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Oct 5, 2022
2 min

How to Make a German Style Meatloaf

This is a meatloaf with a German twist in honor of Oktoberfest. The meatloaf is quite good. It's moist, and the meat mixture contains many of the "Oktoberfest" flavors you'd expect. The meatloaf is filled with a red cabbage and apple mixture, which I found at my local Aldi (you can also get it at Lidl and large markets). If you'd prefer, you can use sauerkraut, which also works well. To top the meatloaf, I mix up a simple, 30-second mustard sauce. The meatloaf makes a g

Mar 11, 2022
2 min

How to Make a Quick, Simple Beef Stroganoff with Spaetzle

If you want a quick, delicious, and reasonably inexpensive meal, try this simple hamburger/ground beef stroganoff with spaetzle noodles. The stroganoff is pure comfort food--warm, full of earthy mushrooms, and with plenty of sauce to dress the noodles. Even better, the stroganoff--noodles and all--cooks in one pan for easy cleanup. I use lean ground beef and low-fat in my version of the stroganoff, which means that the fat is kept under control. You can use lean ground tu

Feb 17, 2022
2 min

Need a Cheap and Easy Family Meal? Try a Zucchini and Tex-Mex Casserole Bake

I had no idea what to call this dish. It's a combination of multiple things and includes a cheesy zucchini bottom layer topped with a savory blend of ground beef and Tex-Mex spices. The casserole is easy, full of lots of great vegetables and protein, and it will serve a crowd. The spices are mild to accommodate those who don't care for spicy foods. If you like heat, you may want to serve hot peppers on the side. The dish makes a great family meal with leftovers for lunch

Oct 12, 2021
3 min

What to Make With Eggplant? Mediterranean Vegetable-Beef Bake

If your garden (or market) is full of eggplant, try this favorite dish of mine. It's a little like like the Greek dish, only easier, faster, and, I think, lighter and better tasting. The vegetable-beef bake includes plenty of eggplant as well as other late summer vegetables. Garlic and warm spices add an impressive savory-sweet-smoky flavor, and chickpeas provide protein as well as a bit of creamy nuttiness to the dish. I usually chop the vegetables in advance, mix them w

Aug 30, 2021
2 min

Cheap and Good Monday Night Meatballs With Tahini Sauce

This is a favorite recipe that I'm reposting because I'm missing meals--inside and not takeout--at a Lebanese restaurant we used to frequent. We did go back to the restaurant a couple of months ago--after being fully vaccinated--but with the Delta variant loose, we're back to mostly having meals at home. The Lebanese restaurant has an incredibly good casserole featuring meatballs--kofta--baked with potatoes and tahini sauce. The dish is bit more complex than I like to atte

Jul 16, 2021
2 min

What to Make With Lots of Zucchini That's Not Bread: Easy Tex-Mex Bake

This is a favorite, easy "meal in a dish" that tastes great and makes a lot. The Tex-Mex Bake includes a cheesy zucchini bottom layer topped with a savory blend of ground beef and Tex-Mex spices. The spices are mild to accommodate those who don't care for spicy foods. If you like heat, you may want to serve hot peppers on the side. The dish makes a fantastic, tasty way to serve an informal meal to company. Feel free to garnish the casserole with chopped cilantro, sour cr

Dec 24, 2018
6 min

In the Advent Kitchen -- December 24

Spinach-Pomegranate Salad Italian Wedding Soup Sweet Potato Scones Amaretti Cake with Raspberry Sherbet Many of you probably have foods that you “must have” on Christmas Eve. Making Italian wedding soup is a tradition in my house, but it isn’t a family practice. My mom always fixed oyster stew for Christmas Eve. I hated it. The stew featured strange-looking alien things (the oysters) submerged in milk with butter blobs and crumbled saltines on top (apparently to hide the

Nov 28, 2018
2 min

Simple Beef Stroganoff with Spaetzle

If you're tired of eating Thanksgiving leftovers and need an alternative simple, inexpensive, and quick meal how about hamburger stroganoff? In this case, with spaetzle noodles for something a little different? The hamburger stroganoff is pure comfort food--warm, full of earthy mushrooms, and with plenty of sauce to dress the noodles. Even better, the stroganoff--noodles and all--cooks in one pan for easy cleanup. Because Thanksgiving often features rich food from which y

Aug 18, 2018
3 min

Mediterranean Vegetable-Beef Bake

This dish is a little unusual, but, if you like moussaka, you'll probably like Mediterranean Vegetable-Beef Bake--particularly because it's easier, faster, and, I think, lighter and better tasting. It includes plenty of eggplant and other summer vegetables. Garlic and warm spices add an impressive savory-sweet-smoky flavor, and chickpeas provide protein as well as a bit of creamy nuttiness to the dish. I usually chop the vegetables in advance, mix them with their accompany

Aug 6, 2018
2 min

Monday Night Meatballs: Middle Eastern Style

We periodically go to a Lebanese restaurant that has an incredibly good casserole featuring meatballs--kofta--baked with potatoes and tahini sauce. The dish is bit more complex than I wanted to attempt for a weeknight dinner, so, instead, I decided to come up with an easier, faster main dish that incorporated the flavors of the original casserole. I kept the ground beef in the original dish but not the potatoes. Bulgur, which often appears in kofta in parts of the Middle E

Jun 26, 2018
2 min

Need a Cheap and Easy Family Meal? Try a Zucchini and Tex-Mex Casserole Bake

I had no idea what to call this dish. It's a combination of multiple things and includes a cheesy zucchini bottom layer topped with a savory blend of ground beef and Tex-Mex spices. The casserole is easy, full of lots of great vegetables and protein, and it will serve a crowd. The spices are mild to accommodate those who don't care for spicy foods. If you like heat, you may want to serve hot peppers on the side. The dish makes a great family meal with leftovers for lunch

Jan 22, 2018
2 min

Inexpensive Comfort Food: Stuffed Bell Peppers

Stuffed bell peppers are one of those things you may have grown up eating. They're simple, inexpensive to make, a good way to use up leftover rice, and, best of all, they taste great. I don't know how many times I've taken leftover stuffed bell peppers to work for lunch and had people stop by my office to check out what I was eating. "Smells great...do you have any more?" is the usual comment. In fact, the recipe below makes plenty of peppers for dinner and leftovers. I

Oct 10, 2017
3 min

Better Than Wurst: Oktoberfest Meatloaf

In honor of Oktoberfest I intended to cook some German sausages--Bratwurst and Weisswurst--for my husband, who loves them. Unfortunately, while at the store, I made the mistake of looking at the back of the sausage package, which listed the fat and calorie count of the sausages. Although I thought I'd give my husband a "once in a blue moon" treat, I reconsidered. After all, he'd just been to the cardiologist. Treats are fine, but getting your whole day's worth (or more) o

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