Category Archives: family meals

“Mushroom Soupless” Holiday Green Bean Casserole

Garrison Keillor has often included references to Cream of Mushroom soup in his monologues about Lake Wobegon on “A Prairie Home Companion”.  According to him, Cream of Mushroom soup is one of the things that Scandinavian Lutherans and Germanic Catholics … Continue reading

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Cornbread and Sausage Stuffing

Thanksgiving is just around the corner so, I thought that I’d share a couple of recipes with you now just in case anyone wants to give it a try.  But first, a little story about Thanksgiving: The first Thanksgiving dinner … Continue reading

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A Cheap Bastid Thanksgiving

I’m salivating just thinking about the food in this post.  Last year I managed to photograph most of the dishes I made for Thanksgiving.  And quite frankly, I’m doing the same menu this year. Over the next week or so … Continue reading

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Italian Sausage, Pasta and 10-Minute Sauce

I don’t know if I’ve written about this before—and in case I have, this will just be another version or a “re-run”—but sometimes I like making up a really quick pasta supper that leaves out the “red sauce” but still … Continue reading

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Pork Loin on a Budget

When I was a kid we didn’t have pork that often unless it was bacon with breakfast or thin little pork chops with a ring of fat around them that Mom would fry half to death.  The big treat of … Continue reading

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