Butter Chicken with Basmati Rice; Naan or Papadums Pork Tenderloin with Cranberry Pan Sauce with Butternut Squash, Steak Fajitas with Onions and Peppers; Guacamole, and Salsa Spaghetti and Meatballs, Spinach Salad with Bacon Dressing Sweet and Sour Chicken; Chinese Crunchy Salad
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Slow Cooker Five Spice Pork with Snap Peas and Rice Country Style Steak; Roasted Red Bell Pepper Cauliflower Almond-Crusted Grilled Salmon with Garlic Sauce; Roasted Root Vegetables and Brussels Sprouts Steak Diane with Lemon Roasted Fingerling Potatoes; and steamed Spinach Shredded Korean Chicken with Coconut Rice
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Chicken and Mushroom Marsala; Cauliflower Paleo Gnocchi Sheet Pan Cumin Pork Chops and Brussels Sprouts Grilled Tuna with White Bean and Charred Onion Salad Curried Lentils and Sweet Potatoes Beef Stroganoff with Cauliflower Rice
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Asian Style Steak with Very Veggie Fried rice Light (turkey) Shepherd’s Pie Roasted Chicken Breast; Brussel Sprout Salad with Apples and Almonds GF Walnut Topped, Crispy Salmon;Spicy Asparagus With Cilantro
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Copyright 2014. Rosso-Feren. All rights reserved.Chocolate-Bacon Clusters (click on link to print pdf)The original recipe is very tedious. Threading and pre-cooking the bacon on skewers and then brushing andsprinkling, well, it was all too much! Here is the quick version and equally as delicious!Ingredients1 LB center-cut bacon, thin cut, but try thick if you dare3
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Strawberry pie, strawberry parfait, strawberry crisp, strawberry cheesecake, macerated strawberries, strawberry tart, strawberry pavlova, strawberry cobbler…. Question: How many of the above desserts become even more extra-ordinary with a dollop of something creamy and white on top? Answer: All of Them! Shall I buy a frozen whipped topping? No Shall I buy a can of
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Here is our Good News and a Good News Coupon for you, too! First bit of news is that every chef will have been vaccinated and achieved the fullest level of immunity offered by May 9th and so far most all have already. We are all continuing to be cautious and still using masks and/or
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Ingredients3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken pieces cut into1 1⁄2 -inch pieces1/2 cup flour, all purpose or rice5 Tbsp curry powder (fav is Madras)2 1⁄2 teaspoons Kosher salt3⁄4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper1⁄2 cup olive or coconut oil3 Tbsp fresh ginger, minced2-3 Tbsp garlic, minced1-2 chili peppers, seeded, de-veined, minced5 cups (divided) chicken broth2 lg sweet potatoes
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I stumbled across this recipe 12 years ago when I discovered that I could make my own ricotta cheese and that it was worth doing! Well maybe not worth it, but it’s totally WORTH it! Confused? Let me explain. Ricotta cheese you buy in a grocery store is fine for lasagna, stuffed shells, and anything
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“I just love this recipe!” said Leigh, one of our Chapel Hill Food Fairies. “I found this blogger, Sally’s Baking Addiction, and ALL her recipes turn out perfectly. https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/coconut-cake/ Leigh was referring to this scrumptious 3-layer coconut cake which appears as perfection and, according to the client who requested this for her daughter’s birthday, it
Yields: 10-12 cookies Ingredients 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter 1/4 cup coconut oil 1/4 cup maple syrup 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 1/2 cups unsweetened coconut (I used Trader Joes) 2 Tblsp unsweetened cocoa powder 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 slightly heaped tsp kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon Preparation 1. Prepare a cookie sheet
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Active Time: 45 MIN Total Time: 3 HR Yield Serves: 6 Pastry chef Koa Duncan of Los Angeles’s Water Grill is incredibly creative. She’s also remarkably persistent: Working as a pastry chef in a town that loves to diet is an uphill battle. Her fantastic passion fruit and creamy coconut parfait, layered with crunchy bits
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A simple mixed salad is my least favorite dish to prepare yet one of my favorite sides or main dishes to eat any time of year, whether at home or at a party. If I had a Food Fairy I’d have her make beautiful platters of prepared veggies, properly protected and stored in my fridge
