When the weather is crummy and comfort food is desired, but you don’t necessarily want to gorge yourself on burgers and fries, this recipe is perfect. Its creamy, slightly heavy (but still light!), and delicious. There’s plenty of protein from the beans and cheese, with tons of flavor from the broccoli and garlic. The onions…
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German Potato Salad
My husband grew up with a Grandmother who could cook anything out of nothing. No matter what was in her fridge she could feed the whole family. I’d like to think I can do that too, but probably not to the level that she could pour it out. His most favorite recipe of hers? German…
Veggie Egg Pie aka Quiche
Besides soup, egg pie is my youngest’s favorite dinner request. Which is ironic because she’s not a huge scrambled egg fan. Hard boiled egg whites – absolutely. Yellow yokey middle? Negative. But I digress. Since it’s super easy and you can literally throw whatever is lying around into a quiche, I make it pretty frequently….
Tarragon Au Gratin Potatoes
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…
Grandma’s Sugar Cookies
My grandmama, god rest her soul, was not a cook. She had five kiddos and just didn’t have time. However, every Christmas she made sugar cookies. Mom says they used to have garbage cans full of them because they made so much. Her recipe is one of the only things I have with Grandma’s handwriting…
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,…
Lobster Stock
We like to say that chicken broth makes the world go ’round in this family. While that’s true and hands down one of the most used items in my kitchen, its nice to change it up a bit. Enter Lobster stock. Just as easy to make but with a much short shelf life. It’s perfect…
Faux Gourmand 