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    Recipe: 1-2-3 Dough

    1-2-3 dough is super simply, super versatile and super delicious! Here I’m using it to make a pumpkin pie (that recipe to follow very shortly…). Ingredients 3 parts flour (1 cup) 2 parts fat (1/2 cup butter) 1 part water (1/3 cup water) want to make it a bit sweet? add 2 tablespoons of sugar Make sure the butter is room temperature – mix small chunks of the butter in with the flour and then slowly add in the water. Roll into a ball and…

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    Recipe: Leg of Lamb

    This Thanksgiving I wanted to do something a little different – why not lamb!? The traditional turkey still made it to the table, don’t worry. Trying to find a good lamb cut was a little difficult. I called Grassy Lane Custom Meats, which is about 10 minutes from us, and I was offered a whole lamb. Ah, no thank you. I stopped at a few local butchers, but most were lamb roasts and I wanted something with the bone in. Oddly enough, our local grocery…

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    Recipe: Lazy Lasagna – and it’s gluten free!

    Lazy Lasagna – why lazy?  Mainly because it uses jar sauce and store bought noodles – pretty lazy, eh! Ingredients box of rice noodles 2 tablespoons of olive oil 3 tablespoons of garlic package of spinach 1 pound of ground chicken jar of pasta sauce (gluten free, if you wish) large container of cottage cheese container of ricotta cheese 1 1/2 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese salt and pepper Saute the garlic until golden brown and then add the spinach – it’ll only take a…