Monthly Archives: February 2008

Deluxe Grilled Cheese Sandwiches with Tomato-Orzo Soup

Yum, yum! Loaded grilled cheese — cheddar, apple, and bacon — with a rich homemade tomato soup. You don’t need a real recipe for this dinner; just a few good ingredients and a little cooking know-how.
Make the soup. Saute chopped up onion and carrots in a bit of olive oil until soft, about 5 minutes. […]

Celebrating Fat Tuesday

I made two king cakes yesterday — I won’t share the recipe here because it was far too complicated involving folding and turning buttered yeast dough into flaky layers — but they came out pretty well, though slightly dry from overbaking. I put two plastic babies in so each of my girls could get one. […]

Superfast Salisbury Steak

Have you ever had salisbury steak? It’s ground beef formed into a steak shape, cooked, and served with beef gravy. The idea is to make a cheap steak substitute.
Before making this recipe, I hadn’t had salisbury steak in probably 20 years — but I remembered it as a favorite. Apparently my family agrees because they […]