Tag Archives: Cottage Cheese

Parfait! Better For You Horseradish Sauce

Let us be totally honest here: most of the bottled horseradish sauces at your local market are loaded with pretty crappy stuff that you do not really want to ingest, but, y’know, that stuff kinda needs to be shelf stable … Continue reading

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Butternut Squash & ‘Shroom Lasagna

I am not a hoooge fan of squash, but, ’tis the season, and, my local family farm had one, final $10 Mystery Bag o’ the season, and it was loaded with peppers and squashes. The peppers were simple: pepper jelly. … Continue reading

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Vegetarian Vodka Sauce

Sometimes, you just want a nice bowl of pasta with a zippy sauce, but mebbe could do without adding meat (we are just over the holidays, and all that excess, after all). This sauce, being a vodka sauce, is not … Continue reading

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Sour Cream Substitute

Consider the dip. Basic, almost a must have, at many gatherings this time of year; and made up – normally – of sour cream and some sort of spice and flavor blend, whether from a packet or your own, time-tested … Continue reading

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Roasted Asparagus and Tomato Crustless Quiche

Rich came across this recipe in Diabetic Living magazine (which is now available as just one of many magazines to choose from for $9.95/month on the nextissue app) and asked me to make it. Since we were having a few … Continue reading

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(Real) Cheese, Gee Whizzz!

Yeh, I could’ve bought a jar or two of the cheez product made by that large, no-doubt friendly, multi-national down the street, but, much as with The Cheeez of Threes, it turns out that making it yourself is pretty darned … Continue reading

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Rancho Merlita Frittata

When this recipe showed up in my email from the nice folk at Kraft, it was called ‘Chilaquiles El Rancho Merlita’, but, after making it, and doing just a bit of research on da Google, I have to conclude that … Continue reading

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Pizza Stuffed Shells

I had a box of large shell pasta in the pantry and wanted it gone – it was a big box, and was taking up entirely too much space. Thing is, I wasn’t really feeling the love for the stuffed … Continue reading

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Black Bean, Cheese and Onion Enchiladas

I’ve made black bean enchiladas before, but they were just… OK, so, when I came across a Sandra Lee recipe for making black bean enchiladas with the leftovers from making a batch o’ black bean burgers, I got to thinking: … Continue reading

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Chicken Lasagna

Rich came across this lasagna recipe that he wanted me to try. The original, from the very nice folk at Betty Crocker, looked tasty, and I loved that you let the whole thing rest overnight before baking… but… it looked, … Continue reading

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