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Hometown Recipes: Simple Pasta and Zucchini Casserole

by Erin Walgamuth This recipe is for a casserole that I threw together over the Christmas holiday when we had a commitment-free evening – which I must say, were few and far between! The lovely thing about this dish is that it can be customized easily. I have made it with sliced sweet Italian chicken sausage, and have made it vegetarian. ...

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Hometown Recipes: Refreshing Fig and Orange Vinaigrette

by Erin Walgamuth My family and I were at our friend’s Rose and David’s house for a wonderful get-together last weekend. As usual, we all had a wonderful time visiting with our old friends and thoroughly enjoying the fantastic food made by Rose. I couldn’t get enough of the salad she put together with her homemade vinaigrette, which was simple ...

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Hometown Recipes: Cake Mix Cookies

by Erin Walgamuth Happy New Year to all of my KHTS friends!   It was a wonderful, if not slightly crazy (so what’s new?) holiday season. I worked quite a bit, which of course, was a good thing, but always makes everything more complicated!   We have hosted Christmas Eve dinner at our house for as long as I can remember, ...

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Hometown Recipes: Cousin Mark’s Chicken Tortilla Soup

By Erin Walgamuth Thank goodness for my cousin Mark! He saved my friend Lisa and I from having to drive from Santa Clarita to Huntington Beach the last two days of our eleven day job! We stayed with him and his lovely girlfriend Cee, at his place in Newport Beach. Lisa and I were very grateful to have a fifteen minute drive to ...

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Hometown Recipes: Betty Jean’s Chocolate Pie

First of all, I’m very honored to be trading my morning DJ hat for “Guest Dessert Chef” this week. Betty Jean was my mother. She was born and raised in Lubbock, Texas and had a flair for southern cooking. For the most part, southern cooking involves “fixing” meals using ingredients that you typically won’t find in the health food section. ...

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Hometown Recipes: Grandma Walgamuth’s Persimmon Cookies

By: Erin Walgamuth These delicious cookies are perfect for fall and the holiday season. They are tender, slightly sweet and a bit spicy. I must say that they are wonderful with a hot cup of tea or coffee. You can find persimmons in the grocery store usually until late December. The most common varieties are Fuyu and Hychia. I like to ...

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Hometown Recipes: Cranberry Orange Tea Bread

  By Erin Walgamuth The recipe below is my version of a nut bread recipe (but completely different) which is in my mom’s Better Homes and Gardens cookbook from the 1960’s. I love to take the old classics and dress them up a bit, shall we say. My sister-in-law and her family are driving down from Northern California tomorrow for a ...

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Hometown Recipes: Potato and White Bean Soup

This recipe came from my sister-in-law Lisa, who’s cooking I have always admired. Lisa and her husband Eric are raising their two granddaughters for the next year while their daughter and son-in-law serve in Afghanistan. Needless to say, Lisa is a busy woman and a master at cooking up something delicious for dinner in a hurry! So, I thought all ...

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Hometown Recipes: Steamed Asparagus with Lemon Butter

Yesterday was a work-in-the-yard day for me. I finally had the time to clean out the vegetable garden of last year’s growth. It was satisfying to see all that lovely dirt sans weeds and snails that had been hiding under the dead tomato plants. As I stood back and admired my efforts, I realized that it was almost five o’clock ...

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