Category: World
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…