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Fried Peppers and Onions

June 30, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I use this same basic recipe for fried peppers and onions for many different kinds of dishes.   They are fantastic as part of a taco or burrito, of course.  They also go great on a sausage or meatball sandwich.  They make a lovely side dish just as they are, as well.  You can use a [...]

Church’s / KFC’s Fried and Oven-Baked Chicken

May 25, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

My daughter asked if I’d make up some fried chicken tonight as she and her friends wanted to do a “party” at lunch and have everyone bring something to eat together like a picnic.  This is a cross of two popular restaurant versions of friend chicken. The seasonings are a Kentucky Fried Chicken lookalike and [...]

Simple Spring Vegetable and Bean Soup

April 12, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I had some leftover vegetables that needed using up, plus had some fresh kale from the farmer’s market so made this simple vegetable and bean soup to go along with my artichoke for dinner last night. 2 Tbs olive oil 1 carrot, peeled or scrubbed and sliced 1 stalk of celery, sliced 1 onion, peeled [...]

Spring Salad: Sugar Snap Peas and Radishes

March 21, 2010 by Ellen · 2 Comments 

This was a fantastic spring salad recipe, from The Comfort Table, which a friend had loaned me. There are some fantastic sounding recipes in here and if this one is typical, I think I may have to go buy my own copy!  (Thanks Elizabeth for the loan!) 3/4 pound sugar snap peas 1 bunch radishes, [...]

Bierocks (aka Runzas): Beef and Cabbage Stuffed in Bread

March 1, 2010 by Ellen · 2 Comments 

I was thumbing through some old magazines before donating them to the library and came across this recipe for bierocks in an old Cooking Light magazine, apparently something the Russian Mennonites brought over (the recipe, not the magazine!)  When I was growing up, we seldom ate out or picked up takeout, but a great little [...]

Bacon Bit Burgers with Steak House Fried Onions and Spinach Salad

February 7, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Take some ground beef and mix with chopped cooked bacon, cooked onions, Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce, then top with fried onions and cheese. My twist: rather than just use buns, I turned this into a patty melt kinda deal with some sliced French bread I had leftover from a small dinner party. Oh my! [...]

Cream of Broccoli Soup with Cheddar Cheese

January 11, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I often like to serve a cup of soup and some kind of warm sandwich for dinner for an easy meal. Tonight the sandwich was the pulled pork we had last night. Only two of us were home last night and one of us (not me!) could eat pulled pork nearly every day and be [...]

Sushi Dinner at Home

January 9, 2010 by Ellen · 1 Comment 

My daughter made sushi rolls for our dinner tonight. I made the rice but she did everything after that. She made three kinds of rolled sushi for us: Smoked salmon, cream cheese and cucumber (Brooklyn Roll) (Fake) crab, avocado and cucumber (California Roll) Salmon, cucumber and something (avocado? can’t remember) She also made a few [...]

Ham, Cheese and Apple Panini

October 6, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I made some macaroni and cheese tonight for dinner but felt like we needed a bit more as well, plus I was bringing dinner over to my broken-leg neighbor. I decided on a small panini and brought him some vegetable soup from last night as well.  I had some ham and cheddar cheese as the [...]

Chicken Panini Sandwich with Roasted Red Peppers

September 25, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I really made too many chicken cutlets the other night. However, they are good simply reheated.  Last night I used some up in a Chicken Divan casserole.  For lunch today, my daughter took a simple salad with some chopped romaine lettuce mixed with Ranch dressing and a chopped chicken cutlet. She loved it. Today for [...]

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