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Nancy Schaadt

Portland Oregon

Ad-free blog — 10+ years of great recipes. Come visit 💚

Interests: Middle-aged chef & cook, crazy about food, crazy about Portland, good beer, cannabis, whiskey, cooking, eating, farmer's markets, the Coast, walking, hiking, and thrift shops. I am #AStonerCrone and my culinary home is #MahKitchen For kicks, check out my first blog, CULA Confidential, which chronicles my years in culinary school and my first two jobs: http://batgirl42.blogs.com/culaconfidential/

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Cornbread better than Jiffy (there, I said it)

I love regional cuisine recipe pamphlets. I have one from Monument Valley filled with Native American dishes, one or two from Ireland, Scotland, and Bavaria. But the one I use the most is “Southern Cookbook, ‘250 Fine Old Recipes.’” I... Continue reading

Posted Aug 20, 2024 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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The Quest for Perfect Pickled Watermelon Rind

When I was a wee lass of 6 or 7 or maybe 8, some friends of my parents brought over a jar of pickled watermelon rind. It blew my 6, 7 or maybe 8-year old mind. Sweet!? Sour!? “This is... Continue reading

Posted Jul 15, 2024 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Lentil Soup with Peanut Butter

I was listening to a story on the radio about nutrition density in food intended to feed refugees. Peanut butter, added to lentil soup, adds maximum nutrition for minimal cost. It’s is nutrient dense and really freaking delicious. I adapted... Continue reading

Posted Jul 7, 2024 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Are bran brownies…branies?

I’m saying yes. My daily dose of bran (oh god I’m so old) comes in the form of a cereal called All Bran. I’m nutty about the stuff (although I also love Grape Nuts, come to think of it). There’s... Continue reading

Posted May 23, 2024 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Parmesan Croutons - delicious crunchy chewy nuggets of umami

With thanks to @SheenaPrakash, author of Salad Seasons: Vegetable-Forward Dishes All Year, this is the most TicToc, Instagrammable, FaceBookish cooking-hack/thing/pro-tip I’ve learned all year. Turn Parmesan rinds into crunchy Parmesan croutons. These little joy nuggets are crunchy and stay crunchy... Continue reading

Posted Apr 16, 2024 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Why aren’t you making minestrone?

Minestrone is the best soup for this time of year — the saddle season between winter and spring. It uses some pantry/freezer staples - canned beans and chicken stock - and veggies you have on hand plus some leftover pasta.... Continue reading

Posted Mar 18, 2024 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Wake Up Your Winter Veg!

I made a fantastic recipe by Gabrielle Hamilton that ran in the NYT. Anchovy Garlic Dressing. But ‘dressing’ is too weak a descriptor. It’s a sauce. A strong sauce. Lemon, garlic & anchovy strong sauce 2 lemons - juiced and... Continue reading

Posted Mar 12, 2024 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Chanterelle Mushroom Season

Autumn in Portland is equal parts rain, sun, and sun showers. Perfect for mushroom hunting and — in a wet-then-dry autumn — chanterelles. Hopefully you have your (carefully guarded) chanterelle patch in the Coastal Range. Me? I forage at the... Continue reading

Posted Nov 12, 2023 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Really good chocolate chip cookies

I thought I had posted this months ago. I still love these cookies, I just haven’t made them in ages. Enjoy. I was looking through some old recipes and realized that a cook’s recipe box — my recipe box —... Continue reading

Posted May 31, 2023 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Radicchio Salad with Beans, Feta, Frisée, and Pistachios

What a crazy, busy few months it’s been. I’m loving my new position at a fancy grocery store in SW Portland. I’m a demo cook so I’m cooking almost every day. All the recipes are good. A few have been... Continue reading

Posted May 23, 2023 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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That’s fantastic! We just planted four in front of our house. Cheers and Thanks for writing! Nancy

Commented May 23, 2023 on Oregon Grape Jam. Wow! at A Jersey Girl in Portland

I’ve been foolin’ around with farro, that amazing grain, which is, in truth, wheat. A whole grain, an ancient grain. It’s nutty and complex, with a mouthfeel that is both yielding and firm. And it’s super easy to cook. Farro... Continue reading

