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Well I just married 2 weeks ago and I bouth the book Taste of Home cookbook I love it. It gives you picture for every recipe and give you "how to" and "why". Every recipe that I have tryed has been great.

In public I have a reputation of being a health-conscious eater with sophisticated tastes. But in private, I'm actually a crap-eating junkie. Here's my list of sinful indulgences:

Chef Boyardee's Beefaroni with mozzarella
Kraft's powdered cheddar cheese
Ikea's Swedish Meatballs
Campbell's Condensed Mushroom Soup mixed with rice (I like to refer to it as a poor man's mushroom risotto, lol)
Hungry Man's Salisbury Steak dinner
McDonald's Sausage McGriddle, Big Mac, fries, and chocolate/vanilla soft serve ice cream
Burger King's deep fried apple pies
KFC's Original Fried Chicken, potato and macaroni salads, and honey roasted chicken (I first tasted it back in the 90s during a trip to Saratoga Springs. OMG, it was the best chicken from a fast food place ever. Are these still available in the U.S.???)
Jell-O Pudding
Pillsbury Chocolate Chip Cookies
any Pizza Hut pizza (love the greasy crust!)
Red Lobster (all the ones in Montreal closed over 20 years ago. I miss those garlic cheese biscuits!)
canned sardines with French's mustard
canned liver pate spread with Miracle Whip on white bread
Cherry Coke
and a Canadian product: McCain's Triple Chill desserts
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God, I feel like such a fraud...

Crunchy Cheetos
Ritz crackers with real butter
Cookie dough
Extra crunchy peanut butter right out of the jar w/a spoon
Vanilla wafers and canned cake frosting
Cocktail peanuts
Krystal cheeseburgers
Taco Bell Nachos Bell Grande
Chocolate covered peanuts or raisins

I have a cheese-fried and sausage theme......just realized!
Kraft sharp E-Z cheese from the can. Eat from the can, but prefer to spell out family names as well as make shapes on triscut crackers.
Golden Flake(Southern staple) crunchy AND puff cheese curls
Biscuits and sausage gravy if I make it. Rare to find the good stuff!
Popeyes-everything!
Hot thin french fries loaded on top with sharp cheese
Homemade onion rings
Baked Garlic cheese grits-not instant
Ina Gartens Chicken Pot Pie. The best!!!!
Sausage cheeseballs made with hot sausage, bisquick, and cheese

Tater tots, Oreos, and Peeps. There, I've said it. But how did liverwurst get to be a guilty pleasure? Maybe it was all the years I spent in Milwaukee, but for me a decent liverwurst is just pate with a working class label.

@fdr1952: Yay! Fellow stale candy lover! Awesome!

Gotta say, I will never understand you Braunschweiger people. My dad ate that and oh lordy, did it stink. But I love stinky cheese of all kinds, so just call me weird.

Cheeseburger Hamburger Helper. Now and forevermore.

Mallomars! Though sadly out of season. Also, Carvel Flying Saucers/Fudgie the Whale.

@nightowl, I am right there with you on the Utz Crab Chip (potato chips seasoned with Old Bay). I could eat the entire bag.
I also love Annie's Mac & Cheese with extra butter mixed in for extra creaminess; Krispy Kreme HOT donuts; McD's quarter pounder & hot salty fries; Ruffles and supermarket french onion dip (the kind in the dairy section, not the jarred kind - blech); Top Ramen with frozen peas added for some nutritional value and most of the water drained before adding the seasoning packet; Pringles Jalapeno chips; Chef Boyardee ravioli; Velveeta dip mixed with a can of Rotel and cooked sausage served with Fritos scoops; Campbell's vegetable soups.
I think it's safe to say I am not a food snob. I like it all!

How could I forget Cinnamon and Brown Sugar PopTarts, or Apple Cinnamon PopTarts...frosted, of course. Good thing I'm not grocery shopping right now...my cart would be full of sugary goodies.

@thehostess
I can't believe we are the only two who love saltines with margarine or in my case real butter. I also like them with currant jelly. But not butter and jelly at the same time.

Braunschweiger and Vidalia onion sandwiches made with squishy white bread.

Go to Amazon and get a copy of "Joy of Cooking" from the 1960's; then a copy of Beard's "American Cookery" and, of course, Harold McGee. You can get a feel for the quality of any cookbook by the size of and the details in the Index.

All three of these have HUGE indexes..

If you're looking to bake the basics - cookies, brownies, bars, muffins, etc.. The Impatient Baker has a simple approach - uses pantry staples and most recipes are made in 1 bowl - quick, easy and good!