Maison Rustique

Leftover piece of pizza and small salad. Was delicious and plenty for me. Included a Pic of the best way to reheat pizza. Stove top! Can't stand nuked pizza and oven dries it out too much. I did drizzle with a bit of pesto oil since it was a bit dry first round. Helped!

Yeah, I think Smithfield's owns most of the pork producers here in the midwest now, too.

Search for small pie or tart pans on Amazon. There are bunches of them. And send me some of those little pies when you make them, please. 😉

@Smithy, those photos are after I added toppings. If you look at their photo on the box, actual toppings it came with were about half of what they showed.

I did it again. Shatto Home Delivery milkman had a new Italian pizza that I needed to try. It arrived today and no room in the freezer meant I had to cook it tonight. The toppings were skimpy. I couldn't see much sauce or cheese. I added onion and capers and tons of cheese. It was actually pretty good but no sauce to speak of. I will try either an oil based dipping sauce or open the jar of pizza sauce I have in the pantry when I have the leftovers. And I noticed for the first time that my oven seems to be cooking very unevenly. I'd worry about it more if I wasn't moving "soon" where my new oven awaits.

It was a Caesar Salad kit that I added bacon and a ton of parmesan cheese to. Was tasty!

@Smithy They were from this package, but I did not have the Tuscan Fontina this morning.

They are from that big package I got on sale at Costco a couple of weeks ago. There is a cheddar, Comtesse, truffle something, and I need to go look because memory fails.

Cheese plate for breakfast

I now use this all the time and even gave some to family/friends. Thanks again for sharing your recipe!!

I finally made the Swiss steak I'd been planning, but I think I've forgotten how to cook. It is just not like I used to make. First of all, I realized that I'd taken all my large baking pans to the other house and was not going to make a trip over there in this frigid weather and wind. So, made it in a Dutch oven stove top. It just tastes so blah. I think I got the green peppers from Aldi, though it may have been Sprouts. I used 3 of them. They have no flavor. I can't even smell them. I've never had green peppers so tasteless--usually they overpower everything else. I'm blaming the mediocrity of this dish on the peppers and not my poor cooking skills. Maybe sitting in the fridge for a day or two will make it better. The buttered spinach was good!

Thanks, @liuzhou. I've got a bag of potatoes and a few apples. I just might give it a try!

@Smithy How did you store these potatoes to get them to last so long? No matter if I get mine at Sprouts or a regular grocery chain, they are sprouting within 2-3 weeks.

@rotuts That's disappointing. TJ's has/had a Citrus/Garlic spice blend that I love and use a lot. I'd have expected this to be equally good and would have jumped on it. Sorry to hear it was disappointing.