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This recipe for Butternut Squash Soup is a modified version from a version shared by a family friend. This version is more suited to the tastes of my family with lighter seasoning, less salt and less fat. Ingredients 1 medium butternut squash, peeled & cubed 1 cup water 1 medium onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, […]
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Shepard’s pie is a dish normally prepared with ground lamb. A cottage pie is prepared with ground beef in place of the lamb. The meat is combined with a tomato sauce and vegetables, then topped with mashed potatoes and possibly some cheese. Very much a comfort food. I had recently started eating a low carbohydrate […]
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Last night our neighbor had some leftover dough. She brought it over to share with us. The dough inspired me to make Cinnamon Pull-A-Parts. Since it was late in was late in the evening, I just put the dough in the refrigerator until morning. The next morning I took a castiron skillet and melted some […]
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I really enjoy using my cast-iron cookware. I have had plenty of cast-iron dutch ovens, the camp style, over the years. I really like cooking outdoors with them. A few years ago, I was given two 12 inch Lodge cast-iron frying pans for my birthday. That was the day that the cast-iron moved inside. One […]
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My wife wanted to design a beer recipe on her own. She was interested in creating a malt forward beer that was an easy session beer. She didn’t want something too bitter. Without a beer style in mind she designed the following recipe. I think it would be classified as a Mild. It was named […]
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I ran into a situation where I was installing a Ubuntu server for a project. This project would have the server without a GUI interface. I needed to install a software package that had software dependencies. dpkg utilities do not follow or solve package dependencies. I needed a command line utility to install packages that […]
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My sister, Kim Howard, passed away on August 6, 2014 from cancer. Here is her obituary and here is an audio recording of her funeral service.
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I was talking with my youngest daughter about comfort foods that she found while she was living in China. While we were talking about that it reminded me of a favorite comfort food. Macaroni and Cheese. Many times we find ourselves reaching for the blue box. I was wanting something like that, but maybe a […]
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I was recently given two new Lodge cast iron skillets. They are the 12″ size and have been pre-seasoned. I like to work in my cast iron by making something fried. It tends to help build up the seasoning. For these skillets I decided to fry up some potatoes into hash browns. Other than the […]
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A breakfast strata is a favorite in our household. It has a couple of compelling draws to it. It is flexible in the ingredients. It makes use of ingredients that might not make a meal on their own. Strata is an easy meal to feed a group. Strata is not so much a recipe as […]
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