Kung Pao Chicken

Kung Pao Chicken
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A Little Personal History: When I go out for Asian or Chinese, my “go to” dish is Kung Pao Chicken. So it only made sense to come up with my own home cooked version. After a lot of trial and error, here’s the end result. Description: “Kung Pao Chicken (Chinese: 宫保鸡丁), also transcribed as Gong Bao
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Cornbread

Cornbread
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A Little Personal History: There’s something about the way corn bread crumbles and melts in your mouth I love. It’s an ultimate “comfort” bread I just had to master making. Here’s what I came up with. So good 🙂 Print Recipe Cornbread Native Americans were using ground corn (maize) for food thousands of years[2] before European
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Chicken Sausage Gumbo

Chicken Sausage Gumbo
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A Little Personal History: I first got turned onto Gumbo while living and working in New Orleans. It’s a great dish, easy to make, especially when you’ve got left-over meats and/or seafood. Print Recipe Chicken Sausage Gumbo Gumbo is a stew popular in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and that state’s official state cuisine. It
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Coleslaw

Coleslaw
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A Little Personal History: When talking summer picnics, BBQ, or just grilling up at home, great coleslaw can make all the difference! Here’s my favorite that’s everyone always asks for the recipe. Print Recipe Coleslaw Chef Lars Votes: 1 Rating: 5 You: Rate this recipe! Add to Shopping List This recipe is in your Shopping
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Lars’s Scorching Hot Sauce

Lars’s Scorching Hot Sauce
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A Little Personal History: What can I say, I love hot sauce with heat that builds to a crescendo few can handle. This variation took years to perfect. Quite by accident, during one of my creations, I needed it to be a little thinner, happened to be doing some Tequila shots with friends at the time, poured
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Baked Potato Wedges

Baked Potato Wedges
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A Little Personal History: French fries, baked potatoes are great. Yet so many times I’d something in between.Potato wedges works for me ? As the photos below show, versatile and filling in so many ways ? Print Recipe Oven Baked Potato Wedges Chef Lars Votes: 0 Rating: 0 You: Rate this recipe! Add to Shopping List This recipe
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Philly French Cheese Dip

Philly French Cheese Dip
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A Little Personal History: A French Dip Sandwich has always been one of my favorite lunch-time meals. As a matter of fact, if I’m trying out a new restaurant for lunch, if French Dip is on the menu and they don’t offer a Reuben, I’ll order it as a barometer for other dishes on the menu.
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Steakhouse White Sauce

Steakhouse White Sauce
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A Little Personal History: Steak sauces are traditionally dark brown. The one exception for steaks is Bearnaise sauce, a variation of Hollandaise. Regardless of your tastes for steak sauce, IMHO, there’s something very appealing about a robust tasting white sauce for steaks. So … I set about creating a white steak sauce to die for. I’m getting
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Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes

Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes
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A Little Personal History: I love mashed potatoes yet most times I’d prefer to make them ahead so I can easily reheat when ready to eat or add to another dish. Here’s what I came up with for a make ahead version. Print Recipe Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes Votes: 2 Rating: 5 You: Rate this
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Chicken Burritos

Chicken Burritos
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A Little Personal History: There’s nothing like a good burrito to fill you up when your on the go. Here’s my favorite chicken burrito. Print Recipe Chicken Burritos In Mexico, meat and refried beans are frequently the only fillings. In the United States, however, burrito fillings may include a combination of ingredients such as Mexican-style
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