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Holiday Penguin Stuffed Olives

Here's some Holiday Cream-cheese Stuffed Olive Penguins that Alexis made. I've never seen them before, but they are all over the Google image search. This whole time it could have been an Internet meme and I ne...

Stewed Beef Shin & Ham Hock Soup

I made this a few months back, so don't think I just ate expired meat if you look at the label. This would be perfect for this crazy cold week. Warm stewed meat soup with ramen noodles. Comforting. I took my...

Trader Joe’s Cabernet Beef Pot Roast

I cooked up a Trader Joe's Cabernet Beef Pot Roast in the crock pot for the SEC championship game. I woke up 5am to do this and it had better be worth it. First I browned the pre-marinated pot roast on a skille...

Turkey Tetrazzini

Bonnie took me to a Thanksgiving leftover party the other night. The host, Teva, made this awesome Turkey Tetrazzini. He said it's from Giada De Laurentiis' recipe, which is the only recipe he doesn't stray fro...

Crock Pot BBQ Ribs

I took this easy recipe from Cooks.com. Seasoned the ribs with salt and pepper and stuck them into the broiler for about 10 minutes on each side to brown (per this other similar recipe). I did have the blue dot...

Thanksgiving 2009

So the Cinnamon Butter Squash Pork Shoulder came out fantastic. I couldn't believe it. My Green Bean Casserole and Egg Noodle Casserole which I tried to emulate Campbell Soup Americana recipes, didn't come out ...

Thanksgiving Morning Live Blogging

Whoa, this is what it's like being hungover and having to wake up early to prep for your first Thanksgiving hosting? I actually meant to wake up three hours ago to put this pork shoulder in the crock pot. Like ...