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BASIN EVENTS: October 2026
COLUMBIA BASIN — The days are getting shorter and the eerie time of year is creeping up on us. Here are a few thin…
Getting creative with casseroles
Casseroles normally don't make an appearance at our house, except for after baking a turkey. I ate lots of casseroles as a kid and really have no aversion to t…
Turkey soup puts holiday scraps to yummy use
I have plenty of turkey leftovers and have been running through my share of ways to use it up. My first pieces of recycled bird were from before baking it, whe…
A tale of two cheesecakes
This last week I made up a cheesecake for a birthday. I grabbed my trusty recipe and got to work.
Lots of uses for leftover chicken
I have some leftover chicken in the house. I had baked two whole chickens, but didn't get very far through the second one, so I put it in the fridge for later …
State of the tart: figs, goat cheese and honey
I purchased a package of figs not long ago. I figured some would be eaten out of hand, but then I was wondering what I might do with them. This coincided with me wanting to try out some goat cheese. Admittedly, I’m…
Mac and cheese: Think outside the box for this classic comfort food
The subject of macaroni and cheese came up the other day, causing me to wonder about the different ways to make it.
Smoky ketchup to use up those last few tomatoes
We’ve had an abundance of tomatoes slowly ripening in the house since the night before the first hard frost. We’ve found uses for all of the larger tomatoes, b…
Try these dips when the chips are down
I had the opportunity to provide some finger foods for a light potluck the other day, so I decided to make up some cream cheese-based dips.