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Butternut Squash Twice Baked Potatoes

Butternut Squash Twice Baked Potatoes
Butternut squash twice baked potatoes are so good!  A little sweet, a little spicy and would be the perfect side dish to your Thanksgiving table. Best part is these butternut squash twice baked potatoes can be made ahead. Simply stuff the potatoes and then right before broiling, add the cheddar cheese.  Now is not the time to use fat free cheese, please and thank you....
November 8, 2020

Deconstructed Steak and Potatoes

Deconstructed Steak and Potatoes
Another market day yesterday meant a bigger breakfast.  I tried to see if I could use Olivio spray on my breakfast grilled cheese. The answer to that questions is a big fat no.  While it browned my bread, it didn’t make it crisp like a buttered grilled cheese – next time I’ll spend the extra point for 1 teaspoon of butter.  The inside tasted good! ...
August 12, 2016

Potato Crusted Quiche

Potato Crusted Quiche
Yep, the queen of maintenance is what you can call me! Up .8 for the week, and up .4 since April 21, so basically the same as when I started going back to WW meetings.  And while I wish the scale was going down, I do know that being aware of what I eat has prevented me from being 200 pounds by now.  This last...
June 8, 2016

Easter in October!

They had ham on sale, so I decided to go for it.  Again, I attempted scalloped potatoes, the bane of my existence!  Since Hannah was home I had her put the ham in at 1:00 and then put the scalloped potatoes in at 3:30.   Why I keep trying to make scalloped potatoes, I’ll never know! Well, just before 5:00, Hannah calls me and says that...
October 14, 2008

Comfort Food Dinner

On the menu: Pork chops, garlic mashed potatoes, broccoli au gratin. Broccoli au gratin sauce 1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon flour 3/4 cup fat free half and half 2 ounces shredded cheddar cheese Melt butter completely, add flour and stir to combine.  Slowly add half and half until sauce thickens, add cheese and stir until melts.  In three separate ramakins, add cooked chopped broccoli.  This sauce...
September 16, 2008