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King Ranch Chicken Casserole

September 13, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Lots of stories about where this comes from but let me say it is a delicious casserole!  I even make it when I don’t have leftover chicken to use up. In fact, tonight I bought a whole chicken, on sale and with a 30% off coupon so about $4 for a 4 pound chicken.  I [...]

Easy French Dip Sandwich Recipe

September 3, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Here’s my normal French Dip Sandwich recipe, but it requires hours of time, a crock pot and perhaps more beef than you might like (although it does freeze well, especially if you freeze it in the jus/juice).   Driving home from school today, youngest and I talked about dinner and settled on French dip sandwiches.  We [...]

Chicken Tacos Tonight, Chicken Salad for Lunch Tomorrow

September 1, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I cooked up a couple of boneless skinless chicken breasts to make chicken tacos tonight. I started with the recipe here despite the mix of reviews. I was intrigued by the idea of lemonade somehow…but I would definitely classify the chicken as bland.  When I tasted some partway through the simmering to reduce the sauce [...]

Turkey, Spinach and Carrot Wraps

September 1, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

My eldest packed this for lunch for her first day of school. We bought some wraps and spread flavored cream cheese (chive and onion in this case but we often just use the “veggie” one), baby spinach leaves, grated carrots, chopped olives and turkey. Spread the cream cheese on the wrap first, then lay out [...]

Sausage, Red Beans and Rice

August 28, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I had a kielbasa sausage that need using up the other night and was also in the mood for beans and rice.  This was a pre-cooked kielbasa sausage, just fyi.  First I started the rice in my rice cooker, then I went on to the rest. I would have used a green pepper if I’d [...]

The School Lunch Box: Healthy Lunch Ideas

August 26, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I’ve written a new article over on CheapCooking, offering up some lunch box ideas for packing creative school lunches. I’m fascinated by the bento box blogs and have several favorites I’ve been following including: Just Bento Adventures in Bento Making All My Bento are Belong to Me Lunch in a Box If you’re looking for [...]

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

November 2, 2005 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Halloween has progressed far beyond what it was when I was a kid. Back then, the costumes were mostly homemade. The pumpkins were mostly homegrown. And the carvings were definitely homegrown. No fancy templates. No fancy tools. We got a kitchen knife and scraped out the insides with a big kitchen spoon. Now, you seem [...]

Meat Pies or Cornish Pasties

October 13, 2005 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I don’t claim to be an expert on pasties or anything else. In our house we call these Meat Pies. In the British cookbook I got the basic recipe from they’re called Cornish Pasties. It’s a great way to stretch a piece of beef. You can make these using regular pie crust dough or the [...]

Work at Home Lunches

August 31, 2005 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Working at home as I do, my lunches are usually leftovers, salads, soups in the winter, or sandwiches. Leftovers for lunch are great unless I’m planning on having them for dinner as well. Same with the soup. And I get bored with plain sandwiches pretty quickly. Adding some avocado to a turkey sandwich makes it [...]

Lunchbox treat – frozen Jello

September 19, 2004 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

My girls pack lunch most of the time so I’m always looking for some lunchbox ideas. Played around yesterday by making a batch of Jello and freezing it in muffin tins. We pulled one out after it was frozen to taste test. One loved it; one thought it was okay. I’m thinking I can make [...]

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