Sloppy joes made from scratch in the crockpot, that familiar, comfort-food favorite from our childhoods that somehow still tastes so good. A great make-ahead recipe for feeding a crowd or hungry fishermen. ~ Skip Straight to the Recipe ~ My aunt's recipe for sloppy joes is such an easy summer classic that I'm adding it to a special collection of easy summer recipes published every summer since 2009. Watch for new "summer easy" recipes all summer long! With a free e-mail subscription , you'll never miss a one! Remembering School Lunches Who shudders from memories of the school lunches of our childhoods? So many suffered from bland, overcooked and mushy food slapped onto trays in big glopsfuls. Appetizing, yes? But who smiles? I remember fresh bread hot from the oven during the USDA wheat surplus and my first taste of chocolate milk, a treat on Fridays in grade school, poured cold and dark from a white-tubed milk stainless steel milk disp

A pair of "ten-minute" recipes from our friend Sally. First up, her quick and easy Foolproof Red Chile Sauce. Second up, individual enchiladas, layers of corn tortillas, meat and beans, cheese, tomatoes and cilantro, and naturally, a good spoonful or two of that Red Chile Sauce – plus an egg on top for good measure! ~ Skip Straight to the Recipes ~ ~ Ten-Minute Foolproof Red Chile Sauce ~ ~ Ten-Minute Enchiladas ~ This recipe is so quick and easy that I'm adding it to a special collection of easy summer recipes published every summer since 2009. Watch for new "summer easy" recipes all summer long! With a free e-mail subscription , you'll never miss a one! COMPLIMENTS! "YUM. You are right. It is addictive." ~ Pat Taking Chances ... on New Friends & New Tastes Before a jaunt to Santa Fe last summer, the husband of a friend played friendmaker, “We know this woman from Santa Fe. You’d like her. Have lunch