It’s been a few years now since it occurred to me that fulfilling my craving for a good, old-fashioned Sloppy Joes sandwich doesn’t necessarily involve opening a jar of premade sauce. I mean, what’s a Sloppy Joe but a sandwich with cooked ground beef (or other meat), plus some seasoned tomato sauce? But it did…
Comfort Food
Kielbasa and 15 Bean Soup
I love soup and I also love beans. But soup with beans? Perfection. In the case of this soup, I used a mix of 15 beans (because I couldn’t choose just one kind!) and added some veggies and a bit of smoky kielbasa. Seriously, you can’t go wrong with this soup – frugal, filling, and oh-so-tasty….
Pumpkin Gobs
For a couple of days now, I’ve been contemplating baking up this sweet treat from my childhood. When I woke up this morning, the urge was overwhelming – I just knew that it was time to make these Pumpkin Gobs. Sometimes you just crave a taste of home. And so maybe gob is an unfamiliar…
Chicken Schnitzel with Mushroom Cider Gravy
It’s that time of year again! Time to break out all of the comfort food recipes! Around here, we’ve finally been feeling sweet relief from the blazing summer heat, and are in full fall swing, enjoying as many activities as we can before the snow and blustery cold makes its way to these mountains. We…
The Easiest Homemade Apple Butter
Every year about this time, I make a nice big batch of homemade apple butter. My goal is to have enough jars in my pantry to last me well through fall and winter. It’s delicious on biscuits and toast, of course, but apple butter is also perfect in holiday appetizers, in pumpkin pie, in cheesecake, and…
Stuffed Cabbage Soup
Among the vegetables I grow in my fall garden, I would have a hard time choosing a favorite. But if for some unfathomable reason I absolutely had to choose one favorite fall vegetable, it would be the cabbage. I love them all – green, red, savoy, napa, bok choy. But I sometimes feel like the…
Chicken Corn Soup with Rivels
Sometimes you just need some simple, nourishing comfort food. Nothing fancy, just no-frills, down-home cooking. Well here it is. This recipe is my take on an old-fashioned Pennsylvania Dutch recipe for Chicken Corn Soup with Rivels. Now, for those folks who haven’t heard of a rivel, it’s just a rustic dumpling or noodle, similar to…
Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread
I am a big fan of recipes for simple, frugal, homemade food (even more so when it allows me to use some of the half-ton of zucchini I seem to have on my counter at the end of every summer!) This Double Chocolate Zucchini bread is one of those beloved recipes – frugal, homey, comforting…
Italian-Style Stuffed Peppers in the Slow Cooker
I’ve never been much of a slow cooker kinda gal, always preferring instead to use my cast iron Dutch ovens to do my slow cooking (there’s nothing like the slow heat of a heavy, enameled Dutch oven to concentrate flavors and make everything in it meltingly tender.) Of late, however, I’ve found myself occasionally drawn…
Sausage and Potato Skillet with Zucchini, Corn & Basil
I confess I love potatoes. Boiled, mashed, baked, stuffed, stewed, or fried – I could eat ‘em any night of the week. And I love their versatility, too. Even though they are a frugal ingredient, and are perfect for a humble supper of potato soup and a loaf of bread, they can be elevated into…