Here we are in Challenge #5 in Project Food Blog from foodbuzz.com! Thank you all many times over for the support you've given me in the comments here, via email, and on the Foodie With Family Facebook fan page. (That's an awful lot of effs.) The competition has been more fun than I ever expected it to be. This prompt for this challenge stated, "One recipe, 100 variations! We're challenging each of you to put your own spin on the same recipe. How you do it is up to you. ...You'll be asked to put your own spin on Pizza. For the purpose of this contest and challenge, we are defining pizza as having a solid base, a sauce and at View Post
Ham and Cheese Bites
This past weekend I officially became my mother. If you've been reading me for a while, you're aware that I am the eldest child in a large family that includes a baby sister. This baby sister of mine is still in high school. Sadly, she is not hopelessly stupid. No, she's in high school because she's younger than I am (*cough* much younger *cough*). And I might've mentioned that my Mom is fun before, right? Well, Mom throws massive parties for my little sister. Loads of teenage girls and food and games at her house. And birthdays? Whoah. There have been years where she's allowed Airlia to have eight or ten girls sleep over. She View Post
Barbecue-Style Pulled Pork Sliders, South Carolina Barbecue Sauce and Kansas City Sauce.
A Disclaimer I love barbecue; real barbecue. I'm talking about meat that falls apart when a fork looks at it because it was cooked for hours over the smoking remnants of fruit trees. I refer to the method that requires hours of time spent lovingly tending a fire outdoors and turning and mopping meat. Please let this stand as proof that I do know what 'real' barbecue is. And also, that I know that these sandwiches do not constitute REAL barbecue since they were neither cooked over wood nor in a pit. Thus, barbecue 'style'. And if you think this disclaimer is unnecessary, you haven't met many avid barbecue aficionados. That being said, View Post
Sausage Baked Beans and Grandpa’s Baked Bean Sandwiches
I've talked a great deal about frugal foods and menu planning in my last few posts. There's no doubt about it, one of the most budget-friendly foods you can make is beans! But that's not why I'm posting this recipe today. I'm posting it because it's STINKIN' AWESOME! And because it's cheap. I thought you should know... I also thought you should know that I successfully resisted the temptation to indulge in two cheap and easy beans-and-gas jokes just now. But I digress... My Grandpa was a man who knew his food. He was also a very accomplished man; a former construction worker, professional musician and ordained Methodist View Post
Better Than Yesterday Pizza
I want to give you all a gift. It's that time of year, after all. Taste, beauty, aroma, thrift; this gift has it all. As a big thank you to keeping me company on the big old internet for this past year I want to give you all the gift of... Leftover pizza. It's more exciting than it sounds. Really. Stick with me and I'll prove it. But first? You should know I am devoted to pizza. I could happily eat some variation of it three days out of the week (Publicly speaking that is. In my own head I admit I could eat it five days a week and be perfectly content. Oh. Did I type that? I meant to think it.) Crispy crusts, gooey View Post
Crispy Seared Mushroom and Asiago Puffs
We've been spring cleaning like crazy around here lately. It's so invigorating to be able to open the windows after having them firmly shut since November. And even though I hate doing laundry, there is something incredibly peaceful about hanging the first couple loads of clothes and sheets and towels on the line. Everything is fresh and crisp and the pile of laundry has dwindled to a less shameful height. In the middle of all this frenetic cleaning my attention has turned to my freezers. They are, in short, an abysmal mess. Last Fall's organization campaign, complete with manifests of the contents therewithin, came apart midway View Post
Second Tuesdays Déjà Food Inaugural Event- all over again.
Did you catch the Yogi Berra reference? Okay, I must admit that my attempt at establishing an event less than 48 hours ahead of time was too big a challenge for even the internet. Several blogging buddies have mentioned that they wanted to participate, but just didn't have enough time. I have learned a valuable lesson. So, without further adieu, we announce that in keeping with our "2" theme (second Tuesdays, second use of the food, etc...) we are going to do a second inaugural event. That's right! The prizes remain the same, the rules remain the same and we're still really excited to see what everyone can do with their View Post