell pepper, seeded and sliced into thin 2-inch strips 1-2 stalks celery, sliced into thin 2-inch strips 4 green onions thinly sliced (Remember you can add what you have on hand for your vegetables) 1 handful of cilantro, stemmed 1 tsp sesame…

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Aloha Tiger Salad

Green salad with chopsticks on a table.

Something magical happened in the cucumber patch this summer. Because of The Virus not much of this season’s planting had to do with going to a garden center, but instead ordering seeds and starting them in whatever containers were available. (Please don’t judge by the picture.) By far and away the blue ribbon for best seedlings went…

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Anna’s Cookies

A plate of cookies on top of a table.

Ingredients 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened 1 cup sugar 1 cup canola oil 1 cup confectioner’s sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 1 tsp cream of tarter 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 4 cups flour Directions Beat butter, sugar and oil in a mixing bowl until creamy. Add confectioners sugar, eggs, and…

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Annette’s Homemade Ice Cream

White ice cream with fruit in a bowl.

This is the promised ice cream recipe from Annette in Seaside and it’s a doozy. I had to read it two times to really believe you don’t have to cook anything! What a perfect way to make ice cream in the middle of a hot summer – mix stuff up – get it cold –…

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Apple Cheese Pudding

Apple crisp in a white ramekin.

Side dishes can be a bother. Not for those who get to eat them but for those that have to plan and then execute that plan. Sometimes it’s easy – for example chili loves cornbread, turkey requires dressing, and that burger insists on a side of fries. I tend to fall back on salads as…

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Apple Pie With a Pecan Shortbread Crust

A plate with some food on it and a fork

Ingredients Crust 1 cup pecans 1 ½ cups (3 sticks) butter, cut in one inch pieces ½ cup powdered sugar 3 cups flour ½ tsp salt Filling 4 or 5 apples, peeled and thinly sliced 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar ½ cup sweetened dried cranberries 3 Tbsp flour 1 tsp cinnamon ½ tsp…

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