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Easy Enchiladas

Baked enchiladas, take one

Easy is the theme of the day. Think of those Staples commercials with the big red “easy” button or of those Geico insurance ads where it is so easy even a “caveman can do it.” These enchiladas are so easy you won’t even need an easy button or a caveman to help make them.

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Birdie, Want a Wheat Cracker?

Baked crackers

Polly the parrot may be happy with any kind of crackers, but my pet cockatiel Birdie has a more discriminating palate. Wheat Thins are the only crackers good enough for her. Today I am baking a batch from scratch, but will they pass the Birdie taste test?

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Hello, Mr. Potato Bread!

Potato rolls

I’m on a roll when it comes to making food for Saint Patrick’s Day. First there was the Irish soda bread and then the shamrock-shaped key lime bars. Now I’m making potato bread dinner rolls.

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How to Make Real Irish Soda Bread

Soda Bread on a Plate

Usually I am a green beer and shamrock shake kind of gal on Saint Patrick’s Day. It wouldn’t be Saint Patrick’s Day without green food coloring in my food or drink. However, this year I am not feeling quite myself. I am making something that is actually not green for the big day. Well, it’s not green yet anyway. I’m making Irish soda bread.

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Got Rosemary? Make Rosemary Garlic Focaccia

A slice of focaccia

I have more rosemary than you can shake a stick at, or at least a rosemary twig. So today I am making rosemary garlic focaccia. Why do I have so much rosemary, you ask? How do you make this rosemary garlic focaccia? Let me tell you.

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How to Roast a Chicken

Roasted chicken close up

Roasting a chicken is easy. Roasting a chicken without filling the house with smoke is another story. A better headline for this post may be, “How to Successfully Roast a Chicken Indoors without Tripping the Alarm on the Smoke Detector.”

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I Heart Hardee’s Biscuits

I heart this biscuit

Just because Valentine’s Day is over doesn’t mean you have to put away the heart-shaped baking pans and cookie cutters. To keep the love alive, I’m making heart-shaped Hardee’s biscuits in this episode of Girl Meets Oven.

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Super Mini Cheddar Kielbasa Cornbread Muffins

Cornbread muffins with tops!

If you are looking for a Super Bowl party appetizer to please both Steelers and Packers fans this Sunday, I’ve got one for you! Wisconsin’s cheddar cheese meets Pittsburgh’s favorite kielbasa sausage in these mini cornbread muffins.

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How To Catch and Bake a Fish

Salmon is served

For our 10-year anniversary, we took a trip to Seattle. One of the things we were looking forward to was visiting Pike Place Market to watch the famous fish-throwing mongers in action. But when we arrived, we learned there was a catch.

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Ham and Cheese Quiche

A slice of ham and cheese quiche

Once upon a time, the girl in Girl Meets Oven found the Best Chicken Quiche recipe from Allrecipes. It looked like one of those fairy tale recipes. You know the ones. They seem too good to be true. This recipe looked like it would be incredibly easy to make, yet still impress family and friends. Was it just a fairy tale?