American Recipes

Check out these delicious American recipes! From mac and cheese to apple pie, we've got an assortment of traditional American recipes to add to your menu.

Bacon, and Garlic and Clams, Oh MY!!!  Oh my is right, this combination with a wonderful veggie broth and soba noodles are the perfect meal for friends and family.  Don't forget the crusty bread to soak up all the broth!!!  Enjoy!

Bacon Garlic Clam Platter

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By Lori Frazee
How does any hostess go wrong serving a big platter of Clams with bacon, garlic, ...
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Summer Berry Shrub

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By Beth Renzetti
I'm really not sure where the term 'shrub' came from. When you replace the ...
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A side dish that makes the meal extra special.  With the brine of olives and the savory, salty of bacon, this splendid mix of mushroom dance on your tongue!!!

Bacon Mushroom Stew

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By Lori Frazee
I call this beautiful side dish a stew, because with the meatiness of the mushrooms, ...
From Instagram: Brown Sugar Glazed Ribs http://instagram.com/p/sKmkhNPYAs/

Balsamic Brown Sugar Bbq Ribs

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By Stuart Edelbrock
I always use a braising pan, however any covered oven ready vessel should work
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Garlic Shrimp

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By Vickie Parks
It's primarily intended as an appetizer, but I often serve this as a light main ...
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Plum Blueberry Upside Down Cake

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By Anita Hoffman
Make sure to use black plums, as they will turn pink when they bake and ...
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Cream Pie Made With Ice Cream

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By Stephanie Dodd
This pie was served at one of my card groups. It was decadent and ...
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Hungry Girl's Berry-licious Lemon Drop

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By Lucy Selvaggio-Diaz
Hungry Girl takes common recipes and lightens up the fat and calories. Published in "Redbook" ...
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Cod With Tomatoes, Olives, And Capers

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By Lucy Selvaggio-Diaz
This is adapted from my local newspaper. Any mild white fish will work here. This ...
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Photo: Charles Maraia

Pnw Honeyed Yogurt Parfait

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By Beth Renzetti
Using delightfully fresh, local ingredients from the Pacific Northwest, this is a lovely recipe found ...
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from feastingonart.com

Pnw Cranberry Barbecue Sauce

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By Beth Renzetti
From Bridgewater Bistro, Astoria, Oregon. This sauce may be used 'as is' to baste over meats ...

Pineapple Cranberry Lemon Cake

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By Sharon Whitley
I wanted to bake this today, and had only pineapple chunks. I placed pineapple in ...
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Black Pepper Pumpkin Butter And Pancetta On Toast

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By Beth Renzetti
from an Oregon restaurant. *prep time is cooking the components. **cook time is assembling.

Family Favorite Creamed Corn

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By CJ *
When fresh sweet corn is out of season, this is a delicious alternative. I call ...

Pacific Northwest Breakfast Toasts (serves 2)

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By Lucy Selvaggio-Diaz
This recipe is adapted from a blog called, "2 Foodies and a Pup." The ...
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Photography by Motoya Nakamura. February 2011.

Warm Marinated Olives

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By Beth Renzetti
From a restaurant in Oregon.
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Cedar Plank Salmon With Blackberry Sauce

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By Lucy Selvaggio-Diaz
This recipe comes from "Taste of Home" and combines two of the Pacific Northwest's most ...
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Pacific Northwest Potatoes

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By Lucy Selvaggio-Diaz
Adapted from a recipe in KCTS 9 (Seattle) Cooks Potatoes, by Robert Jacobsen of Issaquah.
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Salmon Chowder

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By Lucy Selvaggio-Diaz
This recipe is from Chef Christine Keff of Flying Fish restaurant in Seattle, Washington.

Moist Chocolate Cake In A Jiffy!

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By CJ *
Had a hankering for chocolate cake, but wasn't wanting to dabble in frosting today, so ...
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Thank you, Deborah Madison

Summer Rhubarb And Blackberry Compote

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By Beth Renzetti
We tend to assign rhubarb to early spring and blackberries to mid-summer, but in the ...
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From Morgan at Fo Reals Life through a Meatout Mondays email.

Chocolate Cherry Smoothie

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By Beth Renzetti
Using cherries native to the Pacific Northwest, no sugar added, naturally sweetened with the cocoa ...

Shoo-fly Cake (molasses Crumb)

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By Jane Asher
Very much the same as Pennsylvania Dutch shoo-fly pie, just without the crust and wet ...
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Fresh Sage, Apple, Sausage & Parsnip Stuffing

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By Beth Renzetti
Oh golly this looks delicious beyond imagination and is the recipe I'm using this year! ...
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