You know those days when you really want to eat a burger and fries, but don’t want the calories? This soup is the perfect solution. It’s hearty, filling, has red meat and potatoes, but won’t clog up the precious vessels that keep the ol’ ticker ticking. It’s super pliable – meaning – use whatever veggies…
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White Bean Soup with Roasted Broccoli, Cheddar and Caramelized Onions
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…
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 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….
Faux Gourmand 