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Hometown Recipes: Buttermilk Oven-Fried Chicken

My recipe this week takes a little bit of planning.  However, after marinating the chicken for a day, the meat turns out so flavorful and tender!  Buttermilk Oven-Fried Chicken Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. 4 lbs. skinless bone-in chicken pieces 2 1/4 cups low-fat buttermilk 1/4 cup dill pickle juice ...

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Hometown Recipes: One Bowl Chocolate Chocolate Cookies

As a busy mom, I appreciate one bowl recipes.  If I get up the energy to cook from scratch, cleaning up the kitchen after seems daunting.  This recipe mixes all the ingredients in one bowl – saving dish-washing time.  They are so delicious and very easy to make.  Have fun and enjoy! Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita ...

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Hometown Recipes: Adobo Chicken Served With Hot Rice

Many times I get the best recipes from friends and family.  This recipe was given to me by my close friends Mary Claire and Jeff.  Jeff is Filipino-American.  Adobo is a common classic Filipino dish.  There are many variations of adobo but this is MC and Jeff’s present to me.  It’s super easy and just delicious.  It gets better if you put leftovers ...

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Hometown Recipes: Light Waldorf Salad Served On Butter Lettuce

Macey, my 12 year old, made this delicious, light Waldorf Salad, which is served on butter lettuce as a lettuce wrap and with whole grain pita chips. It is such an easy and refreshing recipe for the warm summer nights here in the Santa Clarita summer. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your ...

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Hometown Recipes: Slow Cooked And Recooked Beef Short Ribs

One of the benefits of being a foodie and a chef is the privilege to attend industry trade shows. Unlike other industries who conference in huge convention centers with rows and rows of tangible and intangible inedible products and services, my industry hosts mega-events featuring produce, meats, cheeses, confections, snacks and anything edible that you find when you shop in ...

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Hometown Recipes: Mushroom-Asparagus Quiche With Potato Crust

This recipe was inspired by a menu on eMeals.  Every week, I get seven clean eating recipes emailed to me.  My plan is to use this subscription to inspire at least 2-3 meals at home, some prepared by the girls.  Arielle made this recipe this week.  It took her about an hour and one half but that is mostly because she is not as experienced as I am at ...

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Hometown Recipes: Julie’s Banana Nut Bread

During my bridal shower, long, long ago, which my daughter would call “the olden days”; I was given a box of hand written recipes. One of the recipes was from our family friend Julie Gardner. Julie’s recipe- gift was for banana bread made with Bisquick. I would guess that the recipe came off of a Bisquick box, as it was ...

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Hometown Recipes: Pot Roast

When I was growing up my parents would make pot roast every now and again, but mostly on Sundays. It was an economical and convenient meal as the ingredients were inexpensive and everything was in one pot! I remember that our house would always smell wonderful when there was a pot roast in the oven. Well, it is still, to ...

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