Category: World

  • Lo-Mein with Leftover Ham and Never-The-Same-Way-Twice Soup

    Lo-Mein with Leftover Ham and Never-The-Same-Way-Twice Soup

    Leftovers. A blessing and a curse at times. I went all out for Christmas and roasted a turkey and baked a ham. Our turkey gets used up pretty quickly between sandwiches and a great turkey soup I made. I made the broth from the carcass on Christmas evening after dinner. Refrigerated it in a big…

  • Homemade Enchilada Sauce for Turkey Enchiladas

    Homemade Enchilada Sauce for Turkey Enchiladas

    Just in time for Thanksgiving here in the US. I roasted a turkey on Sunday, sort of a pre-holiday feast since I won’t be hosting turkey day this year. Nothing fancy about the roasting I did–just an herbed butter rubbed all over. I made some broth from the carcass yesterday, of course, and will make…

  • Small Batch Eggplant Parmesan from the Freezer

    Small Batch Eggplant Parmesan from the Freezer

    Remember that fried eggplant I made up and froze a while back? I used some of it to make a small batch  eggplant Parmesan last night. I had not frozen it before so I was curious as to how it would turn out. I could not taste the difference between freshly cooking the eggplant and…

  • Friday Night Pizza

    Friday Night Pizza

    Dinner last night was Friday pizza – a tradition for many years around here. It used to be takeout, of course, but that is NOT a frugal meal–although delicious. Last night was the best pizza I’ve done yet, I think. I made a big batch of pizza dough with my dough hook in the mixer.…

  • Polenta with Sausage

    Polenta with Sausage

    Lunch with my friend Jane today. She ordered polenta with some grilled vegetables on top and it looked delicious! My eldest daughter loves cornmeal mush. I had been going to make kielbasa and couscous for dinner but decided to do a polenta instead and concocted some Polenta with Sausage. Polenta or mush? Differences to the…