Tag Archives: Ground Pork

Crispity Eggplant and Pork Stir Fry

This was a pretty tasty, and easy to make, two-pot dinner (one pot for the stir-fry, and one to soak the rice noodles. You can even make it vegetarian, if you like, by adding extra-firm tofu, treating it as you … Continue reading

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Tante Marie’s Monday Mixer Meatloaf!

I have a love/hate relationship with meatloaf. On the one hand, I really like a well made meatloaf. On the other, I seem to only be able to actually make a decent meatloaf about 50% of the time. So, I … Continue reading

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Mixer Meatloaf

Back in the day, a “mixer” was a get together with drinks and folk to meet and chat up and (mebbe) find the love of your life. This is not that kind of mixer. This is your pretty standard (but … Continue reading

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Thousand Island Meatballs

The recipe I came across somewhere on the interwebs sounded very interesting: glaze mini meatballs with thousand island salad dressing before baking, then allow them to cool and serve as an appetizer. Well, let me say this about that: great … Continue reading

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A Vintage Meatloaf

It’s a damp, gray March day; the perfect time to think about making a simple, mebbe old fashioned comfort meal. Like… meatloaf, macaroni and cheese, and mebbe some nice peas on the side. For the meatloaf, I turned to this … Continue reading

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Banzai ‘Za!

When last we met, I’d made a large-ish batch of Terryaki sauce and some very nice marinated, then grilled, beef short ribs. With extra sauce in the fridge, I was thinking Thai Pork Stew a good idea, but we’d just … Continue reading

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Shepherd’s Pie – with a Twist

Ah, the traditional shepherd’s pie. Meat, potatoes, veggies; what’s not to love? Except… this shepherd’s pie is made with home made longaniza sausage and, in place of the potatoes, cauliflower, nicely smashed with cheese and seasoned with just a wee, … Continue reading

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Sherry Peppers Eggplant Stir-Fry

There are a couple of different ways you can approach this wicked tasty dish… Vegetarian? No problem! Substitute tofu for the ground pork, or mebbe skip this step all together, the eggplant by itself is well worth the (minimal) effort. … Continue reading

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Cincinnati Style, Five Ways

1) Chili, of course. 2) Over spaghetti. 3) With black beans. 4) Chopped onion. 5) And shredded cheese on top. I changed a few things about one of Rich’s favorite fast-food treats, but it still tastes darned good, and, I … Continue reading

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Shrimp & Pork Meatballs

The Book Club was coming over, and I was in search of fresh ginger at the mobbed market. The always helpful produce guy pointed it out to me, then assured me it was fine if I just broke off what … Continue reading

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