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Lunches

Hot Sandwiches for Cold Weather Days

Sandwiches are a quick and easy meal, great for any time of the day. Consider serving hot sandwiches for cold weather days. I am a huge sandwich fan. Second only to salads, sandwiches are my go-to meal for quick, easy, and healthy noshing. I’ve even converted my husband into a sandwich lover, mainly by serving [...]

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What to Do with Turkey?

If you have turkey leftover from the big shindig, you may be wondering what to do with it. Personally, I love it for breakfast the next day. Yes, yes, I do. But, I’m guessing that most folk aren’t as weird as I am. So, here are a few other ideas: 1. Freeze it. If you’ve [...]

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Creating a Sandwich Bar on a Budget

Sandwiches and salads are among some of my favorite good cheap eats. There are so many ways that you can combine ingredients that there are endless opportunities to make your sandwiches and salads different and unique. Sandwiches specifically are highly portable, one-dish dinners that please almost anyone. Since our family represents a variety of ages [...]

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Tarragon Turkey Burgers with Bleu Cheese and Chipotle Mayonnaise (What’s On Your Plate?)

One of my favorite burgers of all time is the Bleu Ribbon Burger at Red Robin. The highlights of this sandwich are the bleu cheese crumbles and the chipotle mayonnaise. Yum! But, an outing at Red Robin is pretty pricey. So, I’ve taken to recreating these flavors at home. Even though hubs doesn’t care for bleu [...]

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Outstandwich: The Oklahoma Kid

Thanks to those who participated in last week’s sandwich contest. There were some very delicious entries. The sandwich that got the most votes was The Oklahoma Kid, submitted by Heather Ratliff. Here’s a little bit of the back story of Heather’s sandwich: About a year ago, my husband and I purchased Bogie’s Deli in Abilene, [...]

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Wrapping It Up in Summertime (What’s On Your Plate?)

The following is a guest post from Amy of The Finer Things in Life: On these long, hot summer days in Kansas, we’ve taken to eating lots of lighter, cooler meals. Any fast fare is likely to be a hit with my crew as long as it’s wrapped in a tortilla! Today’s concoction was horseradish [...]

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Turkey Avocado Baguette Sandwich with Chipotle Mayonnaise (& a Sandwich Contest)

Currently, we live about 20 to 30 minutes from my husband’s work. It’s not the worst of commutes, but with gas prices what they are, we often consider moving closer. However, we live less than five minutes from an authentic French bakery. It’s a regular stop on our weekend jaunts. He commented recently that it [...]

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Smoked Chicken Salad (What’s On Your Plate?)

The following is a guest post from Phoebe of Getting Freedom: Something quite interesting has taken place in our household since we started to really watch our grocery spending. We went from eating red meat almost every single meal, to enjoying meatless meals and poultry more often. I used to be a boneless skinless chicken [...]

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Pizza Bagels (& What’s On Your Plate?)

That’s me in high school. I attended your typical high school in suburban Los Angeles county in the late 1980s. And, yes, I really drove that car. Good times. But, before I was allowed to drive that car to school — yes, I had to get permission — my friends and I ate from the [...]

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Buffalo Chicken Wraps with Blue Cheese Dressing (What’s On Your Plate?)

The Buffalo Chicken Salad was so good that I decided to put it into a wrap. Wraps are easily portable and not as heavy as sandwiches, making them light fare for hot nights. Hubs grilled up a batch of Buffalo Chicken Breasts that I had marinated while I assembled lettuce, chopped tomatoes, tortillas, and a [...]

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