Asparagus season is here! Grocery stores have huge stacks of fresh asparagus right now. It’s abundant, so it’s cheap! Today is your opportunity to indulge when the quality is at its peak. Yes, the beautiful green stalks are incredibly delicious, but they are a nutritional powerhouse, too! You don’t need to smother it in a…
Recipes
Here’s A Crash Course On Incredibly Delicious Crash Hot Potatoes
Crash hot potatoes are amazing. They are simple and easy to make, but they do require a little time and patience. Once you’ve tasted them, you will quickly realize they are SO WORTH IT! Crash hot potatoes originated in Australia, or at least that’s how the story goes. That fact alone gives them a certain…
Zippy Egg and Cheese Salad “Track Meet” Sandwiches
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 meet, “track meet sandwiches” were…
Crunchy, Buttery, Ten-Minute Tilapia. It’s Fast!
Lent begins this Wednesday! We’re still slogging through winter but at long last, we’re headed for Easter! Easter landed on my birthday last year. April 1. Yep, I am a proud April Fool!! You have to go back more than 60 years to find Easter and April Fool’s Day on the same day. It hadn’t…
Cheesy Potato Casserole, a Steak House Classic
A potato casserole like the one served at an old school steakhouse in the heart of Nebraska beef country. Who could do it better? In our family, it’s a big-time favorite. Let’s face it. We just love potatoes. We simply call them “Dreisbach’s”, after the steakhouse in Grand Island, Nebraska that made them famous. There…
German Sauerkraut Casserole with Bacon and Brown Sugar Recipe
Sauerkraut Casserole Das Ist Gut Ja This is a little story about how I found this incredible sauerkraut casserole recipe. In early October last year, my husband and I had one of our little adventures. They’re usually not much more than a day trip and an overnight but still, a break from the everyday. A…
Blanche Matthews’ Cherished Sloppy Joe Recipe
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 telling you the food cranked…
Quick and Easy Italian Sausage and White Bean Soup
A sale on Italian Sausage started it all. Not long ago, I was flipping through my phone for dinner ideas. I probably do that about seventeen times a day. That time I ran into a white bean and spinach soup recipe and thought it sounded good. Beans are a nutritional workhorse and cheap to boot….
Runzas. A Well-Loved Nebraska Classic
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 there are 78 Runza retaurants…
Vegetable Beef Soup Is Peace and Love In A Bowl
What a great night for some homemade vegetable beef soup! It seems like only 2 years ago it was March (wink, wink) and we began to “social distance”, right? The recent spike in virus cases means we may be staying home for a while yet. So let’s decide to find what’s good about it, right?…