Pasties

One of the things I periodically do to save money is try to spend less on food.  Most of the other things we spend money on are just not flexible like the food budget is.  Sadly, as the cost of food goes up, the food budget is becoming less and less flexible as well.  The…

Lamb and Veal Meatloaf w/ Feta

It has been way too long since my last entry!  I’m sorry.  But I am back, and with my new schedule, maybe I will have a little more time for this.  At least some of the weeks I don’t work as much.   We’ll see. Wow, this meatloaf turned out well.  And with the sauce I…

My Signature Mac and Cheese

I bet that I have baked a variation of, this Mac and cheese at least a hundred times!  The type of cheese or pasta may change, depending on my mood and what I have on hand.  But as long as there is cheese, and I mean a lot of cheese, then it always seems to…

Grilled Chicken and Bucatini with Pesto

If I was on death row, and the death row people came to me with the question,”What do you want for your last meal?” These are a couple of the items I would request (at this point in my life): A fresh plain bagel, toasted, slathered with Philadelphia cream cheese (around 4 oz.), and then…

Breakfast Dinner

Ah, breakfast for dinner!  It is important to me because I never eat big, greasy, sweet and salty meals in the morning.  Well, at least since the party ended.  Back in the day it was nothing to party until 5 a.m. then go to breakfast at a greasy truck stop.   So unless I make breakfast…

Beef Stew

The number one reason I do not have the desire to make a pot of beef stew is directly related to the color it usually turns out to be.  Beef stew is so ugly!  If you want to see precisely what I am talking about go to Google images and type in beef stew.  Before you, a sea…