Part II: Bless Us O Lord

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...

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...

. This is the kind of dish I would order from any restaurant menu. I love summer vegetables, and if you pair them with bacon for flavor a...

. This recipe for pasta salad is one I have been eating and enjoying for years. A good friend made it for us once, probably almost 20 yea...

 . This dish may not look like much, but, oh my, is it flavor-packed! I first enjoyed this pasta dish at Carrabba's on the evening my...

. My family loves, loves good old-fashioned baked macaroni and cheese . But that's a recipe that I don't make for lunch -- it...

. I'm always on the lookout for a great meatloaf recipe. I think I have lamented before that my children are not big fans of meatloaf....

. I apologize for my picture -- the ravioli is in focus, but the chicken, not so much. Last week, on the Solemnity of the Annunciation, m...

. A few weeks ago, just before the mid-term elections, a girlfriend gave me a cookbook that was published by Mike DeWine's campaig...

. Last week I prepared another of Pioneer Woman's recipes and it was not only yum!, it was easy, and great left over. I had a busy day ...

. One of my family's favorite dishes is plain ol' spaghetti and sauce. Of course, my homemade sauce is key to that dish, and their m...

I made this pasta salad, found at myrecipes .com last week with burgers on the grill. In the summer, I love an easy meal of meat on the gri...

. This quick recipe for macaroni and cheese is a lovely compromise between artery-clogging comfort food and healthy eats. I made it a few ...

. I have so many recipes I want to share -- if only I had hours to sit at the computer. I'll keep collecting them, anyway, and when I ca...

. These two dishes are good low-fat sides. I won't bore you with the science of why these are good dishes, but if you want to you can re...

Back to working on my backlog of recipes, this one I prepared on Christmas Eve. My niece Rachel is a vegetarian and I am supposed to avoid t...

. The chicken dish that I referred to in my menu post this week was wonderful -- a six-thumbs-up recipe! It was very simple to make, alth...