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The sauce looks better in person…trust me. I could not find the roast for last night’s dinner in the refrigerator. I looked in one drawer and then another and behind my husband’s collection of grapefruit and cranberry juice bottles. Where could it be??? I finally found it. In the freezer. Frozen solid. It was not in any . . . → Read More: The Plan B Dinner Are you tired of turkey, yet? I bought a pasta salad at the school cafeteria, yesterday, and discovered that the meat on the top of it was turkey and not chicken like usual. It made me wonder how old it was! I decided that I would share a pork chop recipe with you today instead of . . . → Read More: Tuesday Tasting: Pork Chop Escallop I’ve been in the kitchen on and off today preparing for tomorrow’s dinner at my sister’s house. It is a mess. I’m making up a recipe for sausage dressing/stuffing as I go along. I’ll let you know how it turns out. And, apparently my 9″ pie plates have all shrunk because it took three of . . . → Read More: From the Archives: What to do with Thanksgiving Leftovers  Comments are closed  Cooking from Scratch, Vintage Recipe, updated vintage recipe  Thanksgiving leftovers True confession. As I child, I adored Swanson’s pot pies…you know, those little individual frozen meat pies that burn the roof of your mouth if you try to eat it right out of the oven. I would eat the insides first and then savor the crusty goodness. Alas, the last time I ate one, . . . → Read More: Chicken Pot Pie (Or, What to do with Leftover Turkey) 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Cooking, Recipe, updated vintage recipe chicken pot pie, turkey leftovers It’s autumn, my favorite time of year! And, even though it means triple digit temperatures caused by winds off of the desert where I live now, all of those years of living in locations with four seasons has changed my DNA so that I start craving a good homemade soup. So, in honor of the Autumnal . . . → Read More: It’s Autumn and that Means Soup! One comment - (Comments are closed) Cooking from Scratch, Recipe, updated vintage recipe vegetable soup Harvey House "Casa Del Desierto" in Barstow, CA (Photo Copyright (C) David Corby 2006; used with permission) – My first introduction to the Harvey Girls was the famous Judy Garland musical called…The Harvey Girls. (I think my grandfather mentioned that he worked on that film, but I’m not sure). The most famous song from that . . . → Read More: Pretending to be a Harvey Girl Last night, My Honey gave me a HUGE compliment. He said my cooking is so good, I would have been a great grandmother. Since children weren’t in the cards for us, I’ll just have to take him at his word. Last night we had stuffed peppers for dinner. It was a nice casual dinner since he . . . → Read More: Diner Special: Baked Mushroom Meatloaf A couple of months ago it hit me. If I make a pot or chicken roast at the beginning of the week, I can use the leftovers for sandwich fillings and casseroles. My mother wasn’t much of a cook (I took over the responsibility when I was in junior high school) so I had to figure . . . → Read More: Chicken Finale The other morning I was having a hankering for some blueberry muffins. However, My Honey is always making note that most muffins are really just cake pretending to be healthy. He is right, of course. I have made the oat bran muffins from the recipe on the box of Quaker Oat Bran, but . . . → Read More: Blueberry Oat Bran Muffins |
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