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Thanksgiving: The Shed-jule, Part III
Thursday. The Big Day. Let’s do this: First, I determine when I need to roll my lazy carcass out of bed. Calculate the time the turkey needs to roast/fry/bar-be-que versus the time dinner should be on...
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Rodalena Recipes: Boudin Balls
“What the blazes is boudin?” my friend Jo asked me yesterday, in much the same way a southerner might ask, “What in tarnation is a baba ganoush?”, but with a completely different accent. Poor thing....
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Rodalena Recipes: Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas
How To Please a Crowd: Step 1: Take your shoes off. Turn on some good music. Find a young kid, and dance. Step 2: Boil 6-8 nicely sized chicken breasts. This takes time (let the boobs swim in a gently...
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Rodalena Recipes: Pecan Pie
It’s π Day! I love pie. It’s so much better than cake, mainly because of the gigantic hunks of fruit or nuts, and the miracle of a good crust, which blows gloppy icing or frosting out of the water...
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Rodalena Recipes: Stuffed Jalapenos
Oh y’all. Do I have a treat (read: addictive sin) for you! I stole this recipe from my mother-in-law (which is where tons of my best recipes come from) after she showed up for a Girl’s Night with a...
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Rodalena Recipes: Amazing Avodado Dip
I stole this recipe from my sister, but I did so I could share it with all of you, so don’t tell anyone. My sister is one of those people who lives unapologetically. She is the book definition of...
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Rodalena Recipes: Black Bean Salad
I don’t wanna cook. Don’t gimme that look: it’s like a thousand degrees outside. I don’t even wanna eat anything that has been cooked. I want to move into the fridge. There’s a real nice spot in the...
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Rodalena Recipes: Kick-Heiny Green Beans
Sorry about the title, y’all: this ain’t Thug Kitchen. There’s kids runnin’ around here. (Don’t click on that link unless you like your recipes to include lots and lots of Bowling Words. You’ve been...
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Rodalena Recipes: Summer Songs and Afternoon Delight
Summer has its own sound track, headlined, of course by Ella’s “Summertime.” That’s The Summer Song, dang it, the American Anthem of Summer. “Well, you get down the fiddle and you get down the bow,Kick...
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Rodalena Recipes: Fried Chicken
So, this weekend, I told my boyfriend I’d cook him dinner. “What would you like?” I asked, thinking he’d choose one of the man-food things I suggested: pot roast, spaghetti, meatloaf (translation:...
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Rodalena Recipes: Apple Pie
It’s quiet now. We’ve eaten our way through a ridiculous amount of sugary fattening things we attempt to avoid religiously the rest of the year, and had a marvelous feast on top of that, which included...
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Rodalena Recipes: Lavender Bath Salts
Life is stressful. Everywhere you look, there’s something happening that threatens to raise the blood pressure and set one’s teeth permanently on edge. It seems as though everyone is tense, from those...
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Rodalena Recipes: Red, White, and Blueberry Pie
Independence Day is coming. We need pie. My favorite dessert is Red, White, and Blueberry pie. It tastes like an American summer; it wows any crowd, and it’s deceptively easy to make. (That last part...
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