Are You Ready For Utter Deliciousness? One of Jersey’s signature identifying features, and one of which they are inordinately proud, is the humble cheesesteak sandwich. I have to admit, a cheesesteak is a very satisfying sandwich, full of beef, cheese, onions and peppers. But I can’t always take the time to drive to Jersey. My [...]
Grilled Delight – Not Just for Lacto-Ovo Vegetarians While the rest of us are blithely making our new-fangled grilled cheese sandwiches with bacon and other meats, the lacto-ovo vegetarians (those who consume dairy products and eggs) are looking on, perhaps with a little envy. Don’t they deserve a “special” grilled cheese sandwich, too? Damned straight, [...]
Buckle Up For This Tasty Breakfast Treat! Picture this: It’s a lazy Saturday morning, and everyone is sleeping in. You wake up and go to your kitchen to make some coffee. You would like to treat your family to a special breakfast, but you don’t really feel like standing over the stove cooking bacon and [...]
What’s Better Than an Argentine Tango? This Recipe, Of Course! Some will like it hot. Others will like it chilled. Either way you choose to serve it, you are going to get rave reviews. I wouldn’t normally recommend a soup for summer, unless it was a light, chilled soup. This soup is one of those [...]
Your Mouth Will Never Be The Same Again! How many times have you gone to your kitchen, looked through the pantry, then opened the refrigerator, only to turn away with a sigh at contemplating the thought of eating the same old boring sandwich ONE. MORE. TIME? Well, check out this amazing combination! Don’t worry about [...]
Sometimes, a Little Bacon is All You Need When it is too hot to do much cooking, my thoughts turn to sandwiches. They are quick, easy and can be a very healthy choice, depending on their composition. Another very valuable feature of sandwiches, especially if you have any picky eaters in your household, is that [...]
Satisfyingly Simple 10-Minute Shrimp Dinner If I am going to cook, at all, during the dog days of summer, then it has to be something that is easy to prepare. Something that will cook in mere minutes. This meal-in-a-bowl is the perfect example of my ideal summertime dinner. Although this is, technically speaking, considered to [...]
What Secret Ingredient Is Hiding In Here? Okay, confess. By a show of hands, how many of you grew up eating grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup? You know, those sandwiches made with that processed stuff known as “American cheese” (oh, the shame of it!) and packaged in little squares that you had to carefully [...]
Better Than Take Out! I can’t even begin to count the number of times I have gone to my favorite Indian restaurant, only to think to myself that surely I could make this at home. So I would try. I would add a little of this spice or that. Maybe add some tomatoes….but my efforts [...]
It’s Bacon! (Oh, and a Few Other Goodies) My dogs would really pester me if I tried to sit down and enjoy this sandwich. I mean, seriously, one of them goes into spinning and sliding-across-the-kitchen-floor frenzies whenever I take the bacon out of my fridge. I know this is all my fault, because I have [...]