Category Archives: Pork

Beef and Bacon Chowder

This recipe may be more fitting for a cool fall day, but it was so good that it would be great any time of year!  The kids loved it as well.  I have to admit it came out even more delicious than I expected!

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Scalloped Potatoes

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This is such a wonderful comfort food and so delicious and easy to make. It doesn’t get much better than that! I have to admit that I just kind of guesstimated on the amount of ingredients. It’s pretty hard to go wrong.

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Grain-Free Lasagna

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Just because we are grain-free doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy lasagna! Using chard instead of noodles works out beautifully in this recipe and in my opinion adds a much better flavor to the dish.

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Cranberry BBQ Pork Chops

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Thanksgiving is just around the corner for us.  That means it time to celebrate the bounty of fall – all the great flavors that are only available at the end of the harvest as winter threatens to shutter us in for the next few months.  One of those flavors is cranberries…only today we’re giving them a little different presentation than usual.

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Mushroom Fennel Stuffed Pork Loin

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Quite a few of the recipes we have posted started out as something we have seen in a magazine or an old cookbook and thought, “How about adding a little of this, and what about substituting this for that…”  A lot of them, however, start out as little more than an inspiration.  It might come while staring in the freezer at the variety of cuts of meat, all wrapped in nondescript white butcher paper with black marker labels like “elk roast” or “pork loin,” and thinking about how to work one of those into something new, or it might come while leaning over the open fridge door staring at the shelf full of fresh CSA veggies thinking about how to use some of them other than simply chopping them up in a salad (not that there is anything wrong with that).

A few of these “inspiration” dishes don’t turn out as well as we hope – we quietly consume them at the dinner table, but almost immediately delete the photos off the camera and toss the notes in the recycle bin (unless we really think there might be a chance for redemption with a few modifications).  Others come out so much better than we could have ever imagined, and leave us excited to share them on our site with everyone else.  This recipe is one of those that we could not wait to share.  So don’t be frightened by the number of steps below – there isn’t much effort to it and the results are certainly worth it.

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Butternut Coconut Pork Curry

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Another Sunday just passed – this one happened to be my only day off for the week, and was accompanied by decent weather (as in not raining all day).  Since it was my only opportunity in the past six days (and likely the next six days as well) to get anything done outside, I knew that I needed to take advantage of every minute I could.  At the same time, we had Karen’s parents coming over for dinner – so I needed to put something together that I could get started in the morning and forget about until right before it was time to eat.  In other words, it was a perfect day for the slow cooker!

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Bacon and Beef Frittata

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I got the inspiration for this recipe after talking with Adam at CrossFit Fort Vancouver.  We spend plenty of time talking about food as it is, of course, one of our favorite subjects.  I love to walk in and hear him say, “ We made (insert food dish here) last night and it was good!” I reply back excitedly, “Oh yeah?  How much of (insert meat, veggie, and/or spice here) did you put in?” His reply is ALWAYS, “well, we didn’t measure, we just threw together what sounded good. I brought some for my lunch. Want to try a bite?” I probably don’t need to tell you that my answer is ALWAYS a resounding, “Of course! Duh!” or something to that effect.  This gives me such a great feeling, not just the fact that I get to sample some food, but because experimenting, just throwing together what you think may taste great together, is a great measure of how far your own food knowledge has come.  Spending time in the kitchen has paid off.  Casey and I love to cook, it is true.  But, this honestly doesn’t seem to take as much time for us as it used to.  Yes, most of the time we are both in the kitchen cooking together which saves time and the more we learn, the more efficient we are.  Great food in less time.  Alas, you do not have to spend the time that we have.  Take advantage of our site.  We are happy to do the experimenting for you! I digress.

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