Part II: Bless Us O Lord

I realize this recipe is not for everyone (including members of my own family), but it's a comfort dish to me, and maybe will be...

If you read my menus, you know we eat breakfast for dinner quite a bit. I don't cook a big breakfast, except on Sunday, and bre...

I had a heart-to-heart with myself recently. I had to decide whether or not I was going to keep using this space, because  I was still taki...

Well, look, there is a real person at this blog. And today there is a real recipe. Three cheers, eh? I've been pinning many re...

Whenever I spy a chuck roast on sale at the grocery, I grab one or two. While chuck is a tough and sometimes fatty cut of meat, ...

aka Dutch baby, Monster pancake, Bismark, Dutch puff The pancakes puffs way up in the oven,  but it falls fast when it comes out....

During the hot summer months I don't often make a dish that requires a long, slow simmer on the stove. Not only does a long, slow s...

From one day to the next I never know how dinner is going to be received in my house. That can be a frustrating thing. You go to al...

Granola bars have become a recent favorite snack food in our house. I used to not buy them because most of them contain nuts, or are man...

We had a very fast spring break last week -- it seemed like I blinked and it was over, and now we are having re-entry. It's so muc...

One of my lovely readers noticed my absence lately (hi Linda!). I was wondering if anyone was still reading and I am glad to know that one r...

Pin It I have a memory from my childhood of a food my mother called goulash. We are part Hungarian and so I always thought it was authe...

Pin It Since we were married ( 26 years ago ), I have owned two waffle makers, both Belgian style. Unless they are for dessert, I disli...

Because pancakes are a traditional Shrove Tuesday dish , I thought I'd get this recipe up for you.I saw it at Starry Sky Ranch , and...

I don't like to use the word "budget" because I think it has negative connotations, but I am also one who calls a spade a sp...

I have a recipe for Chicken Chow Mein in my cookbook, and it's a good recipe, but after trying Jamie Oliver's version for dinner t...

Years and years ago my mother-in-law bought me a pasta roller (like this ) for a gift. I enjoyed having such a "gourmet" p...