This is my second attempt at a non-traditional pizza. I had ricotta cheese leftover from a recipe I made several days ago and I needed to use it up before it started to spoil. I have this “thing” about not letting food go bad. I try to use up everything I buy so that I…
Category: Pork Recipes
Pesto and Sausage Pizza
Store bought pizza crusts have become my best friend. The last few weeks have been hectic and the next few days will be impossible. So I decided to make different kinds of pizza. This is my first experiment. I wanted to make pizzas that were “different” from the traditional red sauce, mozzarella and pepperoni. So,…
Rochester Style Garbage Plate with Meat Sauce
We are going back “home” for a visit soon but we are still missing Rochester. On our last trip back I picked up 3 lbs. of Hoffman Hot Dogs. Now Zweigle’s are the hotdog of choice in Rochester, NY but we prefer Hoffman’s. I can say that now that we moved away without everyone looking…
Simple Baked Pork Buns
I have never had real steamed pork buns so I am not sure how these compare to those. I had bought hoisin sauce and rice vinegar a few weeks ago for another dish and I wanted to finish it up. I hate buying condiments and spices for one dish so I try to find 2…
Moo Shu Pork
My family LOVES Chinese food. If they are going to ask to go out to dinner 90% of the time they will ask to go out for Chinese food. I have decided to try to begin making more of it at home. It is cheaper, healthier and did I say cheaper? After searching through hundreds…
Country Pork Ribs over Smashed Potatoes
My kids LOVE ribs. I think they are second choice only to Chinese take-out if we tell them we are eating out. I have been working on cooking them over the last few months. The types of sauces, cooking methods and types of ribs are mind-boggling. I have just started trying a bit of this…
Confetti Macaroni and Cheese
After a long weekend of being sick and not being able to tolerate any solids I am at least back to cooking. Not eating but cooking. This was a dish that my children helped create because we needed to get everything ready to go to dance class and I was trying to figure out how…
Pizza Lasagna
This has been a rough week. I am not motivated to cook or be creative at all. I am waiting to the last possible second to start dinners and I end up scrambling around to see what we have to make. I am thankful for my list of monthly meals to choose from but sometimes,…
Sweet and Sour Ham
My kids go back to school the day after Labor Day. We are trying to take advantage of every minute we can at the beach and playgrounds. So, that means we often don’t even think about dinner until 8:00 pm or later. I tell my children we eat like Europeans. This was one of those…
Slow Cooker Potatoes Au Gratin with Kielbasa
This dish didn’t turn out like I expected it to at all. It was actually better than what I thought it would be! I am trying to use my slow cooker as much as I can right now. The grocery store had 2 lb. bags of frozen diced potatoes on sale this week. Of course…
Pan Fried Pork Steaks
Things are finally starting to slow down here. School will start a month from today. Boo! I love having my kids home for the summer. This is the first time they have had 12 weeks off for summer vacation. Usually we get about 7-8 but since we moved and the school year here is shorter…
German Style Pigs in the Blanket Casserole
As you can probably tell from most of my posts my favorite things to cook are casseroles, skillet dinners and slow cooker dinners. They let me mix all the ingredients together, walk away and let it cook. Yes, I enjoy the fancy dinners once in a while, but right now my family life comes first…
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