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Chicken Pot Pie

PollyOctober 4, 2023March 7, 2026

This is a pretty simple Chicken Pot Pie. Absolute comfort food! No spices other than salt and pepper, so the true taste of sauteed chicken and fresh veggies shine whilst snuggled up in a smooth gravy and encased in pastry. Yummmm!…

Crockpot Main Dish Meatless Poultry Red Meat Side Dishes Summer Vegan Winter

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…

Fall Main Dish Poultry Soups Winter

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…

Fall Main Dish Red Meat Soups

Ham Bone Bean Soup

PollyOctober 5, 2012February 5, 2026

Photo by Home & Plate I love Honey Baked ham. Love it, love it, love it! But have you heard the definition of eternity? Two people and a ham! Thank goodness I have a panini press for grilled ham and Swiss sandwiches. Thank goodness…

Appetizers Salads Sauces, Dips & Spreads

Blue Cheese Dip

PollyJanuary 5, 2011July 26, 2025

I haven’t posted many appetizers—I’ve always been a bit appetizer challenged. I am much more focused on side dishes, main dish and dessert! This holiday season, I tried three of Ina Garten’s appetizer recipes from her most recent cookbook, How Easy is That? Two…

Asst Holidays & Events Christmas Fall Rice and Potatoes Side Dishes

Turkey Dressing/Stuffing

PollyNovember 20, 2010August 28, 2025

Yesterday I went to Costco and Trader Joe’s. Both places had samples of make-it-from-a-box turkey dressing. Did they think the samples would entice people to buy that stuff? What WAS it? The texture was glue-y, the taste was, was…, sigh. There was…

About Me

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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