Posted Feb 21, 2023 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Than you for the kind words. Gotta love a good peanut butter cookie. If you like chocolate chip cookies, I’m planning to blog about a Bob’s Red Mill recipe that I recently discovered. It’s oat-y and delicious. Cheers! Nancy

Commented Feb 21, 2023 on A simple and delicious peanut butter cookie at A Jersey Girl in Portland

A simple and delicious peanut butter cookie

I came across a stash of peanut butter at work and decided to make peanut butter cookies. Mmm peanutty goodness. Imagine my surprise when I realized that the top googled results were poorly written, ad-streaked fluff with a paragraph on... Continue reading

Posted Dec 25, 2022 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Good bye old, hello new

Got a new iPad and keyboard to go weigh a new job — still in food — at a fancy grocery store as a “foodie” or demonstration chef. “Like the old people at Costco?” my husband asked. Not quite, but... Continue reading

Posted Nov 12, 2022 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Garden + Magic Freezer = Lunch

I have a simple chest freezer. 29”x22”x32” probably 5 cu ft. $300 on Amazon. Nothing special. But it’s magic to me because of the stuff I put it in and the stuff I put in it that I forget about!... Continue reading

Posted Aug 25, 2022 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Really any pan will do. Thanks for your comment!

Commented Apr 18, 2022 on Horseradish & Maple Marinade—sounds weird, tastes great at A Jersey Girl in Portland

Roast Brisket - Like roast beef - but better

I found love in the meat aisle for $3.99/pound. Brisket. Homely beef brisket. But not corned — which is delicious — nor smoked — also marvelous — but roasted, low and slow. Fork-tender, richly meaty strands of beef with melting... Continue reading

Posted Feb 14, 2022 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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How fabulous! I’m growing corn in the garden for the first time. We will see how it does in the Pacific Northwest. Cheers! Nancy

Commented Feb 12, 2022 on Home made hominy at A Jersey Girl in Portland

Same as it ever was. Cranberry Walnut Bread

Most of my Christmas mornings, I woke up to this wonderful, light, fruity, breakfast bread. It’s a simple recipe. Don’t have sour cream? Use yogurt or cream. If you have heavy cream, sour it with a Tbsp of acid. I... Continue reading

Posted Dec 23, 2021 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Ancient Grain + Old-Fashioned Shortbread = Thoroughly Modern Cookie

Thank You Bon Appetit for publishing a lovely Einkorn (Wheat) Shortbread cookie recipe. I’ve tweaked it a bit but I love how ancient, un-messed-with-Einkorn flour makes a thoroughly tasty, absolutely modern, old-fashioned shortbread cookie. Here’s the recipe: Einkorn Shortbread Cookies... Continue reading

Posted Nov 6, 2021 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Horseradish & Maple Marinade—sounds weird, tastes great

I don’t know who’s paying attention but wintery cuts of meat like short ribs, chuck roast, pork loin, and flank steak are really inexpensive this time of year. Who wants slow cooked short ribs or roast pork when it’s 100... Continue reading

Posted Aug 11, 2021 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Soup game changer: Vietnamese canh

I read about this soup in the New and Improved Bon Appetit magazine. It’s called Canh, an everyday Vietnamese soup of mostly fish sauce, onion and water. It’s a near-perfect soup base to be paired with a protein entree, or... Continue reading

Posted Jan 7, 2021 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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Fun with tripe: Dim Sum #tripe & #Pepperpot Soup

One of the dim sum dishes my husband and I bonded over was dim sum tripe. Flirty frills of crunchy tripe in a broth spiked with jalapeño and ginger. One of my favorites. I selected it from the dim sum... Continue reading

Posted Nov 10, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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A little French apple cake

I’m always looking for a good, easy apple cake. I wrote about one pre-pandemic, but I think I like this one better. French Apple Cake 1 c whole wheat flour 1 c AP flour 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp... Continue reading

Posted Oct 21, 2020 at A Jersey Girl in Portland

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