Nothing too crazy here, just one of our favorite ways to eat breakfast as a sandwich. It's become so popular in our house that it's sometimes lunch or just a hearty snack. The ingredients are pretty simple- bacon, a couple of slices of cheddar and a fried egg on whatever bread you want. The key [...]
After I couldn’t find a decent peanut granola at the grocery store I started tinkering with ratios to make one with a decent peanut flavor, but not overly sweet. You can substitute honey roasted peanuts for a sweeter taste or add mini chocolate chips once the granola has completely cooled. Enjoy sprinkled over vanilla [...]
Every so often I have leftover mashed potatoes, which means we're having souper pie for dinner some time soon. This is another one of my mom's recipes, getting it's name from the cream of mushroom soup used in the meat and to top the potatoes. Since mushrooms are not popular with my family I [...]
What do you get when you take sliced tavern ham, provolone, hard salami, mayo, put them all on a sub roll, toast it in the oven, then toss some fresh tomatoes, lettuce, Italian dressing, salt pepper and oregano after it comes out? This beautiful sandwich that would make your "fill-in-the-blank" sub chain eat it's own [...]
One day while shopping at the local grocery store, a sale on my favorite Italian sausage caught my eye. Lots of recipes I make use Italian sausage so I knew I'd find a use for it somewhere. Eventually, they ended up in a new version of my pepperoni bread- this new thing I'm calling "Italian [...]
These are a favorite from growing up in Ohio (the buckeye state) aaannnddd -- it’s peanut butter and chocolate. Since peanut butter is Sabina’s favorite food she is the leader when making these. She's also the primary consumer if they aren’t reserved for Christmas cookie boxes. After some experimenting with softened butter versus melted we [...]
Elizabeth Austin Asch (Rob's sister)- I could be wrong, but I think I got the original recipe from the old Gourmet magazine. That mag had great photos when I was young, and reading it and watching Nancie cook were my two sources of learning when I first became interested. Then in high school I [...]
This is a family favorite when it gets cold out -- warm, savory and comforting. While Sabina and I prefer the beef and carrots, Rob and Robbie look forward to the dumplings that go on top. Prep time - 30 minutes / Cook time - 2.5 hours 2 lbs. chuck roast, [...]
My mom's apple pie is one of the best, making it hard to enjoy a pie made by anyone else. Between the flaky crust, crumb topping and just the right amount of sugar and cinnamon it all comes togehter perfectly. A few years ago my mom got a spiralizer attachment for her Kitchen Aid mixer [...]
This is a modified version of something we used to eat at the local breakfast diner. It was called "John's Mess" and had these same ingredients of eggs, hash browns and chopped pieces of ham, but added peppers and onions. It was as tasty as it was high in calories, which is why we stopped [...]
