Category Archives: Comfort Food

Homemade Hawaiian Rolls

Know what I like about baking?  It’s a little bit like Forest Gump’s “box of chocolates”.  You’re never sure what you’re going to get. It’s a little bit messy.  You’ve got to be organized and a bit more systematic.  It’s … Continue reading

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Cheap and Easy Calzone

We love to kick back on the sofa on Friday nights, paper plates of pizza on our laps, feet up on the edge of the coffee table to watch some TV and relax—enjoying one another’s company and feasting on some … Continue reading

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St. Patricks Day Fried Cabbage

It’s Saint Patrick’s Day “season” where once a year everybody channels their inner Irish, wears green and partakes of Corned Beef and Cabbage.  We put on this year’s broadcast of “A Quiet Man”—seemingly the definitive movie about Ireland starring that … Continue reading

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Homemade Lasagna

Everybody’s got a recipe for lasagna I would imagine.  For years I just did the recipe on the back of the box.  Now I pretty much do it out of my head.  I don’t try to get fancy.  And this … Continue reading

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Cheesy Jalapeno Homemade Biscuits

I’ve given up on buying those refrigerated tubes of biscuits at the grocery store.  Even the store brand costs more than this Cheap Bastid is willing to pay for gooey dough that transforms into blonde hockey pucks. If I’m going to … Continue reading

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