Stuffing Topped Turkey Casserole

This is a great way to use up leftovers or just to get that great stuffed turkey flavor without all the time required to process and cook a whole bird. My family also loves this with chicken. I just sort of invented it a few weeks ago and I think it will soon become one of our favorites.

Classic Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe

This is the old fashioned kind of chicken soup that is made from scratch, broth and all. It does take a bit more time and has a few more steps, but the end result is so very worth it.  It is fabulous to warm you up on a cold day, to make a sick one feel loved, or simply to stretch the food budget by spreading leftover chicken bits into another filling meal.

Beef Stew Recipe

This Beef Stew Recipe makes a rich and hearty beef stew. We love it for cool evenings – it is warming and very filling.

Vegetable Soup

This Vegetable Soup Recipe is rich and hearty.  It is almost stew-like in that it is not a soup with a lot of broth.  This is one of our family’s cold weather favorites.  It fills my 6 quart soup pan up, so you may want to cut it in half if you do not want leftovers.

Pork Loin and Sauerkraut

This is our family’s traditional meal for New Year’s. This Pork Loin and Sauerkraut recipe is for cooking on the stove top rather than in the oven, so this would be a great choice for warmer summer months because it does not heat up the house while cooking. (If you do not have a very heavy pan to keep it from burning while cooking, see 

Spaghetti Sauce

This spaghetti sauce is our family’s longtime favorite.  It is rich and delicious.  The flavor is unique, but we have never managed to make a good batch without the single jar of pasta sauce as the base.  It does not seem to matter what brand of pasta sauce is used.

This recipe makes what is usually labeled “Traditional” sauce with the exception

Grandmama's Cube Steak - The Recipe

This is a good Cube Steak Recipe.  It usually comes out very tender and has a good rich flavor and built in mushroom onion gravy.  It has many special memories for me because this is what

Lasagna Style Pasta Bake

Lasagna Style Pasta Bake is a recipe which uses all of the traditional lasagna ingredients: sauce, mozzarella, ricotta, parmesan, but with smaller pasta.  This recipe arose out of my mother’s love of Italian food.  She really likes Lasagna, and one day she wanted it and I did not have time to make “real” Lasagna, so I improvised.  I used all the same ingredients as Lasagna, but used a smaller pasta which would cook faster.  I could also stir the ingredients together around 

Party Sub Sandwiches - The Recipe

Perfect for Game Day parties - at least my family thinks so.  This is a hearty, yet simple main dish that allows you to be in front of the television instead of in the kitchen.  It is also perfect to take to a party as it is easy to prepare ahead of time and package to carry and requires