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Grilled Red Pepper Salsa

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You can do this on a grill or over a gas burner with a grill basket. I did the latter. I also spread a sheet of aluminum foil around the burner to catch any drips. It is not strictly necessary, but it helps with the clean up.  It had never really occurred to me …click to continue Grilled Red Pepper Salsa

Smoky Pecans and Cashews with Bacon

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Don’t ever say that there is nothing worth reading in airline magazines. My sister-in-law Valerie clipped a recipe out of the Southwest Airlines magazine, Spirit, last year and this recipe was born of it. The original recipe is for cashews only, but you know I can’t resist throwing pecans into …click to continue Smoky Pecans and Cashews with Bacon

Texas Tea Recipe

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Here I am Googling “Texas Tea” to find out how similar all of the recipes are and to see whether I’m working from a one of a kind recipe, and lo and behold, every other form of Texas Tea is made of a bathtub full of booze and one can of Coke. I hate …click to continue Texas Tea Recipe

Smoked Salmon on Corn Pancakes…spicy, delicious and gluten free

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I was going to call this smoked salmon atop corn blini, but as I finalized my research on whether or not corn masa and potato starch were in fact gluten free I ran across a comment by a very angry Russian person about the travesty of calling anything with corn or peppers in it …click to continue Smoked Salmon on Corn Pancakes…spicy, delicious and gluten free

Tomatoes with Herbs de Provence

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This is my very favorite kind of recipe…or non-recipe. It’s more of a good idea. It is pretty. It is easy. It is delicious and fresh. This came to me via a splendid friend named Laura Lucia. She does everything in a lovely way.