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  • Great Dinner – But All Repeats

    Had a fantastic dinner last night, but no new recipes. Still, it made for a wonderful meal so in case anyone’s casting about for menu ideas, here it is: London Broil with a Lime Juice and Soy Sauce Marinade Chard with Garlic French Yogurt Dressing Sauteed Chard with Garlic and Lemon Juice (the girls don’t…

  • Tapas

    I was reading an article in some woman’s magazine about tapas. It said that tapas originated because bartenders put little plates of food on top of glasses of sherry in Spain to keep the bugs out of the drinks. Frankly, if a bug were to land somewhere on my food or drink, I’d think I’d…

  • Cooking and Planning Ahead

    On my CheapCooking discussion group, someone asked for help getting a reasonable dinner on the table when she didn’t get a home until 6pm. People chimed in with all kinds of great ideas, most of which boiled down to planning ahead and cooking ahead just a bit on weekends if you could. All the talk…

  • Oldie but Goodie: Chicken Quesadillas

    Oldie but Goodie: Chicken Quesadillas

    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…

  • Eating Out

    Eating out is a treat for me. So I tend to order things I don’t cook for the most part. I mean, if I wanted my own cooking I’d eat at home! But I hate it when I try a new place I’ve seen and the food is disappointing. I just found lunchSpark, where you…