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  • Tacos for 125: Gaujillo Chili Sauce

    Gaujillo Chili Sauce This sauce features the guajillo chili and required less sugar to balance the bitterness than the other red sauce I made for the diner. Because of that I decided to make a super hot offering. The first batch was of medium heat but the second batch I…

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  • Tacos for 125: Ancho Chili Sauce

    Ancho chili sauce Due to the ripeness of the tomatoes I was using and the natural bitterness of the ancho chili I needed a good amount of sugar in each batch to give this sauce balance. I made a mild and hot version. The mild, which was also very sweet…

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  • Spaghetti Squash Parmesan

    Printable version As I drive around rural Northern Indiana I’m noticing a couple of things. First, the leaves are starting to change and the colorful fall landscapes are emerging over freshly harvested fields. The reds, yellows and browns create some of the most beautiful scenes mother nature has to offer…

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  • White Chicken Chili

    Printable version Now that October has arrived we enter the cooler phase of outdoor events here in Northern Indiana. Large fires and food to warm the belly are almost mandatory. One of the best ways to keep the cold away on a frosty night is a yummy batch of chili.…

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  • Stove Top Enchiladas

    Printable version I went to the store last Wednesday and bought everything to make enchiladas the next afternoon. I was planning to make them from scratch. This meant making the filling, warming the tortillas, dipping them in sauce, stuffing, rolling and putting everything together so it can be baked off.…

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  • Southern Style Poutine

    Printable version It seems that the Canadian dish poutine has become all the rage. Traditional poutine consists of french fries smothered in gravy and fried cheese curds. I have seen it a couple of times on the Food Network and to my surprise poutine is now featured on the special…

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  • Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash

    Printable version I have never been a fan of squash. For the longest time I thought the only good use for squash was hollowing out pumpkins to make scary jack-o’-lanterns at Halloween or chucking rotten ones at passing hay rides in the fall. A couple of years ago, I tried…

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  • Stuffed Pepper Soup

    Printable version Growing up, my Mom and Grand Mothers referred to green peppers as mangos, I always thought this was odd but I just learned to accept it as a family quirk. Turns out there is some history to it. An article by Linguist David Bergdahl helped shed a little…

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