I’m not even a huge sausage fan but these were beyond sausage and scrumptious in their clean simplicity. I found the recipe for these online and made a small adaptation for my adult daughter who is trying a Paleo – type diet for auto immune disease. I had a hard time refraining from eating more
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You spend days or even weeks planning Thanksgiving dinner and then you spend hours cooking an amazing turkey, perfect stuffing, fluffy mashed potatoes, delicious casseroles and pies pies pies! But what about the cranberry sauce? Most of us just make one simple decision – whole berry or jellied. We decant the can and call it
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2019Celebrating Over 20 Years! Who do you know who gleefully spends decades flying around kitchens cooking, serving, creating and generally glowing while tirelessly persevering to bring love-filled food to local NC residents? If you haven’t yet met Terri, The Food Fairy or any of her 20 some offspring, (aka foodfairyettes), you still have time because
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Just last week one of my regular clients asked me to make her an apple pie. Dessert requests are a rarity at The Food Fairy, so I was excited to oblige! In 1978 when I was living in the Catskill Mountains of New York I was overjoyed at the plethora of wild apples available for
Please come and celebrate-rsvp mail@foodfairy.com…365 Nicks Bend W, Pittsboro, NC 27312. On Saturday, December 30, 3:00-5:00 pm, en-joy some fairy food and allow me to offer you another form of nourishment. I’d like you to meet my friend Mark Nathaniel Mead, MSC, a holistic nutritionist specializing in Nutritional Oncology, helping cancer patients optimize treatment outcomes
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Sweet potatoes, being so colorful, nutritious, and delicious, are a great option for any course in a meal. You can have twice baked potatoes with chevre and bacon, or scalloped potatoes with apples and sweet onions, or a sweet potato mousse with praline caramel sauce… Not today, for you need something quick and yummy! I created this recipe when teaching a high fiber health and wellness class. You can use leftover cooked sweet potatoes or cook some up especially for this tasty appetizer. Also, great for kids’ lunches!
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It’s the season of family, friends, and amazing food!!! When I think of the holidays, besides the memories and images of my family and friends…I immediately have visions of food. Black olives, deviled eggs, homemade yeast rolls, sausage balls, and mashed potatoes…real mashed potatoes (tiny lumps and all)!! No matter where we are in the
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My dear friends, Ann and Roger Lenhardt of Norms Farms, created some super tasty elderberry products that are as delicious as they are fun to play around with in the kitchen. A few autumns ago I created this “not too spicy” salsa / sauce / relish using their Elderberry Cordial and some Elderberry Jam! This
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This recipe from a 1980’s Cuisinart® magazine “The Pleasures of Cooking”, has been a family favorite for decades! It wouldn’t be a holiday in my, now adult, family without it. Most everyone I have served this to find themselves craving the flavors of this tart in any season, whether served hot, warm or cold. You
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My annual family gathering always revolves around plenty of wonderful food. Generally we plan to try new recipes while also including a few family favorites. One dish that always appears on the brunch menu is a cheesy ham and grits casserole originally from Southern Living Magazine. The “crust” is made up of pre-baked cheesy grits
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There is a perception, among some, that gluten-free items are, by their nature, “healthy,” and generally not very tasty. I’m here to tell you that in some cases, neither of those things are true. There are so many people who either adhere to a gluten-free diet as preference, or are restricted to one because of
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This Memorial Day weekend many of us will ring in summer 2016 with cook outs, pool parties, and a four day work week. We expect some of the usual staples to be present: hamburgers, hotdogs, ice cream, sun burns, you know the drill. What I’m most excited about when summer comes around is the abundance
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