Category: Lunchbox
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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Halloween has progressed far beyond what it was when I was a kid. Back then, the costumes were mostly homemade. The pumpkins were mostly homegrown. And the carvings were definitely homegrown. No fancy templates. No fancy tools. We got a kitchen knife and scraped out the insides with a big kitchen spoon. Now, you seem…
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Meat Pies or Cornish Pasties
I don’t claim to be an expert on pasties or anything else. In our house we call these Meat Pies. In the British cookbook I got the basic recipe from they’re called Cornish Pasties. It’s a great way to stretch a piece of beef. You can make these using regular pie crust dough or the…
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Lunchbox treat – frozen Jello
My girls pack lunch most of the time so I’m always looking for some lunchbox ideas. Played around yesterday by making a batch of Jello and freezing it in muffin tins. We pulled one out after it was frozen to taste test. One loved it; one thought it was okay. I’m thinking I can make…
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Bacon and Tomato Sandwiches
In my family, nothing says summer like home-grown tomatoes. My children have been known to burst into song, singing John Denver’s ode to home grown tomatoes: “There’s just two things that money can’t buy; that’s true love and home grown tomatoes!” We grow tomatoes every year and eat them for 3 meals a day it…
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Taco Meat Pies
Easy Taco Meat Pies. Hamburger was on sale the other day so I boiled up 5 pounds. Put four 1-pound bags of it in the freezer for later and left 1 pound (about 2.5 cups) in the frig for dinner another night. I needed an easy dinner so I browsed through a few cookbooks and…