Soups, Salads and Sandwiches
Classic Grilled Hamburgers
Classic Grilled Hamburgers The Size of the Matter: "Welcome to King Burger where we can do it your way.... but don't get crazy." - Bon Qui Qui, Mad TV There are a few conversations with my husband that I avoid like the plague. How much we spend on groceries towards the end of the month
The Stock Pot: Sensational Sides – Strawberry Fields Salad with Gorgonzola and Sweet and Spicy Rosemary Pecans
The Stock Pot: Sensational Sides – Strawberry Fields Salad with Gorgonzola and Sweet and Spicy Rosemary Pecans There are a few precious weeks when locally-grown strawberries make their much-anticipated spring debut at the farmer’s market and I could practically live on them in that fl
The Stock Pot: Sensational Sides - Classic Caesar Salad
The Stock Pot: Sensational Sides - Classic Caesar Salad Ah, yes! The Caesar salad. Pretty much a fixture on just about every menu in every restaurant across America. Even small coffee houses offer them with the always-predictable popular add-ons. (And, for three bucks more, you can add gr
French Dip Sandwich
French Dip Sandwiches Mother of Invention: “I don’t believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.” – Pablo Piccaso Have you ever noticed how many iconic foods were actually born from happy accidents (or some, like old Pablo there, may belie
Deviled Egg Salad Sandwiches
Deviled Egg Salad Sandwiches Critical Condition: A story about the disparaging difference of television-watching styles between the sexes and a delicious way to save all those dyed Easter eggs before they expire. When I think about eggs – deviled eggs in particular – I inevitably t
The Stock Pot: Sensational Sides – Carrot and Raisin Slaw with Pineapple and Pecans
The Stock Pot: Sensational Sides – Carrot and Raisin Slaw with Pineapple and Pecans What is it about some foods we deem “holiday only” that when we make them on these rare, special occasions, after eating them, we think, “Man, that’s tasty! Why the heck don’t we eat this every
Loaded Baked Potato Soup
Loaded Baked Potato Soup The Rainbow Connection: “You are more likely to find a pot of gold than the end of a rainbow.” –Irish saying Late fall, about three years ago, I had one of those Stop-In-Your-Tracks experiences. You know, the kind that makes you feel really small in the sc
Broccoli and Cheddar Soup
Broccoli and Cheddar Soup Cream of the Crop: "Beautiful soup, so rich and green ...Waiting in a hot tureen! Who for such dainties would not stoop? Soup of the evening, beautiful soup! " - Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Soup is one of those primordial comfort foods that can
Chicken Waldorf Salad
Chicken Waldorf Salad Flying the Coop: "Sins, like chickens, come home to roost." - Charles W. Chestnutt This is the story about how being polite can sometimes get you into big trouble. Before we permanently moved from Nashville about seven years ago (my how time flies!), we made many
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches Throwdown: He made, She Made As Different as Chalk and Cheese: “Many’s the long night I’ve dreamed of cheese – toasted mostly.” – Robert Louis Stevenson “I make the best grilled cheese sandwiches ever,” Adam mumbled, his mouth stuffed full with a
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Cream of Mushroom Soup The Condensed Version: ” Only the pure of heart can make god soup.” - Beethoven Okay, I have to tell you something. I must come clean and confess right here, right now, to you that…oh, boy, this is hard. Deep breath…here goes: I have used the canned condens
Real Sloppy Joes
Real Sloppy Joes Not Your Average Joe: "A sandwich is a sandwich, but a Manwich is a meal." -Hunt's advertising slogan In the grocery store recently, I picked up a can of “Manwich” sauce and the memories came flooding back. Bear with me. I was born in Lima, Peru, and grew up
The Stock Pot: Fundamental Recipes – Buttermilk Ranch Dressing
The Stock Pot: Fundamental Recipes – Buttermilk Ranch Dressing In the 1950’s, a Nebraskan cowboy with big dreams of striking it rich headed west with his high school sweetheart and settled in Santa Barbara, California. Nestled in 120 picturesque acres complete with waterfalls and stre
Lentil and Sausage Soup
Lentil and Sausage Soup Luck Be a Lentil: "For auld lang syne, my dear...for auld lang syne...we'll take a cup o' kindness yet, for auld lang syne!" -Robert Burns Well, it’s that time on the calendar that has everyone making lists and resolves for lofty ideals of soup and salad-only me
The Stock Pot: Sensational Sides – Winter Fruit Ambrosia
The Stock Pot: Sensational Sides – Winter Fruit Ambrosia In Greek mythology, ambrosia was the food of the gods on Mount Olympus - but back on earth and down in the south, this simple fruit salad is traditionally served as a side dish or a light dessert after Christmas dinner. I have man
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