Finally!  My summer life has calmed down enough for me to start posting again.

Raise your hand if you love tacos.  (Don't be shy, now, just because you're the only one in the room doesn't mean there aren't a hundred or more other people doing the same thing!)  I LOVE tacos.  I could eat tacos every day.  Of course, I would then weight a bazillion ( Read more... )

Alright!  After weeks of searching, the elusive Texas Hash recipe has surfaced.  Thank you Leslie for sharing it with us!  I should point out that the original recipe comes from the Betty Crocker cookbook printed in 1950 (not the nice, modern one many of us have today!).  This book is truly a gem, filled with some of the most lucious and amazing ( Read more... )

This experiment didn't go quite the way I wanted, but it came out pretty awesome.  Here's what I did; and what I would do next time!

Eggplant Lasagna

Ingredients:
1 Eggplant (medium) - sliced in circles
2 white onions - sliced in half rings
3 cloves of garlic - sliced thin
1 small can of mushrooms
1/3-1/2 can black olives
Olive oil
1 small tub ricotta ( Read more... )