Category: Main Dishes
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Sort of Mexican Chicken Soup Recipe
I wanted some soup for lunches later in the week so cooked this up to go with the carne asada soft tacos I was making for dinner. I wanted something Mexican oriented and with some vegetables so played around a bit and came up with this soup. I used some corn I had frozen after…
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Carne Asada Soft Tacos with Avocado Pico del Gallo
This is a good recipe from the November issue of Cooking Light magazine. I couldn’t find the skirt steak for the skirt steak they recommended but used a thinly sliced package of beef round tips I saw on sale instead. The steak came out a bit “limey” if you ate it plain, but in a…
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Meatball Sandwich
Use Up Those Leftover Meatballs! In truth, there’s hardly a recipe for a meatball sandwich. At its simplest, you take a French or hoagie roll, put a few meatballs on it, ladle some spaghetti sauce on it and eat. If you want to get a bit fancier, you’d use your own homemade meatballs. My favorite…
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Shrimp and Sausage Gumbo Recipe
This comes almost straight out of The Perfect Recipe for Losing Weight and Eating Great, a cookbook I liked so much I sent copies to my sister and best friend. I really like Pam Anderson’s books and have several. This one appealed to me because it deals with the “eating lunch at home” issue. I…
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Tuna Casserole Recipe: An Old Favorite
My youngest asked for tuna casserole tonight! It’s been a long time since I made this so I browsed a few cookbooks and ended up with following the basic recipe in Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition – 2006, which is really a great source of all kinds of great recipes, even old fashioned casseroles!…