Thursday, March 27, 2025

Swiss steak

Swiss steak in gravy with onions.


Dinner tonight! Mashed potatoes  and Cucumber salad as our sides.





  • About 1 lb. pound tenderized Round Steak or Cube Steak ( I used 2 large cube steaks)
  • 1 /2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour salted slightly ( reserve about 2 tsp. To be used later).
  • 1/2 of a stick of Butter(cut in 2 pieces)
  • 1 medium Sweet Onion sliced
  • 8 ounces White Button Mushrooms cleaned and sliced optional 
  • 1 teaspoons Better Than Bouillon and 1 cup hot water.  Mix until bouillon dissolves.
  • fresh ground black pepper to your taste
Melt butter in large skillet. Cut steak in medium size pieces. Sprinkle with salt.

 Place steak into slightly salted flour and dredge on both sides.  

When butter is sizzling put steaks into melted butter and fry until crispy on both sides about 3 minutes each side . Remove  steak from pan and set aside.

Add the other 1/4  piece  of butter. Add onions and fry slowly. After onions are tender add bouillon mixed with water and cook another several minutes.

Add steak and sprinkle flour over steak. Turn steak over and cook until thickened. If too thick add a few tablespoons of beef or chicken broth or water.

Enjoy!








Monday, March 10, 2025

Crispy baked chicken

Since eggs are so pricy I’m trying to substitute plain yogurt for when eggs are needed in a recipe.

The chicken was tasty and tender and the panko breadcrumbs made the chicken seem like fried.  Win win!




  • Buttered Lima beans,applesauce and Rice pilaf added to this quite easy dinner!


    1 1/4 cup Panko breadcrumbs 

  • 1 teaspoon salt

    Pinch pepper 

    1/2 tsp. each garlic powder, onion powder and dried parsley 

    2T plain yogurt ( you can use less but I coated my chicken heavily)

  • 4 T melted butter

  • 2 large skinless, boneless chicken breast filets 



Run chicken breasts well with plain yogurt , then press into seasoned Panko mixture until coated. Arrange chicken in the prepared buttered baking dish.NOTE BELOW!

***Place 2 T melted butter in bottom of baking dish 



 preheat the oven to 425 degrees .

Place seasoned chicken in buttered baking dish.


After 20 minutes turn chicken breasts and pour over chicken the remaining  2 T of melted butter.

Bake in the preheated oven until chicken breasts are no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, approximately 40 to 60 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (75 degrees C).

Enjoy 


Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Ravioli lasagna with marinara sauce

This recipe was delicious and certainly a short cut from
 making dough and saving time.

I would try this recipe meatless using all ricotta and the usuals mozzarella and pecorino Romano cheeses.
















Marinara sauce recipe link:



Meat ravioli recipe:

Saturday, February 15, 2025

Chicken cutlets with a lemon butter sauce










Approximately 3/4 lb. Boneless chicken breasts,1 egg, 
Garlic powder, onion powder, parsley,salt and pepper.


In a medium skillet place about 5 tablespoons of olive oil and 1 Tablespoon butter.

****Brown each side of chicken breast. While pan is still hot add about 1/2 cup chicken broth and cook on low with lid on. Cook chicken until most broth is absorbed.

Remove chicken.  Add about 2 tablespoons lemon juice and slowly add some flour making sure to whisk while it is cooking. ( you may need to add a little more chicken broth), drizzle over chicken and serve..,

Season egg with above seasoning to your taste. Whisk well.

Plain breadcrumbs 

Dip chicken in seasoned egg and then into breadcrumbs. 


If you get confused read over.  I’m still
In vacation mode while typing! lol
Enjoy your evening!






Friday, January 31, 2025

My Blog milestone

Fourteen years ago I started this food journey not knowing if I could accomplish a Blog and being able to share my food and recipe passion let alone have people actually come to check out my family recipes and much more.

I continue to try new recipe creations I am interested in making plus I’ve got to meet many new friends which make this whole experience fabulous.

I hope you share my cherished family recipes and try the others I’ve posted as well.  Keep using the SEARCH area on the BLOG page.  There are over 1900 recipes and you also learn a little more about my life journeys."
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