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I've been on a cooking frenzy ever since we said good bye to Ichi on Thursday.  I can't help it, it's what I do.  Before yesterday, I also made shepherd's pie, stuffed jumbo shells, and turkey thighs and wings in the crockpot with cranberry sauce; all favorite comfort foods. Yesterday, we had my sister and her husband over for dinner and I made beef stroganoff, my ultimate comfort food, with biscuits.  I know that's a lot of carbs together with noodles from the stroganoff but this was about comfort, not nutrition.  I left out the cheddar cheese, jalapeños, and chives in the biscuits and just made them plain.  We have one jar left of our plum jam that made the perfect combo.  I did throw in a salad, our favorite watercress and mango salad.  Fruit like mangos are tasting pretty good just about now when we're getting tired of winter.  I added some red leaf lettuce to it along with some red bell pepper and cucumbers, all which are good in this recipe, too.  All and all it was a perfect comfort food dinner.  Barbara brought some appetizers and I made double gin and tonics to start off the evening.  We haven't seen each other since Christmas because she and Jim have been on several trips between then and now...Hawaii, Washington DC, New York City, Palm Springs...we had a lot to catch up on!  I must admit, tho, dessert was the best part of this meal.  I made my chunky apple cake with warm caramel sauce.


 This cake recipe is also good for eating as a snack cake or coffee cake for breakfast.  I made it on Saturday and a good part of it was already eaten by dinner on Sunday.  (I had to taste it to make sure it turned out O.K)  The final touches of the warm caramel sauce and a little whipped cream made for the perfect ending to my comfort food dinner.









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