When you make Poached Pears, make a couple extra halves, for Poached Pear salad. Whether it’s just for you, or for company, it’s a delicious side dish, or light supper. PrintPoached Pear Salad Total Time: 15 minutes Yield: Serves 4 Ingredients3 cups salad greens 1/2 cup toasted pecans or walnuts,* crushed 1/4 cup dried cranberries…
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Fried Pasta and Frittata
After reading my weekly The City Cook™ Newsletter, I did a little reality check, and thought it might be a good time to add a few notes about being a home cook everyday. Since I love all things having to do with food, sometimes I forget not everyone is like that. Even if I’m just…
Baked Spaghetti Sauce
Thought for the week: Try not to become a man of success but a man of value. –Albert Einstein Just a few more pictures from Hawaii. We kayaked and swam with the spinner dolphins one day. They live in the bay where we stayed. We had to say a final farewell to…
Italian Beef Rolls (Slow Cooker)
I picked up some really thinly sliced sirloin, and it was perfect for Italian Beef Rolls. I learned to make this when I was growing up. We got a large tenderized round steak, smeared the stuffing over it, rolled it up and tied it with butcher’s twine. Then into the spaghetti sauce it went to cook…
Chicken and Spinach Stuffed Peppers
This is my last hoorah for peppers this week! PrintChicken and Spinach Stuffed Peppers Ingredients2 large bell peppers, halved and seeded 2 cups cubed cooked chicken 1 cup cooked brown rice 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs 1/2 cup chopped fresh baby spinach 1/4 – 1/2 cup shredded parmesan 1/2 cup cream or evaporated milk 1 tsp…