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Speedy Simple Supper: Creamy Broccoli Soup with Cheddar

The holidays are in full swing. Soirees, holiday parties and family get-togethers have filled your days and nights for the past few weeks. Perhaps you even celebrated with us at The Chopping Block as ...

An Untraditional Pancake for a Christmas Morning Tradition

Christmastime is finally here, and I am among the many that are thrilled by this fact. I love so much about this time of year. I really enjoy all the traditions that come along with the holidays – ...

Wintertime is Chili Time

December is one of my favorite months. It's the last month of the year, my birthday month, there are holidays are being celebrated, and then there's the start of winter. This year, meteorological ...

Cheese Making at Home Part 4: Goat Cheese

One of the cheeses I was most excited to learn to make this summer at my two-day cheese making class at the Ploughshare Institute in Waco, Texas was goat cheese. Although it is an assertive cheese, ...

For the Love of Coconut Macaroons

The Christmas season is here, and it is a time filled with joy, family, friends, and desserts... lots and lots of desserts. I recently hosted a Christmas party with friends. I was in charge of ...

The Easiest Holiday Appetizer: Cocktail Weenies

My favorite thing to do this time of year is to count how many times people say “I love Christmas.” I think at this point in our lives and in our society, we can all just assume that most people love ...

Ring in the New Year Greek Style

Growing up there were a lot of different things I loved about the New Year holiday. As a child, it was watching the ball drop and banging pots and pans in the street at the stroke of midnight. As a ...

Life Lessons in Bread Baking

If you read my last post you already know that I have a new found love of baking bread. There is just something very cathartic and meditative about the entire process. Something happens when I’m ...

Leftover Potatoes? Turn Them into Pancakes

Need to get rid of yet another holiday leftover taking up valuable fridge real estate? Try these easy cheesy mashed potato pancakes. With a start to finish time of about 15 minutes and an ability to ...

The Best Bread Pudding I’ve Ever Had

Last week, I taught the "Fall Vegetable Harvest" cooking class at The Chopping Block. I was so impressed with the outcome of one of the recipes that I wanted to recreate it at home right away: ...

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Speedy Simple Supper: Creamy Broccoli Soup with Cheddar

An Untraditional Pancake for a Christmas Morning Tradition

Wintertime is Chili Time

Cheese Making at Home Part 4: Goat Cheese

For the Love of Coconut Macaroons

The Easiest Holiday Appetizer: Cocktail Weenies

Ring in the New Year Greek Style

Life Lessons in Bread Baking

Leftover Potatoes? Turn Them into Pancakes

The Best Bread Pudding I’ve Ever Had

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