No, my calendar has not lost a few days. We decided to celebrate with our traditional Thanksgiving dinner a bit ahead of time this year so that when Thanksgiving day rolls around we can spend the day together doing all the things we really are thankful for on that day. We plan on reading, listening…
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Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars
This was my favorite dessert. I love the crunchiness of the pecans and the creaminess of the filling. Heavenly. Ingredients: Crust: 1 3/4 cups flour 1/4 cup packed brown sugar (light or dark) 3/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup cold butter, cut into pieces Up to 3 TBSP cold water Filling: 3 eggs 3/4 cup packed…
Banana Bread Waffles with Walnuts
My parents will be visiting in less than 24 hours. We haven’t seen each other in about 18 months. We moved 600 miles west, then moved again and bought a house. Then my parents packed up their house of almost 50 years and moved about 600 miles south to be closer to my brother. So,…
Mom’s Old-Fashioned Meat Loaf
This isn’t a great picture but this is how my mother used to make meatloaf right down to the ketchup and hot sauce topping. My mother had to stretch her food budget so she would add bread crumbs to meatloaf, more noodles to casseroles and everything was homemade down to the bread and cakes we…
Patty Melts
My family was thrilled when I came home with 3 pounds of ground beef recently. We have been eating so much pork that when I saw this on sale I couldn’t let it go. I mixed all three pounds of ground beef with spices to make two meals. The first, dish that we had last…
Turkey Thighs with Garlic Gravy
I am always on the look out for a bargain. I am not cheap, I far prefer the term frugal. When I was at the grocery store the other day I was strolling through the meat department looking for mark-downs or special Manager’s sales when I spotted 3 lbs. of turkey thighs for under $3.00! …
Tangy Slow Cooker Pork Tacos: Cook Once, Eat Twice!
Using leftovers from the Tangy Slow Cooker Pork Roast I made on Tuesday I was able to have dinner on the table in 20 minutes last night! The pork roast was delicious but letting the leftovers soak overnight in the extra sauce and then heating it up made it even tastier! The recipe for the…
Tangy Slow Cooker Pork Roast: Cook Once, Eat Twice!
I had a beautiful pork roast to cook the other night. It was a To-Go meal night and I had two meeting to attend before getting everyone in the car to go to dance classes. I needed something super easy and flavorful. I found the recipe for a Pork Roast Supper at Muffy Martini.com that…
10 Delicious Slow Cooker Recipes for Fall
I love Fall! The great sleeping weather, the crisp apples and the smell of cinnamon everywhere you turn. This time of year my slow cooker is working overtime. I love coming home to a dinner about 90% complete. Adding a salad, sides or a bit of spices to the pot make the meals complete. These…
Cheesy Sloppy Joe Eggrolls
Day three without a kitchen sink. It is now glued back on but it needs to dry for 48 hours and then be sealed. I am getting really tired of not having a sink and running water in the sink. I can use my dishwasher but I don’t put pots and pans in it. So,…
Korean Ground Beef over Chinese Noodles
Finding new things to make with ground beef is becoming tougher and tougher. I am substituting it in as many dishes as I can. I found a great sale this week on lean ground beef for $2.87 a pound. I bought every package I could find. I hate paying over $3.00 a pound for meat…
Salisbury Steak Meatballs
So we have returned from the last of our summer vacations. It was a whirlwind tour back to New York to visit friends and family. We returned home last night about 10 pm from: in 86 hours we drove almost 2,000 miles in 24 hours of driving time; slept in three different places; ate at…
