We had friends for dinner the other night, and I wanted something easy but delicious. Enter these potatoes. They’re really a cross between scalloped and au gratin, but because of the cheese, I’ve just got with au gratin. The highlight of the dish, however, is hands down the Tarragon. If you’ve never tried it, its…
Category: Dinner
Grandma’s Sage Stuffing
Besides a roasting turkey, this is the smell of Thanksgiving. Takes me right back to childhood and the day before getting all of the goodies prepped and ready for that big turkey dinner. I can’t say that its my favorite smell in the whole world, but its definitely part of my core memories. And the…
Tarragon and Rosemary Pasta with Sausage
They say necessity is the mother of all inventions – and it was never truer than with this dish here. Got home late, everyone was hungry and I had cheese, sausage, pasta and kale. Needless to say, I was flying by the seat of my pants, but hot damn, did it turn out tasty! The…
Cider Braised Rump Roast Shepard’s Pie
Leftovers are huge in our house. My youngest sous chef is not a sandwich person and loves a hot lunch. She almost always requests either a quesadilla (80% of the time) or last night’s leftovers for lunch. The hubby also loves leftovers. So making the most out of all of our dinners is almost a…
Cider Braised Rump Roast
This is such a great recipe for chilly evenings, snow days, or just a great fall weekend. It blends together all the flavors of fall with loads of veggies and melt in your mouth meat. It leaves a fair amount of leftovers so you can re-invent the dish later in the week. Think, cheesesteak Stromboli,…
Cheesy Broccoli and Chicken Rice
When I was kid, my Mom would make us Rice-a-Roni. Our favorite was the broccoli cheddar which she often served with grilled chicken. Whether or not we ate the chicken with gusto I can’t remember, but there was never any rice leftover. This recipe takes the nostalgia of that childhood classic and amps it up…
Twice Baked Potatoes
For my birthday a few days ago my hubby and a dear friend took me to dinner. I had Halibut with a lemon thyme sauce, broccoli and a twice baked potato. The broccoli was fine, but nothing to write home about – the halibut, however, was fabulous and the twice baked potato the perfect complement….
Lemon Pasta with Pancetta
Pasta is one thing we can eat every day and not get sick of – so needless to say we eat a lot of pasta in our house. We had a dear friend for dinner last Sunday, and I wanted to make something easy, but comforting. And of course delicious! This one knocked it out…
Mozzarella Stuffed Marinara Burgers
Guys – these were so good. Even the sous chefs devoured them. I literally ate them standing at the kitchen counter. Whoops. Make them. Tonight. I had just enough Marinara sauce to do nothing with except throw it away or add a smidge to something. I was making cheese stuffed burgers so added it for…
Lemon Butter Pasta with Anchovies
I saw this on Instagram and knew I needed to make it. I don’t love anchovies, but for some reason this recipe spoke to me. And holy moly. It was good. Really, really, good. I adapted it slightly because I didn’t have the exact ingredients, but I don’t think it lost anything. Just super simple…
Faux Gourmand 