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  • Thanksgiving menu

    I am starting a household notebook of sorts and want to keep track of the different menus I use, so I can find those once-a-year recipes that were big hits! Roast Turkey – Gourmet magazine, November 2003 Mashed potatoes – pretty traditional gravy – my mom’s best, with giblet broth, no recipe Sweet potato casserole…

  • Cranberry Pot Roast, Potatoes Romanoff, Cooked Carrots

    Cranberry Pot Roast, Potatoes Romanoff, Cooked Carrots

    Dinner tonight is all leftovers, so here are the links. The Cranberry Pot Roast was excellent the first night. I froze the leftovers and am reheating them for tonight. Mashed potatoes are always a hit. But we’re in fall swim team mode now, which means practice is until 6:45. I need to walk down and…

  • Summer Menu

    Sometimes I actually plan my menus out for the week. Since school started last week, I sat down on Sunday and made up my plan, a mix of old favorites and some new recipes. I had bought a big bag of broccoli at Costco so experimented with several new broccoli recipes. The kids favorite? Plain…

  • Steak, Fried Onions, and Quick Baked Potatoes

    Splurged on some tri-tip steaks that I saw marked down at the meat counter so instead of our Friday pizzas we had barbecued steaks, baked potatoes, and sautéed onions–definitely easier to make than a pizza! For the steaks, I sprinkled garlic salt and seasoned pepper on both sides. I microwaved the potatoes until they were…