Secret Recipe Revealed - Pecan Pie My brother absolutely loves Pecan Pie. As my wife and both children are allergic to pecans (and other tree nuts), we don't have this in the house unless my brother is visiting. It is a very tasty moist version of a pie that can be done very wrong. Mom's Pecan
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12/11/2011
Secret Recipe Revealed - Holiday Meatballs Here is a great recipe to take to a party that used to be included in every Smörgåsbord I attended growing up. My Aunt Martha's parents came to this country from Sweden, and the food her mother ("Tant Agnes") cooked for gatherings was out of this world
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12/09/2011
Secret Recipe Revealed - Cheese Tarts So you have been invited to a holiday gathering and asked to bring a desert? Want one that will be quite easy to make but enjoyed by all? The following recipe was a favorite growing up . . . rather like miniature cheesecakes. Cheese Tarts 1 pkg. cream chees
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12/09/2011
Secret Recipe Revealed - Stuffing Stuffing is an absolutely personal preference. I hear of families getting into battles over "the right kind of stuffing." I don't know how this stuffing would hold up in another family's contest, but this recipe has been handed down through my wife's mother's s
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12/08/2011
Secret Recipe Revealed - Breakfast Casserole In case you haven't picked up on it from my posts, my wife, kids, and I are all about traditions. And what is one of the biggest traditions having to do with holidays? Food. As the kids grew up, it seemed that a new food was added to the "traditiona
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12/07/2011
Secret Recipe Revealed - Fabulous Fudge Here is another heavily requested recipe from my wife's kitchen. My kids wish that she would make this more than once per year, but she wants to keep it special by being a December treat. You can get a version of this recipe off the Marshmallow Fluff cont
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12/06/2011
You Never Know What you Might Stumple Across . . . This isn't in Connecticut - it is in Barberville, Florida. While we were visiting my folks in September, we came across an amazing sight. Statues and lawn "art" of all sorts. Thought you might enjoy . . .
12/04/2011
Secret Recipe Revealed! Pumpkin Bread I have been finding many recipes being shared online of late, and I thought this might be an interesting thing to do. Let's make one thing perfectly clear, I am not a cook. I can barbecue with the best of them, and I even managed to boil some water this ev
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12/04/2011
Are You Blue? Who can be "blue" when Blue Jays decide to invade your yard and feeder? For some reason Blue Jays just don't like to stay still long enough to be photographed (well, at least by me!). But yesterday I was able to capture a few half way decent shots (most were somewhat blurred due t
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12/03/2011
Sometimes it Pays to Blend In We are always being told that we must do what we can to stand out in a crowd, but during hunting season, it is rather important for a deer to blend in. For some reason the deer were crowding in my yard today--everytime I glanced up from my computer, there were deer
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12/02/2011
