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Cathy Thomas
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A little do-ahead help for that Thanksgiving feast
You can't stuff the turkey ahead. But you can make the cranberry sauce, salad dressing, braised red cabbage, sweet potato casserole and pumpkin dessert a day or two before the...
Recipe: Put this easy-to-make vegetable soup on your emergency dinner list
Feel free to use the veggies you like, such as carrots, winter squash, cauliflower, broccoli, zucchini, bell peppers, green beans, corn or peas.
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Fried Onion Burgers, an Oklahoma specialty, make an irresistible meal
Onion slices are salted, wrung out to remove excess water and combined with ground beef in this recipe.
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These S’Mores Brownies bring home the taste of camp
The chocolate brownies are baked on a graham cracker crust and topped with miniature marshmallows.
Peach cobbler is a delicious late summer dessert
A warm, sweet finish to the meal makes it cozy, even after a hot day.
Spinach is good for you; these dishes make it tasty
Here are a couple of different takes on spinach salad, an entree of pork chop with wilted spinach and from-scratch spinach-artichoke dip.
Recipe: Salami, cantaloupe and mint team up in this salad
This concoction, by celebrity chef and cookbook author Michael Symon, mixes sweet, salty and spicy flavors.
How to make prize-winning Cheese-Stuffed Jalapeños
This recipe for the spicy peppers is from a fair champion's cookbook 'Blue Ribbon Kitchen.'
Books for Cooks: This Peanut Butter Fudge has won blue ribbons at county fairs
Peanut Butter Fudge is among the recipes in Linda Skeens’ 'Blue Ribbon Kitchen,' which teaches readers how to make prize-winners.
Make these dishes to elevate your Fourth of July feast
Make grilled pork tenderloin the centerpiece of your holiday cookout, with support from a salad topped with homemade buttermilk dressing and a Tunnel of Fudge cake for dessert.