Category Archives: family meals

Iowa Porkers

Seems like there’s a lot of places which have their own signature sandwich.  They range from Philly Cheesesteak to Louisiana PoBoys to San Diego Fish Tacos to Cuban Sandwiches in Tampa or Milwaukee Bratwurst.  A trip to one of these … Continue reading

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Mama Stella’s Stuffing Bread

 (a Mrs. CB guest post) I have such great memories of holiday dinners growing up:  The sound of my mom cursing under her breath (‘Holiday?  HOLIDAY?? Whose holiday?  Not the cook’s, that’s for %&!#@ sure!’); the rustling of my dad’s … Continue reading

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Homemade Stromboli

We love our weekly homemade pizza that is totally from scratch.  I make 2 “balls” of crust dough and freeze one so I don’t have to make dough every week.  It comes out of the freezer the day before I … Continue reading

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The Bird, Bird, Bird–The Bird is the Word!

Today’s the day.  I’ve got the day off and then I’m working all weekend.  So today I have to do up my grocery list for Thanksgiving and check out where I can get “The Bird”. But then again, we don’t … Continue reading

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“Meatloaf, Smeatloaf, Double Beatloaf”

OK, time for one of my favorites that I just have to have every few months.  Homemade old-fashioned meatloaf.  Beaver Cleaver used to complain about it.  So did Richie Cunningham.  But they both ate it—begrudgingly.  Their perfect Moms made imperfect … Continue reading

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