Category Archives: family meals

Ultimate Leftovers: Fried Rice

I love simple food.  Even better I love tasty, simple food that’s cheap.  But there are times when I’ve scratched my head and wondered what to do with that last lonely pork chop forlornly shivering in the freezer or what … Continue reading

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Homemade Vinegar Potato Wedges

My wife loves salt and vinegar potato chips.  And we both really love oven baked potato wedges.  So we had a bright idea—what if we could make vinegar flavored oven baked potato wedges.  As soon as that brainstorm hit we … Continue reading

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Friday Night Homemade Pizza

It’s Friday.  That means it’s Pizza Day.  I don’t know why, but we’ve probably been doing Friday Pizza Day for the better part of 30 some odd years.  The only exception was living in Sturgeon Bay, WI when about every … Continue reading

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Eggplant Boats

Do you ever get a craving for vegetables?  That’s been me the last few months.  It’s a bit like when you see your dog out in the yard eating grass and think that he’s gone weird on you. I’m still … Continue reading

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Guinea Grinder French Bread Pizza Recipe

OK, lest someone gets on my case for being politically incorrect, these sandwiches/bread pizzas have always been known as Guinea Grinders in Des Moines where I first ate them and where I figured out how to make them.  By the … Continue reading

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