Recipes from Ingredient: black pepper

Bacon Spinach Carbonara

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One of my favorite comfort foods is Carbonara.  I especially love to eat it on a cold rainy day.  It really warms me up inside and taste so dang good!  This spinach carbonara recipe requires very few ingredients and takes no time to whip together.  You might have to double ...

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Roasted Acorn Squash Soup

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When the weather starts getting chilling outside, I start gravitating towards my soup recipes.  This delicious roasted acorn squash soup will warm up your entire body.  It’s so healthy, low on calories, vegetarian and vegan appealing.  In the fall, you will start seeing squash on sale at every grocery store ...

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Crockpot Porkchops with Hatch Chili Sauce

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Oh how I love to use my crockpot!  The time has come to pull it out and make some delicious food for the fall season.  Here’s one easy recipe to show case the hatch green chilis with pork.  This is how we do it! Ingredients: 2 large bone-in pork chops ...

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Sweet and Spicy Citrus Orange Roughy

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Orange roughy is a very versatile white fish, and this simple citrus marinade is an excellent complement to its mild flavor… Orange roughy fillets with a citrus twist. Very quick to prepare. It’s great with green beans or asparagus with olive oil and fresh lemon zest. Ingredients: 2 – 4 ...

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Southwestern Flat Iron Steak

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Southwestern Flat Iron Steak is marinated for 2 to 5 hours -and it will melt in your mouth with spicy flavor.  It’s cooked on medium high heat and it only takes about 6 minutes to get a medium rare temperature.  I serve this with my homemade Pico De Gallo and ...

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Red Wine-Braised Beef Short Ribs

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These red wine braised short ribs are so flavorful.  Choosing the right dry red wine is important to create that rich and sophisticated taste.  I chose Chateau Lafite Rothschild wine from France.  It goes with beef and creates a great taste in the beef broth too.  You can slow roast ...

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Traditional Bolognese Meat Sauce

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This zesty, rich and hearty Bolognese sauce is all you’ll ever need to feed your family that loves Italian food.  It will feed approximately 4 people, however you can double the recipe and freeze any unused portions. Ingredients: 1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter 1/2 cup ...

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Italian Meatballs and Magnificent Marinara Sauce

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Italian food is my favorite! This recipe will be one you go to again and again.  It’s delicious and pretty easy to make.  I use my scratch made marinara sauce.  You can buy sauce, but I doubt it won’t be as good as mine.  Make extra meatballs -if you wish.  ...

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Crispy Spicy Chicken Wings

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My all time favorite “tail gate food” is crispy chicken wings.  I love my wings spicy, crunchy and very flavorful.  You have no idea how many wing cooking sessions I tackled before I came up with this perfect recipe. I call it the dry rub, and when it’s finished cooking ...

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Orange Chicken

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My easy skillet orange chicken recipe is the perfect week night meal that can be made in under 30 minutes.  You and your family will love it!  Since it’s pan-fried, it will be a much healthier version than take out because Chinese restaurants usually deep fry it.  It can be ...

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