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Italian Wedding Soup
Main DishPastaRed MeatSoupsWinter

Italian Wedding Soup

PollyFebruary 24, 2017February 5, 2026

Italian Wedding Soup is easy to make, and is good as soon as it’s made—no need to sit overnight to intensify the flavors! Not being Italian, I can’t claim this is just like my Nonna made, nor can I claim…

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Polly’s BBQ Sauce
GrillingMain DishPoultryRed MeatSauces, Dips & SpreadsSummer

Polly’s BBQ Sauce

PollyFebruary 16, 2017September 16, 2025

Homemade BBQ sauce is easy to make and it tastes so much better that that squeeze bottle of chemicals with a two-year shelf life! And you can use it on anything! Chicken, ribs, burgers, steak… 🙂 The original recipe for…

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Curried Chicken Meatballs with Apricot Rice Pilaf
PoultryRice and Potatoes

Curried Chicken Meatballs with Apricot Rice Pilaf

PollyJuly 24, 2014July 10, 2025

This recipe is from one of America’s Test Kitchen 30-minute Meals cookbooks.  The meatballs, although very simple with a very plain list of ingredients, are quite tasty. I wanted to up the curry powder just a bit, but my offspring vetoed that…

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Salmon in Parchment
Main DishSeafoodSummerTeaching Boys to Cook Series

Salmon in Parchment

PollyAugust 22, 2013August 28, 2025

Every once in awhile you run across a recipe that changes everything!  This is one of those recipes.  Cooking salmon in the microwave, with veggies.  How simple is that? How convenient is that? This main dish is simple, delicious  and…

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A Crockpot of Beans!
CrockpotMain DishMeatlessPoultryRed MeatSide DishesSummerVeganWinter

A Crockpot of Beans!

PollyAugust 2, 2013August 28, 2025

I am so excited about this recipe!  It’s a paradigm shift recipe!  It’s not a recipe in the true sense of the word, it’s more of a road map to a particular destination. A road map allows for more flexibility…

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Crab and Brie Macaroni and Cheese
FallMain DishPastaSeafoodSide Dishes

Crab and Brie Macaroni and Cheese

PollyJune 24, 2013August 28, 2025

Whooooa Nelly!  Crab and Brie Macaroni and Cheese?  Over-the-top decadence in a comfort food?  YEP! And the decadence makes the comfort food even more comforting—like ‘died and gone to heaven’ comforting!  Yet another winning recipe from the Better Homes and…

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Steak: Aged, Rubbed, Sautéed and Baked
Main DishRed MeatWinter

Steak: Aged, Rubbed, Sautéed and Baked

PollyFebruary 11, 2013August 28, 2025

My friend and webmaster told me this picture is awful. She said the steak looks dry. Hmpffff. It might be all that, but the recipe is a good one. Please don’t be put off by the horrible picture! Last weekend…

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Chicken Tortilla Soup
FallMain DishPoultrySoupsWinter

Chicken Tortilla Soup

PollyJanuary 30, 2013February 5, 2026

This soup is delicious—would I post it if it wasn’t?  Rhetorical question: of course not!—I am also posting this recipe because most everyone I know enjoys tortilla soup, but not many of us have a tried and true recipe in our…

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It's all about the recipe—really, it is! I have amassed quite a collection of recipes from my favorite cookbooks, food magazines, friends, the Internet, and more recently my adult daughters. I test every recipe I post. Some I've been cooking for years, decades even, and a few I have made only a few times. I don't post mediocre recipes. I don't post good recipes. I post GREAT recipes! When I find a recipe I LOVE, I can't wait to share it. I started In the Kitchen with Polly on January 01, 2010, a joint venture between myself and my non-cooking but most excellent webmaster, proofreader, technical goddess and all-around bestie, ratty (not a joke—ratty is her chosen nickname—her Mama didn’t do that to her, she did it to herself!). Last year we hit a snag—the website went up in monstrous flames. It took a long time to sort out what happened and even longer to recreate what was lost. Hundreds of pictures gone, and every recipe we posted (300+) over the last 14 years had to be reformatted, many pictures retaken. It's done now though, and we are back! I like this brighter version :) Scroll through! Find something you like, and let's get cooking! There’s a search button and there are also tags to click on if you want to find a recipe for a specific food. If you need it, the print button is on the preview page and at the end of each post.

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