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  • How to Cook Dried Kidney Beans – All in Pictures

    Oct 23, 2015

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    Bruce Tretter
    in Learn to Cook

    Buying and cooking dried instead of canned kidney (or any) beans has two distinct advantages: dried beans are less expensive than canned beans, and, unlike canned beans – even those labeled “low salt/sodium”, dried beans are not at all processed…

  • Microwave Beans Alfredo Fusion: Full-On Flavor and All in Pictures

    Oct 15, 2015

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    Bruce Tretter
    in Learn to Cook

    I’m a big fusion fan! Here’s a fully flavorful, richly nutritious, and very easy to make recipe that came to mind while ripping it on a gorgeously colorful fall bike ride the other day that combines – or fuses – the Italian…

  • Sweet and Savory Fig, Plum, Onion & Lettuce Salad – All in Pictures

    Oct 11, 2015

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    Bruce Tretter
    in Learn to Cook

    Like a richly balanced symphony of sound, the sweet and savory ingredients in this salad bring out the best in complimentary flavors. The sweetness of fruit enhances the savoriness of lettuce and onions, and the savory does the same to…

  • Pasta with Sausage and Fresh Fig Sauce – All in Pictures

    Oct 5, 2015

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    Bruce Tretter
    in Learn to Cook

    Pasta with sausage and fresh fig sauce: great stuff! Aside from its warmly robust sweet and savory flavor, the sausage and fig sauce can be made in the same time it takes just to cook pasta. Now, what if fresh…

  • Taking Fish Tacos From Simple to Exciting! – All in Pictures

    Sep 29, 2015

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    Bruce Tretter
    in Learn to Cook

    Fish tacos: fantastically flavorful, easy to make, and just as easy to vary in flavor using either your choice or a combination of the “simple to exciting!” ingredients you see below – or whatever you want to suit your imagination and…

  • Another Blessed Sunday – by Bill Fleming: In Pictures

    Sep 27, 2015

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    Bruce Tretter
    in Learn to Cook

    I’ve laid down a couple fish recipes lately and have another that I’ll put up soon. But first, I got the fish/fishing story you see below from a darn good friend I served with in the Navy it seems like lifetimes…

  • Fish Tacos – Quick & Easy and All in Pictures

    Sep 22, 2015

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    Bruce Tretter
    in Learn to Cook

    Last post showed how to cook a whole fish on the stove, which is a technique I just recently learned – and like very much for its terrific flavor and because it makes the most of the fish by reducing the loss of…

  • Stove Cooked Whole Fish with Fresh Vegetables – All in Pictures

    Sep 14, 2015

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    by

    Bruce Tretter
    in Learn to Cook

    Just a few weeks ago one of my sons and I went fishing for black sea bass out of Falmouth, Massachusetts. When we got back, I commented to our boat captain as he cleaned our catch about the amount of…

  • Crisp Corn and Bell Pepper Salad – All in Pictures

    Sep 8, 2015

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    Bruce Tretter
    in Learn to Cook

    Last two posts showed how to cook corn on the stove and in the microwave oven. Easy. Here’s a great way to combine the crisp sweetness of corn with bell pepper (I like using red, yellow, or orange bell pepper for…

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I help people feel comfortable making a meal on their own – even if they’ve never boiled water – through Gotta’ Eat, Can’t Cook picture book recipes and help make roads safe for all with Breitz! “6 Feet, Thanks!” performance wear. Naval Intelligence Officer veteran, BikeWalkNC VP, dad of 3, avid cyclist, scrappy runner.

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