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This post contains an affiliate like for Amazon. If you make a purchase using the link, I will receive a few cents in commission. It does not impact your cost. Making cheesesteaks at home has always meant buying frozen thin sheets of a processed “steak” or a “breakfast steak” that is not really suitable to […]
It has become a family tradition to have pizza once a week, usually on Friday night. Since the stay-at-home orders started, I have been making pizza at home. I must admit that it was a rough start for making my own dough from scratch. My first attempt was fine but too crunchy. My second attempt […]
Chickpea Salad came to my attention last year when I found myself watching YouTube videos of van-dwelling vegans documenting their lives. (Yes, I have found myself continuing to watch such channels despite stumbling across the first one. No, I am not proud of this fact.) Knowing that my daughter and I both love chickpeas(aka. garbanzo beans), […]
On a whim I decided to try and recreate a chicken salad that I have not tasted in over a decade. They used to make it at a natural foods store and restaurant in Marietta, Ohio. Although they have been out of business for years, I used to love their food. Their chicken salad was […]
Thankfully, my family really like beans. They are a great source of soluble fiber, protein, folate, magnesium, and other minerals. They also have no cholesterol and are low in fat. While I really like and appreciate all of the great nutritional facts about beans, I really love that they are very inexpensive and can […]
The Cuban sandwich (Cubano) at the Back to Cuba Cafe in Nashville, TN opened my eyes to how really delicious a Cuban sandwich could taste. It still is probably the best one I have ever eaten. However, I must admit that close second is one I made. In fact, it is so close that it […]
Whether you call it a hot roast beef sandwich, an open-face roast beef sandwich, or a roast beef Manhattan, it is warm, wonderful comfort food to me. Traditionally in my family, we referred to it as a hot roast beef sandwich. However, some menus of local restaurants listed it as an open-face sandwich. It would […]
I have already shared the recipe for my dad’s pimento cheese. We called his (and most others) “pimento cheese salad” as it was very similar to ham salad. It is still my favorite, especially for sandwiches. However, I have also discovered some good “pimento cheese spreads” here in the South. To me, and probably only […]
The abundance of fresh berries is one of the many things I love about summer. While I think of them most of the time as being fresh snack or part of a dessert, the versatile summer berries can be used in savory-sweet dishes also. Recently, one of favorite savory-ish uses of berries is on flatbread […]
West Virginia is frequently referred to as “Almost Heaven.” You’ll find the reference on state signs, advertising, and in John Denver’s song Country Roads. West Virginia is the birthplace of its official state food, the pepperoni roll. Thus, an true pepperoni roll is a bite of heaven. What is a true pepperoni roll? It is a […]
