Green salad with blue cheese garlic and ranch dressings.

 Beirocks (Cook’s Country Jun/July 2012).

Classic Butternut Squash Soup with whipped sour cream (https://www.seriouseats.com/classic-butternut-squash-soup-recipe) and homemade croutons.

Green salad with blue cheese garlic dressing.

Crockpot Stuffed Peppers (Cook’s Country, Aug/Sep 2011)

Creamed Leeks (https://www.seriouseats.com/french-in-a-flash-creamed-leeks-recipe) over home fries.

Green salad with blue cheese garlic dressing.

Sloppy Joe mix (America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook) on top of Modernist Cuisine Mac and Cheese.

Deep fried frozen tater tots (Ore-Ida)

Green salad with blue cheese garlic dressing.

Chicken Cordon Bleu (America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook, but cut pockets instead of flattening and rolling up)

Creamy Cauliflour Soup (September/October 2013 Cook’s Illustrated)

Browned Butter Blondies (January/Feb 2009 Cook’s Illustrated)

Green salad with blue cheese garlic dressing.

Iowa Skinnies (Cook’s Country, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH1FJpcVHXo)

Cream of asparagus soup (winged the recipe)

Grasshopper Pie (Cook’s Country, April/May 2006)

Green salad with lemon juice and spicy sesame oil.

Lasagna with meat sauce (added mushrooms, olives, and MSG) (America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook).

Asparagus sautéed in garlic with balsamic lemon vinaigrette.

Green salad with blue cheese garlic dressing.

Chili (from this site, but used overnight soaked beans instead of canned (1 pound of each and doubled rest of recipe).

Served over left over baked potato or rice.

Creme Brulee (flavored with espresso powder) (The New Best Recipe, From the Editors of Cook’s Illustrated.)

Green salad with blue cheese garlic dressing.

Turkey meatballs with Skillet Brown Rice Dressing (Cook’s Country, Oct/Nov 2022).

Green salad with blue cheese garlic dressing.

Chicken Fried Steak (prepped with salt and baking powder brine as in Country Fried Steak recipe from Cook’s Country June\July 2020, but our standard breading)

Onion rings (serious eats, https://www.seriouseats.com/foolproof-onion-rings-food-lab-recipe)

Boston Cream Pie (The New Best Recipe (From the editors of Cook’s Illustrated).

Green salad with blue cheese garlic dressing.

Pork meatball soup with wonton noodles and baby bok choy (Cook’s Country, December/January 2023)