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Cheese Toast

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Cheese Toast

Cheese Toast

Ingredients:

  • 10-12 slices white bread
  • butter or margarine
  • sliced or shredded cheese of your choice

Directions:

Butter one side of each slice of bread and place on a greased baking sheet, buttered side up.

Sprinkle or top with cheese.

Place under the broiler for 1-2 minutes until lightly browned and bubbly.

kids learn to cook

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Grandma’s Mac N Cheese w/low carb alternative

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Now I do confess that in years past I used boxed macaroni and cheese a lot because: 

  1. it’s cheap
  2. it’s easy
  3. I was too tired to make the real deal

However, I did try to make this recipe every so often and on special occasions and/or holidays. You can add a little ham or meat to make this a hearty main dish!

Things have changed over the years and we rarely buy the boxed stuff anymore at all. We’ve even adapted this for our low-carb eating and that recipe is below.

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Easy Tartar Sauce

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We don’t use a lot of tartar sauce but it is requested every now and then. My kids like to eat it when they have fish sticks.

This recipe is so simple and I usually have all of the ingredients on hand. You can also add minced onion and seasonings to it to make it suit your tastes. Continue reading “Easy Tartar Sauce” →

Cherry Sonker

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This is a simple dessert that anyone can make. My kids love this and we will be enjoying this for National Cherry Pie Day! (The cherries could be substituted for just about any other kind of pie filling to make your own favorite sonker.) Continue reading “Cherry Sonker” →

Japanese White Sauce (Yum-Yum Sauce)

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This is a recipe that somebody passed along to me a while back. I scribbled down the ingredients and stuck it in my binder.  We love to eat this over steamed veggies and fried rice. It is also good with steak.

It does need to be made a little ahead of time. I think the original recipe suggested letting it sit overnight. I usually try to make it a few hours ahead of time. Continue reading “Japanese White Sauce (Yum-Yum Sauce)” →