Making meals from a new cookbook is always fun, but one problem is making them an appropriate size for just two people. Sometimes the leftovers can be frozen for a meal another time, but most of the time we just eat it until it is gone over the next few days. No matter how good …
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Chicken Pasta For Two
In the pursuit of tasty recipes for two with little left over, I am often stymied by the size of a bottled sauce. The ones most available are made for four, not two. So the challenge is how to have two meals from the same bottled sauce and have them be different. My Sweet Babboo …
Creative Leftovers
Leftovers don't have to be boring, just a simple idea to give the leftover new life is to bake it with cheese. I like these little single serving gratin dishes for this, as it makes the dish fresh and special even for a weeknight meal. Easy to do, for this one I used leftover Penne …
Quick Italian Dinner
This is one of those go-to recipes that I make a lot. It takes a minimum of effort, is ready in a hurry and tastes wonderful. I cannot tell you how often I make this on a weeknight after a long day at work. DH is always happy to have Italian food on his plate, …
Ham Dinner and a Ham Casserole
I would imagine that many of us are serving a baked ham today, moist and delicious!! I bake mine a bit differently using my slow cooker sometimes or a parchment cover in the oven, slow cooking for 30 minutes per pound at 250 degrees. I used to use paper bags from the grocery store, but …
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