Pork Recipes

Recipes for Leftover Easter Ham

Apr 9, 2012

Whether it’s ham or lamb at Easter, turkey at Thanksgiving or prime rib on New Year’s Eve, one of the joys of cooking a big cut of meat is having a fridge full of leftovers to draw upon for the coming week. Typically we slice up our Easter ham and freeze half of the leftovers. [...]

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Frittata Recipe with Pancetta, Mushrooms & Roasted Garlic

Feb 17, 2012

After preparing extra garlic for my How to: Roast Garlic post last week, I have been adding the flavorful little jewels to every pasta sauce, sandwich and pizza that crosses my path. Even eggs weren’t safe. As if pancetta and mushrooms weren’t enough to bump up the flavor of a simple frittata, I chopped up [...]

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Recipes for Good Health & Weight Loss in 2012

Jan 2, 2012

Typically at this time of year I am lamenting my jeans’ unwillingness to cooperate with my waistline. This year things are a little different. The kind of different that makes clothes shopping fun again, the kind of different that makes me crave exercise and fresh air, the kind of different that makes me feel better [...]

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Make-Ahead Baked Eggs with Bacon, Mushrooms & Sage Recipe

Dec 16, 2011

Christmas is just over a week away and I am in denial about my state of panic. Presents to buy, holiday meals to plan, house to clean, Christmas tree to decorate…breathe….breathe. One thing I can count on is that I will be making The Pioneer Woman’s Maple-Glazed Cinnamon Rolls for Christmas morning, as we do [...]

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Crown Roast of Pork with Vegetable Paella & Romesco Sauce Recipe

Dec 5, 2011

The holidays are in full swing and this is the time of year to pull out all the stops. As parties with family and friends start to fill the calendar, we are all looking for dishes that will feed a crowd and maybe even provide leftovers for a lunch or dinner the next day, such [...]

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Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Jarlsberg Fondue, Ham & Tomato Recipe

Apr 4, 2011

Perhaps it is because we didn’t have many desserts in our cupboards, but I have been a “savory” girl ever since I was young. After-school snacks ranged from leftover pasta to vegetables with hummus. My favorite, however, was a simple plateful of cheese and crackers. The type of cheese varied, but one of my favorites [...]

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Toasted Panini with Ham, Cheddar & Pepper Jelly Recipe

Mar 8, 2011

Toasted Panini with Ham, Cheddar, Pepper Jelly & Arugula Recipe

For many families, Sunday nights are traditionally the time for a big meal. Whenever my parents and I went to my grandparents’ home for dinner, the table was laid with roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, potatoes, and vegetables. As much as we looked forward to those meals, we were just as happy with the Sunday dinners [...]

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Spicy Shredded Pork Roast Recipe with Raita Sauce

Nov 15, 2010

Spicy Pulled Pork Roast Recipe with Cucumber Raita Sauce

By now it may be obvious that I am intrigued and easily seduced by the flavors of Indian cooking. I am a pushover for any dish that makes mere mention of the words curry or coconut milk. At times I simply incorporate curry powder (not authentic, I know) into dishes such as Baked Potato Skins [...]

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Pork & Green Bean Lettuce Wraps Recipe with Sesame Hoisin Sauce

Aug 27, 2010

Pork & Green Bean Lettuce Wraps Recipe with Hoisin & Sesame Sauce

There are some days when I think that living in the time of the caveman might have been kind of cool. It’s not the hunting and gathering part that I daydream about because, knowing my lack of proficiency with tending to plants, I think I would have been relegated to the status of “least useful [...]

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