Latest Blog Posts for From the Midwest

• Spicy, Savory Meatballs
  on May 1, 2014 in meatballs spaghetti and meatballs without tomato sauce spicy meatballs
  It's easy to run into a recipe rut. Like meatballs. Onions, maybe some sausage, garlic, parsley, etc. Over and over and over.Then I spied this recipe via www.thebittenword.com which tried them from Food and Wine. These meatballs had lots of "stuff" i...
• Coming up next ....SPICY MEATBALLS!
  on Apr 28, 2014
  I know I'm onto a good recipe when I tend to make it over and over within the same week or two.  Such is the case with these meatballs. Savory and spicy all rolled into one. I'll never be satisfied with a plain meatball again .... Nor will you,&...
• Sausages with Peppers, Onion, Tomatoes and Spaghetti
  on Apr 14, 2014 in sausages and peppers sausages and peppers with pasta sausages with peppers and onions
  Sausages with peppers and onions couldn't be easier to prepare and it's one of those dishes open to interpretation. Me, I like to add mushrooms and sliced, black olives. As always, use a good Parmesan cheese or something similar. The Campari tomatoes...
• Lasagna
  on Mar 16, 2014 in lasagna layered lasagna meat lasagna
  First, a confession. I really don't like lasagna. Most are overpowering with their cloyingly over-reaching tomato sauces, most of which use way too much tomato paste. I'm never quite sure what I'm supposed to be tasting. And, then, I lump lasagna int...
• Pot Roast with Dill Pickles and Mushrooms
  on Mar 9, 2014 in beef with pickles dill pickles pot roast pot roast with dill pickles pot roast with dill pickles and mushrooms
  Yes, you read it correctly. Pot roast with dill pickles! Strange sounding? Perhaps. First, some background.I've been desiring to make this recipes since 1985! That's when I bought my copy of "The Frugal Gourmet," by Jeff Smith whose PBS cooking serie...
• Beef Soup with Mushrooms, Cabbage and Noodles
  on Feb 28, 2014 in beef soup beef soup with cabbage beef soup with mushrooms and noodles beef stock
  Comfortingly, somewhere between a soup and a stew.Even though the cherry trees here in North Carolina are actually blossoming, it remains a bit nippy and soup weather is still on the radar.Beef soups, it seems, are redolent with barley. I just wanted...
• Fondant Potatoes, Squared
  on Feb 10, 2014 in fondant potatoes baked in broth butter and herbs potatoes fondant
  Potatoes with a crisp, seasoned exterior baked and simmered in a sauce of broth, butter, and fresh herbs.Traditionally round, I squared my potatoes which created more surface areas to brown.And I just like the "techy" look of it.The lemon zest comple...
• Breaded, Baked Pork Chops
  on Jan 29, 2014 in baked pork chops breaded pork chops pork chops pork chops salad dressing pork chops with mayonnaise
  Moist, flavorful and no frying needed.Oh, humble pork chop, how many ways do we love you? Braised. Seared. Fried. Barbecued. Stuffed. Sauerkraut. Apples. Onion.Who doesn't savor a pork chop cooked/baked to perfection? Oh, my grandfather just lov...
• Food ... Life ... Music
  on Jan 14, 2014
  I love when I discover new music--or it discovers me.  I heard Movement 10 of this composition today on NPR while driving to work. I had to pull over to the side of the road because I was so moved and excited! Amazing, I never heard this score u...
• Cornbread: The South vs. The North
  on Jan 14, 2014 in cornbread cornbread made with polenta southern style cornbread
  Nothing sparks controversy here in the South as cornbread. Authentic cornbread, Southern style, uses little, if any flour, no sugar, and white corn, not yellow. It is just the opposite of Yankee cornbread which here is considered more of a sweet cake...

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