Author: The Cooking Lawyer

Appetizer, Condiment, Dinner, Side Dish, Uncategorized

Cranberry Sauce

Happy Thanksgiving! It’s time to make the cranberry sauce. Cranberry sauce and turkey go well together. Treat your family to homemade cranberry sauce, not the stuff in the can. I usually make this sauce the night before Thanksgiving. Please leave me a comment about this or other recipes. Subscribe to receive an email with my […]

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Dinner

Chili

Today’s the Lomurro Law Chili Cookoff! After filing a brief at 9:30 PM, I turned to making chili last night. I opted for a traditional beef chili with lots of beans, veggies, and flavor! Everyone who participated in the festivities had a great time. We had short rib chili, chicken chili, and a range of […]

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Dinner

Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli

This is the perfect prep-ahead meal to have dinner on the table when you get home from work. Marinate your beef the night before. Dump in the slow cooker, and beef is done when you get home! The flavor is just like beef and broccoli from your Chinese take-out restaurant. Please share your comments on […]

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Bread, Dessert, Snack

Chocolate Ghost and Bat “Croissants”

What’s better than a hot chocolate croissant? Shaping it into a fun Halloween bat or ghost! Although not technically a croissant, this recipe uses Pillsbury crescent dough for the buttery taste of a croissant without all the work. Kids will celebrate the Halloween festivities with the cute shapes. Back when I was a kid, I […]

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Dinner

Creamy Slow Cooker Chicken and Rice

Post-pandemic, I find I have NO time to cook anymore. Between work, school, and all of my other obligations, I’m stretched too thin. So a slow cooker “dump and go” meal is the solution. This is a great way to clean out the pantry and get dinner on the table in no time. It comes […]

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Dinner, Uncategorized

Instant Pot Chicken and Spinach Alfredo Risotto

Feeling the pressure of getting dinner on the table after working all day? Let your Instant Pot relieve that pressure with this simple yet tasty meal requiring little to no prep. Dump into the instant pot and do other errands while waiting for the dinner to cook.

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Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack, Uncategorized

Ain’t Nothing But a Corn Dog Muffin

Happy Labor Day! What better way to celebrate that last hoorah of summer than with a classic boardwalk treat – the Corn Dog. But who wants to skewer them, put them in batter, and then deep fry them? Enjoy the same taste in an easy-to-make, ready in 20 minute muffin. I even made them healthier […]

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