Author Archives: Michie

About Michie

I write two blogs - This Food Thing, (www.thisfoodthing.com) and This Life I Lead (www.thislifeilead.wordpress.com).

The Best Macaroni and Cheese – The Lady's Cheesy Mac

I’m not an overly huge fan of Macaroni and Cheese.  I grew up eating the Kraft-Powdered-Cheese-Add-Milk-Add Butter stuff.  Not the worst thing in the world to eat..but close to it ;P  My mothers version was umm.. interesting.. a concoction of processed cheese and … Continue reading

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Sage Breakfast Sausage

Updated August-01-2008 To go along with the Hash Brown recipe I uploaded the other day, here are my favorite two breakfast sausage recipes. One is pretty much a standard breakfast sausage, one is by Bobby Flay. Both are really good. … Continue reading

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Simple Hash Browns

My Grandmother (known as “Gram” on this blog from now on) makes these hash browns that are just.. amazingly good. They are light and crispy and were a total freaking mystery to me until about 2 years ago. There is … Continue reading

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Coconut Macaroons, plus variations

These are just.. yummyness.  One of the girls in my office brought macaroons in last week.. premade/packaged things.  They were okay, but.. well… incredibly heavy and greasy.  They made me in the mood for the ones I make.   They are … Continue reading

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"Grownup" Crunchy Parmesan Chicken Nuggets

Okay, so you use the Internet to find recipes – I just did a Google search for ‘chicken recipe’ and it came up with a total 6,260,000. Whooakay. I actually laughed out loud when I saw that number come up. … Continue reading

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Homemade Italian Bread Crumbs:

Homemade Italian Bread Crumbs: 2 cups stale bread or 10-12 slices 1 teaspoon salt2 tablespoons parsley flakes1 teaspoon garlic powder1 teaspoon onion powder1 teaspoon oregano 1 1/4 cups freshly grated Parmesan Heat oven to 250 degrees F. Arrange bread in a single layer on a baking … Continue reading

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