I’ve written this up before but blogs are not meant to be read through so new readers may have missed it. One of our favorite ways of using up leftover chicken is to make chicken quesadillas. The other night I roasted a chicken. As is often the case, I bought 2 or 3 when they…
Leftovers
Meat Sauce from Hamburgers and Cheater Garlic Bread
It’s summer barbecue time, graduation party time, hanging out at the pool and barbecuing time. I love it! A friend held a graduation party for her son last week. She did a fantastic job with the food and they barbecued chicken, steak, burgers and hot dogs. And had lots of burgers left. I took some…
Leftovers — What do You Do with Them?
Leftovers. They’re the bane and the prize of cooking! I hate plain old leftovers, except sometimes for lunch. In fact, certain things I treasure for lunches, since I work out of my home. But trying to use up leftovers and make them something other than “leftovers” for dinner is a challenge. Leftover rice and some…
Those Nights You Can’t Cook Much
We all have them: those nights when getting dinner on the table is difficult or you’d just rather be doing something different! A friend said “That’s why you should keep some frozen Lean Cuisine’s in the freezer.” Well, no. That’s not my answer. I do keep some dinner “starters” in the freezer however. This might…
Shepherd’s Pie #1 with Mixed Vegetables
I think British purists might insist that Shepherd’s Pie is made from “lamb mince” rather than ground beef, but here in the States everyone I know thinks of ground beef as the main ingredient to Shepherd’s Pie. In the UK this would be called Cottage Pie I believe. Lamb is not overly popular here I…