Our tomatoes from our garden have been coming for about 3 weeks now. Way earlier than normal, however, the large tomatoes are just starting. What else do you do when that happens? Well BLT’s of course! I wait all summer for that wonderful garden tomato taste. I refuse to eat hot-house tomatoes so I am ready to dig in when […]
This recipe is great way to use up any leftover ham. I used the leftover ham that I had frozen from Easter. I thawed it out and I used my Kitchen Aid grinding attachment and ground up 3 cups of ham in no time at all. I love my Kitchen Aid Mixer! Ingredients Combine all of the ingredients […]
Making a Lobster Roll can be as simple or complex as you want to make it. My husband and I went to Mystic Connecticut and there was a little roadside fast food carry out serving cooked seafood. You could eat at the picnic tables outside if you wanted to so we did. We both opted for the Lobster Roll […]
I made this Buffalo Chicken Sandwich for my lunch. We get gigantic chicken breasts from Sam’s Club so I thawed one out, cut it in half and pounded both halves to the same size. Pounding the chicken also makes the chicken very tender. This is a very hearty sandwich and if you added some homemade fries it would make for […]
I made this delicious Slow Cooker Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich for my husband! You don’t need an expensive cut of meat for this recipe, I used round steak. Cooking it in the slow cooker, in the delicious seasoned beef broth, makes it extremely tender and very tasty! Top it off with melted cheese and then dip the sandwich into the juice…..yummy! […]
Do you know where the name Sloppy Joe Sandwich came from? According to legend, back in the 1930’s, there was a cook named Joe at a café in Sioux City, Iowa. Joe added tomato sauce to his loose meat sandwich hence the name Sloppy Joe Sandwich. How do you like to eat your Sloppy Joe Sandwich, with bread or bun? […]
Another first for me, trying Soft Shell Chicken Tacos. Delicious taco flavored chicken along with all the flavors of the fillings stuffed into a tortilla! I was pleasantly surprised at how good they were! Kudos to my husband! Today the grandchildren were here all day. It was time to put the Christmas tree up and they help us every year. […]
Slow Cooker Shredded Beef cooks all day and falls apart for the most amazing Shredded Beef Sandwich. With all that wonderful gravy you can also put it over mashed potatoes or even eat it as an open face sandwich. Put it in small freezer containers and freeze some of it for use with future meals. Any way you fix it, […]
One of the reasons we drive to Amish country twice a year is so that my husband can get Troyer Genuine Trail Bologna. According to their website at http://www.troyerstrail.com, Troyer Genuine Trail Bologna was created by an Amish man named Troyer in 1912 in the town of Trail, Ohio. The Troyers are in their 4th generation of running this business. […]
These Ham and Cheese Hot Pockets were so much fun to make. I made them using puff pastry. I didn’t make the puff pastry myself, it was frozen. I have never worked with puff pastry before but I definitely will again. I was always afraid to try puff pastry because I heard it was so difficult, not true! I had […]
