Pizzas are a great way to use little bits of leftovers, if you don’t have a specific plan ahead of time. There are endless ideas for what to put on them. You can make your own crust or buy a good quality pita or flatbread. If you make dough, you’ll probably have too much, so…
Ham and Swiss Twice Baked Potatoes (Cooking for One)
This is a great main course, and really versatile. For a special meal, when you have company make it with smaller potatoes and serve them as a side. If you don’t have a small toaster oven, it’s a good investment. It’s perfect for small portions and won’t heat the whole house. The combinations for stuffing…
Cooking For One
One of my readers reminded me, I don’t really have specific recipes for cooking for one. Dishes that are simple to do, without a lot of leftovers. I know it’s easy to cook a little larger amounts and freeze in portion size, but realistically some of us will never take it out of the freezer…
Tomatoes
Tomatoes are the red gold of the garden. A lot of people have bumper crops this year. They are slowing down with the heat, but we still have another week or two of fresh tomatoes for sure. If we’re lucky a couple of the plants may stay alive for a fall harvest. After the harvest…
Apple Butter Coffee Cake
There’s just nothing better than a great coffee cake, and this is it. Jessica and I collaborated on this recipe. There were ingredients that needed to be used, and I like for sweets to have some redeeming qualities, if possible. This one worked perfectly. It’s moist and delicious. And Dot gave it the stamp of…