By the Cookbooks

    Nothing makes me happier than some good fried rice. It's really my comfort food, which may sound weird coming from a Midwest girl. The pork probably sold me on it.      After coming across this dish, I make it regularly, and my dog loves when I make this dish, because she gets the leftover carrots. Ingredients      1 boneless pork loin chop, cut into 1/2 inch pieces      1/4 cup chopped carrot      1/4 cup of fresh broccoli      1/4 cup of frozen peas      1 green onion      1 tbs of butter      1 egg lightly beaten      1 cup of cold cooked long grain rice      4 1/2 tsp of reduced sodium soy sauce      1/8 tsp of garlic powder      1/8 tsp of ground ginger. Directions      In a large skillet, saute the pork, carrot, broccoli, peas and onion in butter.   ...

     One of the first things I remember avidly watching my grandma making is a berry crisp. She picked berries out of her back yard and made the item quickly.      I also remember freaking out while picking said berries because a praying mantis crawled up my leg, but that's a story for a different time.     Blueberries are probably my favorite berry for cobblers, and this recipe matched what I remember about that crisp very closely. Ingredients     Topping            1/2 cup of all purpose flour            1/3 cup of sugar            1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon            4 1/2 tbs of margarine or unsalted butter       Berries            2 1/2 cups of blueberries, frozen or fresh            2 tsp of lemon juice       ...

     My grandma said she always had to make an onion sandwich for some of the men in her family growing up, and I use to think it was one of the most disgusting things I ever heard of. Such a plain sandwich!      But when I think about it, many times pre World War II, simple sandwiches like that were the thing many people ate. Look at the B-L-T, super simple sandwich!      So this sandwich would probably be a step up above the super simple, since it has to be heated together.   Ingredients      Sourdough bread     olive oil     2 cucumbers     3 tomatoes, sliced thin     lemon pepper     sliced Swiss cheese Directions     Brush oil on bread slices.     Layer cucumber, tomato on sourdough.     Sprinkle with lemon pepper and place slice of cheese on top.     Place open sandwich on broiler pan, lined with aluminum foil....