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Double Game Day Treat

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Today was a triple threat in the Nash house: a Boston game was on TV, Titans are playing tonight, and Mike had his annual Fantasy Football draft. Even better, baseball started at 3pm, and Titans are playing a night game. (There was a brief disagreement about what to watch live and what to record when we thought they both played night games.) Anyway, after a very tasty breakfast of bacon and eggs, we decided to rock snacks/appetizers for dinner tonight. We had homemade salsa, homemade black bean hummus, and needed one more thing to round out the "meal." Once again, Food Network Magazine and one of their "50 things" booklets came through for us. Horseradish Kielbasa bites sounded perfect! The recipe is so easy, I'm not even going to list it all formally at the bottom like I usually do. Make a sauce with the following: 1/4 cup sour cream, 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, 2 tablespoons whole grain mustard, and 2 teaspoons horseradish. I didn't meas

CSA+Pinterest=Win

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It's that time of year again when the veggies start rolling in faster than we can eat them. (Thanks, Delvin Farms !) We recently got a couple of huge, beautiful eggplant that we knew needed to be used sooner rather than later, so last night I fired up Pinterest to see what I could see. There were several recipes in contention, but ultimately we went with Eggplant Steaks. (Technically the recipe was for Eggplant Stakes, but I decided not to hold that against the pinner.) The recipe was super easy and super quick. We ended up broiling the eggplant in 2 batches, as it was too much to fit all in one pan. Otherwise, we made it exactly as directed and served it with wild mushroom couscous and dinner rolls with German honey spread. Even for two meat-eaters like Mike and I, it was delicious and absolutely filling. We've already packed up the leftovers for lunches tomorrow!   Eggplant Steak  2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 2 tablespoons thick steak sauce (we used Lea &a