I first made San Francisco Joe’s Special, a skillet dish of ground beef, spinach and eggs 11 years ago! And I’ve made it many times since. I have used frozen spinach but usually use fresh, and usually when I’ve bought the big bag of spinach at Costco. I’ve varied the seasonings a bit, lately adding…
Main Dishes
Fried Chicken
I made fried chicken the other night using my electric skillet. Sometimes I brine the chicken overnight but I skipped that step Sunday because I didn’t decide what to make until late that afternoon. I served this with fried green tomatoes and creamed corn.
Vegetable Jalfrezi Curry with Butternut Squash
This uses a jarred cooking sauce, which I don’t often use. But the sheer quantity of spices and seasonings used in Indian cooking can make the jarred pastes and sauces a reasonable choice, unless you really plan to cook a lot of Indian dishes. You can add other vegetables. The original called for cauliflower, more…
Save Money with Chicken Leg Quarters
Frozen chicken leg quarters frequently go on sale at a price that’s hard to beat. You have to look and make sure they’re not including the backs, unless you don’t care because you’re mostly making soup anyway. Also, they tend to have more fatty portions that I like to cut off before doing anything else….
How to Make Meatballs
If you just like to buy a bag of premade frozen meatballs you can skip down a bit and read my list of different serving ideas. But first I’m going to share a few meatball recipes. If you’re really in a hurry, some folks like to press their meatball mixture flat in a jelly roll…