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Green salad with tomatoes

Welcome, and thank you for visiting Simply Good Cooking. I do love to cook and, as a private chef, I get to cook nearly every day.  I cook a LOT! While I delight in serving good food to my friends and family, it’s also enormously satisfying to share my favorite recipes with people who are …

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Blackberry Pie

Simply Good Cooking Blackberry Pie

To my mind, there are very few activities as satisfying as standing among heavily-laden blackberry bushes in the afternoon sun eagerly filling a bowl with warm, juicy fruit. Brilliant purple jewels, soft and sweet. Eat a few, drop a few into the bowl, eat a few, drop a few more into the bowl. Even at …

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Pizza, Homestyle

Pizza is one of those satisfying meals that’s gotten lost or obscured in the blur of fast food restaurants and frozen aisle entrees. Many of us have become accustomed to the taste of those assembly line pizzas, the drive-thru Take & Bakes, or the frozen pies wrapped in plastic and cardboard.  Not a bad choice …

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Crunchy Chicken Nuggets

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Stir-Fried Beef with Snow Peas and Cashews

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Adapted from The Best Simple Recipes.

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Lemon-Blueberry Trifle

Here is a much-simplified version of the classic British dessert, updated with a burst of lemon curd and some crunchy gingersnaps. Like many of the Simply Good Cooking recipes, this one can be made quite simply by following the recipe as written, or by choosing a variation on the given ingredient list and making some …

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Warm, Crispy Goat Cheese Wheels

These Goat Cheese Wheels are a succulent combination of warm and creamy filling coated by a thin, barely-crisp breading, an unexpected complement to a crisp cold salad.  Take the time to carefully prepare the cheese and you’ll have the best result, a quick, amazingly satisfying salad “garnish”, or appetizer.  Can be served as finger food, …

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Caramel Sauce

Simply put, there is nothing on the planet as good as a homemade caramel. This sauce, like the homemade candy, is rich, thick, and can accept no substitutions. It’s a perfect topping for the Rocky Road Bars, and possibly countless dessert recipes, but use your imagination and have fun with it.

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Rocky Road Bars with Caramel Topping

If you’re a marshmallow fan, or Rocky Road bars in particular, you are going to truly love this dessert.  The Caramel Sauce puts a bit of a spin on the familiar candy bar and makes this treat just that much more special.  The bars can be packed into a lunch bag or brought along on …

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Poached Salmon

This is a wonderful recipe for a refreshing summer afternoon or evening.  Poach the salmon in the morning, let it chill for a few hours, and enjoy it whenever you’re ready to eat.  It’s delicious with a lemon wedge, a dollop of mayonnaise and a sprinkling of fresh dill.  Cold cucumber salad or potato salad …

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Italian Dressing “Mix”

Here is a great way to have a constant, unending source of perfectly balanced Italian dressing. Keep it in a tightly-sealed jar and whip some up in a hurry any time you run out.  I like to use an old dressing jar as it’s always the right size, and it fits well in the door …

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