Category Archives: Comfort Food

Shredded Leftover Roast Beast Part 1

Here we go!  We’re going to take the shredded leftovers from the Roast Beast you cooked up the other day and turn it into quick, original, tasty and cheap dinners or lunches. Here’s a link to the first post, “Roast … Continue reading

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Roast Beast–Slow Cooker Pot Roast

My wife, Mrs. CB, dearly loves what she calls Roast Beast.  Of course that’s a term borrowed from the Whos of Whoville but it’s a terrific term for one of the most versatile meals that you can make. Versatile?  Oh … Continue reading

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Is it “Brinner” or a Breakfast Skillet?

Brinner.  That’s a term I first heard on the CTV sitcom “Corner Gas” which, an incredibly funny show set in Saskatchewan about a gas station/café in a tiny prairie town.  And “brinner” is what attorney Dismas Hardy likes to throw … Continue reading

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Sausages and Peppers a la Fabio

Fabio Viviani is a hoot.  We watched him through two seasons on Bravo’s “Top Chef” where he did not win the cooking competition but he certainly won the personality contest. Who can ever forget some of the Italian accented one-liners … Continue reading

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A Slice of Summer Heaven–Rhubarb Cream Pie

Hot summer evenings. Supper’s over.  The sun’s going down.  Crickets and cicadas are giving a concert.  It’s time for pie.  Pie a la mode.  Except as a kid you don’t care about a la mode…what you want is ice cream … Continue reading

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