Hubby works a long shift on Saturdays so I have dinner alone and use that time to eat things that I like and he doesn’t, I also usually bring him something to eat so he doesn’t have to go in search of something outside. I happen to like to indulge in something with a cream [...]
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Canned Tomatoes
See this can…….keep your eyes out for it. I bought this back in October when I visited my sister up in North Carolina and finally used it this week. WOW, these were some great tomatoes, no bitterness at all and a nice taste straight from the can. I managed to find them locally too and [...]
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Chicken Cacciatore with Buccatini
I haven’t made chicken cacciatore for a few years now but hubby requested it last night for dinner tonight. Thankfully, I already had all the ingredients here in the house, I even got to use up the last package of those chicken thighs that I bought earlier in the week. I used the electric [...]
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Chicken Thighs
Years ago we would never eat anything but chicken breasts, now we rarely eat them anymore unless I spend the time to brine them so they stay moist while cooking. Now a days we often have chicken thighs instead, the meat is succulent and it helps that the price is often less than half that [...]
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Little Meatloafs
Hubby loves meatloaf, me not so much. I mean I will eat it but it isn’t one of my favorite things, I would much rather have a plain burger. However, as he likes the dish so much I have made these little meatloaves so he can have them whenever he wants, I keep some in [...]
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Ravioli with Meatballs and meat sauce
Meatballs 1 pound lean ground beef 1 egg 1/2 small onion diced small 2 cloves fresh garlic smashed 1/2 cup fresh parsley chopped fine 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon oregano fresh chopped 2 slices white bread soaked in 1/2 cup milk 1/4 cup olive oil 1/2 cup fresh grated parmesan cheese In [...]
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Simple Roast Beef
If you are looking for fancy or gourmet meals this may not be the web blog for you. As you can see we eat very simply, we are in other words just basic meat and potato people. I am capable of going high end in my cooking skills, but truthfully my kids and hubby never preferred [...]
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Brick Chicken
This is one of our favorite dishes, simple to make, tastes great and makes a good chicken salad if there is any left the next day. Brick Chicken 1 Whole chicken, brined for 2 hours in solution of 1 cup kosher salt, 1 smashed garlic clove, 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary in one gallon [...]
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Pork Chops
We had an old standby tonight, breaded pork chops with Mac and Cheese. The kids used to like this meal when they were small, the older two boys still do but the youngest doesn’t eat too much of a variety of foods anymore so I think he’d only eat the Mac and Cheese at [...]
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