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Best-Ever Chicken Salad

Texas pecans make just about anything great. And when you toast them, it’s amazing. This chicken salad has the requisite celery and onions, but then you add green grapes, toasted pecans and a sprinkle of dill – Yum is the word! I especially like the combination of sour cream and mayonnaise with lemon for the …

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Home Grown Tomatoes

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cindy Williams (@texicureans) My friend M’lissa inspired this recipe when she left a jicama at my house after using the other ½ for appetizers.  Tomatoes are abundant in our garden this year, and a tomato salad with crunch?  Well, I hope this recipe makes your list …

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Food for the soul

Freedom Isn’t a Straight Line    Would you be surprised to hear that Juneteenth has a deep connection to Texas? As Texicureans, our journey is to learn and share history through food. Sometimes it is as simple as Grandad’s cornbread. But other times, there is a deeper cultural significance to what we do. To say …

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The comfort of meatloaf

Ahhhhh, just the mention of meatloaf conjures up a happy experience. In this New Braunfels cemetery, a woman is given the best compliment even as a memorial! Enjoy this healthy version that promises to comfort you in all your earthly problems – in the first few bites.

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Corned Beef and Cabbage!

St. Patrick’s day makes me yearn for Corned Beef! I learned this recipe from my parents’ 40+year dinner club.Every March dinner club this dish celebrated the luck ‘o the Irish. The very nature of it says “let’s gather & share a cold mug”. So, don some green, turn on an Irish jig, and dance in …

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Meal in a Bowl

This recipe comes as a request from my fitness coach, Jessi Prochaska at Lokal Strength. Her dedication to whole body health extends to the “fuel” with which we regenerate. This recipe checks many of the boxes for healthy eating and basically is a meal in a bowl.Here’s to Jessi and my teammates at the “Lokal”!

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Comfort me with Comfort food!

Even though our winters are fairly mild in Texas, the fragrance of a slow cooked meal on a dreary January day is heavenly. Veggie-loaded Slow Cooked Osso Bucco is one of those dishes that is easy to prepare and full of slow roasted veggies. I especially like this Italian inspired meal for a dinner party …

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Light appetizer before Holiday Meal

From the Texas Gulf coast comes an appetizer that can be prepared several days ahead and pulled out to quench hunger before that time that all dishes come out of the oven (for me always a little later than planned).  Enjoy Billy Meek’s Ceviche family recipe from her time in Rockport and her excitement about …

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