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Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos
Read more: Slow Cooker Chicken TacosPrintable version During the holidays, most of us attend multiple gatherings. Chances are at least one of those parties will be a potluck dinner. The first time I made a dish for a potluck was during my first Christmas living in New York City. My department at the Associated Press…
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Italian Meat Lovers Pizza
Read more: Italian Meat Lovers PizzaPrintable version I was at the store recently and I noticed a package of salami in the cold meats section. In an instant I had a craving for a grinder that features salami, pepperoni and ceasar dressing from a local restaurant named Brevins. (I recreated the sandwich here last summer.)…
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Chocolate Coconut Candies
Read more: Chocolate Coconut CandiesPrintable version For three full weeks I have labored in the kitchen armed with a stack of recipes from my Aunt Suzy on a quest to make as many holiday treats as possible. It’s been a great learning experience because I don’t make many sweets or desserts. Last Saturday, I…
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Peanut and Toffee Clusters
Read more: Peanut and Toffee ClustersPrintable version This recipe is actually a modified recipe of my own from two years ago, it still qualifies as an Aunt Suzy Holiday Treat because it was adapted from a recipe of hers. The only change is the toffee bits, the original recipe calls for mini marshmallows. Two years…
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Homemade Thin Mints
Read more: Homemade Thin MintsPrintable version This is one of the many recipes I have been making over the last two weeks that are straight from the archives of my Aunt Suzy. When I picked this recipe out of a pile of hand written cards I thought it would be super simple. Once I…
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Salted Peanut Chews
Read more: Salted Peanut ChewsPrintable version This is the second of “Aunt Suzy’s Holiday Treats.” Like the first, it features a base made from a box of yellow cake mix. It would be easy to measure out all of the ingredients and mix them together, but the convenience of opening a box and being…
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Cherry Coconut Pecan Squares
Read more: Cherry Coconut Pecan SquaresPrintable version Recently I turned to one of my elders for some direction on holiday treats. I don’t make many deserts, so I thought the best way to learn was to seek the culinary expertise of my Aunt Suzy, a certified sweet treat Jedi. I made two visits to her…
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Spicy Black Beans and Rice
Read more: Spicy Black Beans and RicePrintable version When I set out to make this dish I was looking to create a spicy side. The batch was large enough for an alternative use though – burrito filling. So I decided to present it as both. What I love most about this dish is how the rice…
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