Tag: pickles

  • Thanksgiving Appetizers (or the Relish Tray)

    Thanksgiving Appetizers (or the Relish Tray)

    For the next three posts, I’m highlighting some “relish tray” appetizers from MSL November 2021.

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  • Relish Trays and Brandy Old Fashions

    Relish Trays and Brandy Old Fashions

    Not familiar with the Midwestern supper club traditions? Read Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal and you will be.

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  • The Pickle Recipe for Food ‘n Flix and a family favorite

    The Pickle Recipe for Food ‘n Flix and a family favorite

    I’m revisiting a favorite (and easy) family recipe today, my favorite Uncle’s pickle recipe.

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  • A Borrowed Life, TLC Book Tour, and  BPT Sandwiches

    A Borrowed Life, TLC Book Tour, and BPT Sandwiches

    Once again, we’re on a stop for a TLC Book Tour.  Welcome aboard! If  Questions of Perspective (my last book review) was irreverently spiritual, A Borrowed Life by Kerri Anne King shows a world of reverent hypocrisy, one that is rigid and stifling. About the Book: From the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Whisper Me This comes an emotional and sharply witty…

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  • Grilled Banh Mi Sandwiches with Pickled Veggies

    Grilled Banh Mi Sandwiches with Pickled Veggies

    Every so often, The Hubs will put out a special request, do all the shopping and pitch in with the cooking.   Most of these requests involve grilling. The most recent suggestion for dinner was a Banh Mi sandwich, but as mentioned above, he wanted to grill it.  I did some research and we came up…

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  • Bags o’ Onions

    Bags o’ Onions

    Here’s a great way to caramelize onions with little mess and little work. And, here’s an even better pickled onion recipe—so good, easy and delicious!

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  • Pickled Jalapenos

    Pickled Jalapenos

    Here’s a traditional jalapeno pickle that will keep in the pantry for stews, chilis, and parties this winter. (And, check out our banana bloom!)

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  • Beer-Pickled Jalapeños

    Beer-Pickled Jalapeños

    Got jalapenos? Then you have got to make some Beer-Pickles as soon as you are able!

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  • Carnitas Rice Bowls with Pickled Onions and Cilantro Slaw

    Carnitas Rice Bowls with Pickled Onions and Cilantro Slaw

    My mom, sister and I often swap recipes via email.  (You can read about another recipe my sister urged me to make here.) Last weekend, a recipe for Homesick Texan Carnitas found its way from Sis to me.  Always succinct,  the link to the recipe was only accompanied by “this is a really good recipe”…

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  • Grilled Cheese with Bread and Butter Pickles

    Grilled Cheese with Bread and Butter Pickles

    It’s time for Cook the Books. Kathleen Flinn is the featured author and I enjoyed her memoir of food, recipes and love from her adventurous and sometimes eccentric family. I probably chose the strangest recipe to feature this month….Grilled Cheese and Bread & Butter Pickles

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