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Dinner in Three Parts: Maple Baked Beans
I never liked beans as a kid. I was always a picky eater and something about foods that came from a can — it weirded me out. Since my tastes have changed, I’ve really come to enjoy beans, if prepared the right away. And yes, it’s fine to use ones that come from a can. [...]
Breakfast Quiche Fit for Mom
My car was filled with ants after I bought two big hanging baskets filled with petunias for Mother’s Day. The plants sat in the back of my car for less than 24-hours, but it was enough to realize the purple and pink flowers were carrying the tiny critters. I was not pleased. But, as usual, it was [...]
Dinner in Three Parts: Polenta Wedges
I spent most of Monday making dinner. Yep. At least 12 hours into one meal. And because of all the components, I’ve decided to divide up each item into a different post. Thankfully — the cooking was really just a lot of waiting time, especially when it came to this rosemary polenta. I had heard [...]
Simple Strawberry Dessert
I like the idea of buying fresh fruit. But most of the time it spoils before I can do much with it. I’m just not in love with eating the fruit. It’s kind of new for me (I was a picky eater for a long time). Earlier this year, I found a simple way to [...]
Apple-Pear Tart
After an afternoon of baseball at Sovereign Bank Stadium and enough snacks to keep us full for a few hours, I decided to make an apple-pear tart for a late night dessert. I’ve made a similar tart once before, for a dinner party, and to be honest, I think I enjoyed it more than any of [...]
Baked Mac and Cheese
There are some dishes I get a craving for once in a while. One of those is baked mac and cheese. And it doesn’t matter what I’m making it with, Will always makes that face — the one I know where he approves — when he puckers out his lips and says a long, “Oh,” [...]
Leftover Barbecue Pork Loin Tacos
I made a mesquite barbecue pork loin earlier this week and between the two of us, we ate about half of it for dinner, along with some rice and roasted broccoli. But what was I going to do with half a mesquite barbecue pork loin if I didn’t want to eat it the exact same [...]
Beef Barley Soup and Back to the Gym
I took a couple weeks off from the gym since I cut my finger off. Well, it’s been about a month. And despite the fact that my finger healed enough that I could dress myself about two weeks ago, I’ve avoided the gym for numerous reasons, the most obvious being that I hate it. In [...]
Crispy Chicken Salad With Homemade Honey Mustard Dressing
If you don’t live in York, you probably didn’t hear about the underground fire that caused manhole covers to fly into the sky and put about 1,000 people in the dark Monday night. I happened to be out of town. In Lancaster County, actually, visiting family and getting my car worked on. When we got [...]
Chicken Sausage and Potato Hash
For everyone working as a journalist, primary week has taken its toll. Covering the primary doesn’t usually put too much of a crimp in my night. I go to a couple of polls, try to convince people to talk to me about who they voted for, and then I get to enjoy the free food [...]
