Lunch
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 [...]
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 [...]
A Different Type of Sandwich You Can Serve in Less Than 20 Minutes I am always in search of interesting, easy and quick sandwiches to make for myself and others. I get bored eating the same old thing, day-after-day, week-in and week-out. I imagine there are many of you that feel the same way. This [...]
Mama Never Made It Like This! I don’t know how it was in your family when you were growing up, but at my house, we had my mother’s version of this casserole at least once a week, and sometimes even more often. It was expensive raising a family with seven kids. I didn’t even see [...]
You Can Really Thai One On With This Salad Recipe! I am always on the lookout for new and interesting salad recipes. I simply cannot stand to eat one more wimpy salad of iceberg lettuce, a bit of tomato and, maybe, a piece or two of cucumber. There’s just no dressing in the world good [...]
Is This Chicken Drunk? This dish was very popular at a national restaurant chain a few years back. But then someone with an overly-inflated sense of morally righteous indignation complained about the fact that it contained alcohol, and it was dropped from the menu. Then the restaurant patrons complained that they wanted it back. In [...]
Don’t Let a Few Peppers Inspire a Knee-Jerk Reaction! If you like your food with any degree of spicy heat - anywhere from the mild bit of flavor provided by three crushed red pepper flakes to the take-off-the-roof-of-your-mouth explosion of fire that occurs when you include a handful of scotch bonnet peppers in a recipe [...]
You’ll Love Every Bite of This Crunchy Mess! As a kid, Sloppy Joes were one of my favorite meals. Of course, this was long before the convenience of Manwich was ever even dreamed of by the marketing genius at ConAgra Foods and Hunt’s, who brought it to market in 1969 as a “quick and easy [...]
Don’t Worry, Be Crabby! This recipe is both quick and easy to prepare. The resulting crab melts are delicious, and could be enjoyed as a light lunch, for brunch, or for dinner with a side salad or bowl of soup (chilled soup in warmer weather, of course). This recipe is perfect for those hot days [...]