BLT-- the sandwich of the summer!
Great bacon, Homegrown tomatoes (thanks, John Bodo), Dukes' mayonaisse, and a nice whole wheat bread-- I "forgot" to add the lettuce!
I am still staying close to the house. I am not seeing many people other than my children. I am like a stealth bomber (with cleaning wipes AND a mask) with my list in hand when I go to the grocery store. AND I have been cooking!
Cooking is something that I never really had time to do when I ramped up my working after the kids went to college. Oh, we ate, but I was really good at stopping by Subway, Jeannines, or any fast food joint that was in my path. BUT, friends, I love to cook.
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I want to know your favorite recipes of foods that you really cook and really eat! I am not looking for your fanciest meals (unless you are a fancy cook all the time)....I am looking for those favorites that you "go to" when you cook. Yep, I'm talking comfort food, I'm talking about the food that makes you grin. I'm talking the "Hurrah, we're having (fill-in the blank) for supper" food. I am looking for the recipe that you can make from the heart!
For example, I get a pound of good ground beef, brown it the beef in an old, old, old cast iron Dutch oven, throw in two boxes of sliced mushrooms and then cook until the mushrooms are softened. I add a big jar of Prego Spaghetti Sauce with mushrooms. Heat it all up. Serve over pasta--angel hair pasta. (My family likes the angel hair pasta.) A loaf of Cole's Garlic bread and a salad rounds out this meal. My kids would have eaten this four nights out of five. I could eat this seven nights out of seven.
OH, if you are going to tell me there are tons of additives and preservatives in my fast food I will just agree, nod my head and keep going. I am sick of the polite police....those of you who want to tell me how I should be living, what I should be wearing, why my politics are wrong, wah, wah, wah,-- save your breath....I am not paying you any attention.
I swear, those additives and presevatives kept me going on many a bad day. I do try to eat healthy. I do try to eat a balanced diet. I do not drink a pot of coffee EVERY DAY like I used to-- this is my stab at being healthy this year. And I love hummus....a vegan I am not.
I adore cooking what my friends and family REALLY eat. My sister-in-law, Jody, makes the best ham balls in the universe. My other sister-in-law, Kim, makes cinnamon rolls that I would drive to Colorado to eat. My sister-in-law, Janie, makes a Curried Chicken Casserole that is superb (son Dan always asks for it). Nancy, Bill's other sister, made a dilly casserole bread in 1975 that I still make!
So, tell me, what do you really cook and then eat? Yep, I want the recipe and how it came into your life.
