Category: Main Dishes
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Italian Style Sloppy Joes Recipe
The genesis of this is from Rachael Ray Express Lane Meals: What to Keep on Hand, What to Buy Fresh for the Easiest-Ever 30-Minute Meals, but I found her version very bland. Intriguing and oh so close, but bland. I added some Worcestershire sauce and ketchup and suddenly it was GREAT! Can’t vouch for the…
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Cheese and Spinach Stuffed Shells Recipe
These cheese and spinach stuffed shells were good! The girls protested the spinach a bit, but ate them up. It’s funny because they would each happily eat spinach alone as a side dish. I don’t really like cooked spinach so liked it this way. I started with this recipe from Karen Cooks. I used half…
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Red Chicken Curry in Coconut Milk Recipe
I periodically make a coconut curry with either chicken or tofu and a variety of vegetables depending on what I have on hand. I follow the basic recipe on the jar of Thai red curry paste. Start your rice cooking while you fix this and it should all be done about the same time. This…
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A Chicken in Every (Crock) Pot
I’ve somehow fallen out of the habit of using my Crock Pot (aka slow cooker). But a neighbor borrowed my Crockpot the other day, which reminded me of it somehow, so I opted to cook my whole chicken (.79 a pound) in it today. The newer ones cook hotter than the old ones, so I…
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Lentil and Potato Curry
I made this for my dad’s 84th birthday as a side dish for those of us eating salmon and a main dish for those of us not. It comes from How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food. Everyone loved it, vegetarians and meat eaters. I should have doubled the recipe I…