Category: Main Dishes

  • Welsh Rarebit with Beer

    Welsh Rarebit with Beer

    In sticking with the theme of my CheapCooking I decided to go pedestrian and offer up one of the kids’ favorites, Welsh Rarebit (also called Welsh Rabbit), for my first Is My Blog Burning entry. Perfect for a weekend that has managed to change seasons mid-stride, from baking hot to cool and rainy! It’s really…

  • Cranberry Pot Roast – Crockpot

    Cranberry Pot Roast – Crockpot

    As is my usual these days, I combined a few different recipes. The basic idea is to cook a roast (pork or beef or some even said they use chicken parts) with a can of cranberry sauce (some said jellied, some said whole) with an onion or a package of onion soup mix. Some recipes…

  • Lemon-Garlic Chicken Thighs

    Lemon-Garlic Chicken Thighs

    This recipe is also from Mama Dip’s Kitchen but she called it “Spicy.” That made my kids nervous when saw the name but I cut the pepper down a bit and they loved it. I also had no garlic salt so used garlic powder and a bit of extra salt. I also cut the recipe…

  • Beef and Tomato Kebabs

    Beef and Tomato Kebabs

    I did the Costco run the other day and picked up some tri tip steaks. Froze some for later and cut some up for kebabs that night. You can marinade the cubed meat in bags or put them on the skewers with the tomato and marinade both the meat and tomatoes together.

  • Salmon with Peach-Tomato Salsa

    Salmon with Peach-Tomato Salsa

    I set out tonight with the memory of the delicious salmon dinner my brother and sister-in-law prepared for us up in Washington state last week. We’d gone to Pike’s Market in Seattle and picked up some fresh wild salmon for dinner. My brother created a foil “tray” with a lip slightly larger than the salmon…