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Roasted Apple-Butternut Squash with Maple Cardamom Glaze

Call this my Apple Butternut Squash Recipe redemption. O.K., I'm going to say it, the Apple Butternut Squash I served for Thanksgiving last year was a bit disappointing. It was palatable enough, and no one seemed disappointed with it other than me, but you know how it is when you have something in your mind, and it just doesn't come out the way you want... nothing else will do. Being the stubborn determined sort, I planned to make it again this year... only with a trial run first. No matter Continue Reading

Spiked! Orange Salmon

This Whiskey Salmon recipe features a Whiskey marinade with orange. It is a flavorful salmon recipe that can easily be adjusted to your number of portions. This Orange Whiskey Salmon was directly inspired by the Orange Bourbon Salmon recipe I found in the new cookbook America's Favorite Food. This cookbook features top recipes from the my recipes website, which compiles the recipes from seven magazines, including Cooking Light, Real Simple and Southern Living. One cool feature of the book is Continue Reading

Sweet Potato Salad with Granny Smith Apples, Walnuts and Cranberries in Ginger Lime Dressing

Yes, I am about to try and get you to eat something weird again. This Sweet Potato Salad (slaw) was created with inspiration from my daughter. She has a particular love of eating raw sweet potato. At first, I found the thought of eating raw sweet potato rather repulsive, imagining it to be super starchy like regular potatoes. Her persistence and determination to eat the potatoes raw rather than cooked, made me curious, and I cut off a slice for myself. I quickly saw who was the fool, and Continue Reading

Oatmeal Banana Nut Bread ~ Easy Gluten Free Recipe

This Oatmeal Banana Nut Bread is a gluten-free recipe, but is made entirely with common ingredients found in most kitchens. So many gluten-free dessert recipes have a daunting list of ingredients that are often expensive and difficult to find. With the holidays coming up, I thought an easy gluten-free dessert that used standard pantry items would be helpful to many readers. I often use ground oatmeal in my baked goods, but usually in conjunction with another flour. This time, as I was Continue Reading

Seafood Puttanesca Recipe: A Reduced Sodium Version

Seafood Puttanesca is a spicy seafood pasta in red sauce with shrimp, cod, clams, olives and capers. It is an easy recipe to prepare at home, but is perfect for a special dinner. What is Seafood Puttanesca? Seafood Pasta Puttanesca is not an uncommon dish on restaurant menus in my area. Rhode Island is known for seafood, and we have a large Italian population in the state, so various spicy tomato based seafood dishes are quite popular. While I enjoy the bold flavors of Puttanesca sauce, Continue Reading

Using Bubble Wrap as Insulation for Old Windows

Did you know, you can use common bubble wrap as insulation for windows? I had heard of this bubble wrap trick to save energy before, but had never actually gotten around to trying it. While most of the windows in my old Victorian era home have been replaced, with more energy efficient double pane windows, there are six windows in the house with the original old wooden single pane windows. Even with storm windows on them, they still cause a good deal of heat loss (my storm windows aren't Continue Reading