Tuna melts are a perennial comfort food favorite. Some are toasted, others grilled, but this one’s in a class by itself. We are well into Lent, but recently, a Friday sneaked up on me. Whoops. In our church, we abstain from eating meat on Fridays during these six holy weeks. […]
Chicken salad and luncheons go together like spring and daffodils. This time around, spring seems to hold more promise than ever before as we stumble out of the pandemic’s dark days and into the blue skies and sunshine. Years ago, our family ran a gift shop on the old tree-lined […]
You know how your kids say something cute and it sticks? Even if they were thirteen when they first said it? Years ago, when our girls attended a little rural school these yummy sandwiches got their name. Why the name? Because every time lunches were packed to go to a […]
That is a homemade Sloppy Joe and this is the era I grew up in. Ozzie and Harriet, Father Knows Best. Moms cooked in kitchens with linoleum floors, metal cabinets, and Formica tables. No microwaves, no immersion blenders, no crockpots, let alone any instant pots! But man oh man, I’m […]
Runzas. Believe me, you’re gonna love ’em. Even if you don’t think you like cabbage. So what the heck is a runza anyway? Well, it’s a classic buttery-beef, savory cabbage-and-onion-filled sandwich. Beloved. In Nebraska there’s even a fast food chain that bears the name. Runzas were born here. In fact […]
Years ago I did a little work for a gal who told me about these little marvels. She called them “Andy’s Sandwiches” because every time her grandson came home from college he’d root around in the freezer for some of these tasty bunwiches.