Barefoot! Chicken Picatta

**not gluten free**

This weeks recipe for Barefoot comes from Lindsey of Noodle Nights and Muffin Mornings.  Chicken Piccata has become one of our rotation recipes because it’s just so darned good.  I originally made it to go with the Herb Roasted Onions we made a few months ago (which, by the way… if you haven’t [...]

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Barefoot! Meringue Chantilly- Sort of

Was it just me and my crazy Sunday that had problems with these meringues?  I’ve made meringues before… several times but  I’ve never quite experienced the problems I had with these.  I’m sure the other Barefooters faired well.

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Barefoot! Real Meatballs & Spaghetti

A big thanks is in order for Rebecca of Ezra Pound Cake who chose this week’s Barefoot recipe.  What is the thanks for?  The excuse to try out another recipe for spaghetti and meatballs?  Sure.  The crazy antics that she’s always coming up with that make me laugh so hard I have stitches?  Absolutely.  The extra kiss [...]

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Roasted Potato & Leek Soup

For Christmas, The Mother-In-Law gave me the new Barefoot Contessa book.  My normal mode of operation when getting a new cookbook is to pour over it with a pad of posties next to me marking pages of things I really want to make.  The new book was so marked with orange posties I could hardly [...]

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Barefoot! Banana Sour Cream Pancakes

**not gluten free**

Karen of Something Sweet by Karen chose Ina Garten’s Banana Sour Cream Pancakes as the very first recipe of 2009.  My palms were sweaty as the realization hit.  I have to make pancakes!  Oh, it’s going to be a disaster!  After all, we’ve been down this road before.

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Barefoot! Coq Au Vin

A season filled with such joy is also filled with unending errands, parties and dinners.  Tonight I’ll be making a double-header at my office Christmas party (yes, we still call it a Christmas party!) and the Joint Services Military Ball.  Sometime this afternoon I’ll be transformed from a black-clad girl to a princess in red. [...]

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Barefoot! Mexican Soup and Martial Arts

Better late than never, right?  I actually made this soup the Tuesday before Thanksgiving thinking that my life would somehow, magically open up a moment in time that I could write about it.  Not so much.

There’s really no way to tie this story into the recipe, so bear with me as I must share what [...]

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Barefoot Bonus!

Life seems to be slipping through my fingers these days.  Can you tell… 2 posts in a week… and I actually have many wonderful things to write about!  

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Barefoot! Herb Roasted Onions

The Husband and I are like two planes flying without navigation in the skies right now.  Someday we’re bound to find each other, but for now…. we’re making due with the short snippets of time that we actually fly by.  

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Barefoot! Pot Pie

**not gluten free**

Every year a bunch of A-10 pilots, maintainers and enthusists get together to pay tribute to fallen warthogs, then compete in a tactical gunnery and bombing competition called Hawgsmoke.  This of course, prompted The Husband to organize a group of people to drive to Salina, KS to watch the competition last week.  Knowing I desperately [...]

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