Cooking with Barry & Meta

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Cooking with Barry & Meta

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Slow Cooker Ham and Bean Soup

Slow Cooker Ham and Bean Soup

  It was so nice to come home to the wonderful rich aroma emitted by this soup.

Cheese Wookies

Cheese Wookies

These were the signature crackers, served with their salads, at the Leelanau Country Inn in Glen Arbor, Michigan.

Mini Cheese Balls

Mini Cheese Balls

     This recipe appears in the 2010 edition of Taste of Home’s HOLIDAY & CELEBRATIONS cookbook as provided by Meta West.

Baked Potato Soup

Baked Potato Soup

     It was cold and rainy Saturday night and we had leftover mashed potatoes so Barry decided to make one last batch of winter soup.

Chicken Spaghetti

Chicken Spaghetti

     This is a quick-fix dish that reminds me of the recipes I used to make during the early years of our marriage.

Waldorf Salad with Dates

Waldorf Salad with Dates

This classic salad was created in the 1890s at New York's Waldorf-Astoria hotel by maître d' Oscar Tschirky.

Basic White Sauce or Béchamel Sauce

Basic White Sauce or Béchamel Sauce

     Learn how to make a basic white sauce and you will be prepared to make any number of dishes, from soups to casseroles, Mac & Cheese,.

Springtime Salad - Fresh Spinach & Strawberries w/ Strawberry Vinaigrette

Springtime Salad - Fresh Spinach & Strawberries w/ Strawberry Vinaigrette

     Springtime and strawberries just seem to go together.

Cheese Straws  — Add a “Special Touch” to Salads!

Cheese Straws — Add a “Special Touch” to Salads!

    Cheese Straws are kind of like a homemade version of Cheese-it® Crackers without the preservatives.

1950’s Eisenhower White House Era Menu – 1st Course Salad

1950’s Eisenhower White House Era Menu – 1st Course Salad

       We recently planned and prepared a 1950s Eisenhower era themed menu.

On to Ground Beef . . . Taco Stovetop Skillet

On to Ground Beef . . . Taco Stovetop Skillet

     Inspired by a Campbell’s® soup recipe in a magazine, I adapted it to use with Ground Beef Mix ( click on the MIX tab at the top of the .

Soup on a Chilly Day! Hamburger-Vegetable Soup

Soup on a Chilly Day! Hamburger-Vegetable Soup

       A hearty, meaty soup perfect for a chilly winter day (or chilly spring day!!!), and so easy to make.

EXPERIMENTING WITH QUINOA – Cranberry Walnut Quinoa Salad

EXPERIMENTING WITH QUINOA – Cranberry Walnut Quinoa Salad

    Quinoa (KEEN- wa ) has been referred to as .

Romaine Leaves w/ Thousand Island Dressing

Romaine Leaves w/ Thousand Island Dressing

     The inspiration for this salad was the Iceberg wedge, popular in the 1950s and ‘60s.

Super Easy Scalloped Potatoes — Um, Um, GOOD!

Super Easy Scalloped Potatoes — Um, Um, GOOD!

    Some of my mom’s favorite recipes use canned soup as an ingredient.

Caribbean Chicken Salad

Caribbean Chicken Salad

     Some meals are memorable.

Zucchini-Artichoke Salad

Zucchini-Artichoke Salad

Yet another use for that prolific summer veggie!      Normally I shy away from recipes with this many canned items but, for some reason.

Take a break from the usual slaw – Jicama Slaw

Take a break from the usual slaw – Jicama Slaw

      Jicama adds a nice crunch to salads and lends a sweet and nutty flavor.

Grilled Chicken and Nectarine Salad

Grilled Chicken and Nectarine Salad

      This “taste of summer” salad comes from the 1994 cookbook, The Flavors of Bon Appétit .

Korean Spinach Salad  -- An Oldie but Goodie

Korean Spinach Salad -- An Oldie but Goodie

    While making a chef salad the other evening, I suddenly thought of this salad.

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