Tasty bacon cheeseburger soup is comfort food to the max. It’s loaded with familiar flavors and is surprisingly easy to make. I had seen recipes for cheeseburger soup but had never tried it. I couldn’t imagine how you could get soup to taste like a cheeseburger. Honestly, you just can’t, but you can make a…
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Pappardelle With Beef Ragout
Slow cooker pappardelle with beef ragout is a great fix it in the morning and eat it in the evening comforting meal. It’s even fancy enough for company! Mary Jo made this beef ragout with pappardelle pasta a couple times last winter, each time was when we were having company. It has simple ingredients but…
Macaroni Deviled Egg Salad
Here’s a recipe for a delicious macaroni deviled egg salad that would be the perfect thing to bring to a potluck dinner or have at a picnic or backyard party. About a week ago, Mary Jo picked up 2 dozen hard boiled eggs that were on sale for $4.99. That’s a super price for not…
Individual Chicken Pot Pies
3.14159265359∞ is pi. Therefore March 14 of any year is pi day, (3.14). Archimedes was the guy who got the number right, but it was William Jones in 1706 who starting using the Greek letter π to signify the infinite number. Enough of history. This is my offering for this year’s pi day: individual chicken pot pies. I…
Leftover Turkey Vegetable Soup
Soup..it’s what’s for Dinner We made a 14 pound turkey to feed 4 people! Therefore, Leftover Turkey Vegetable Soup. Mary Jo made wonderful turkey stock from the carcass. Mary Jo also made some delicious honey whole wheat bread to sop up the juices. It is winter. Bacon! Yep, I actually made leftover turkey vegetable soup…
Beef Barley Vegetable Soup Recipe
The weather in west central Florida has finally cooled down…like lows in the upper 40’s. When this happens, it’s time for some comfort food…in this case I made a beef barley vegetable soup for supper a couple nights ago. Mary Jo and I, usually at about 4 o’clock or 4:30, go back and forth about…
Baked Chicken Thighs with Vegetables
Baked chicken thighs with vegetables took about 50 minutes start to finish. For a busy family, this would be a great weeknight meal. Meal planning can be a drag…even when it is only two people eating. That’s why I like to stock up on several meat products when Mary Jo and I are at the store….
Creamy Ham Wild Rice Soup
Is wild rice a Minnesota thing? I’d never heard of wild rice until I moved to Minnesota from Illinois when I was in college. And, funny thing, years later when I worked at the Post Office, come December, people started mailing little goody packages to their out of state friends. They would tell me,…
FENNEL, CELERY AND APPLE SALAD
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a great New Year’s celebration and look forward to 2015. I know Mary Jo and I had a great evening with friends and had plenty of bubbly Wednesday night. It’s time to set new goals and resolutions. One for me would be to eat less cheese…