Sausage Gravy and Biscuits ~ Southern-style comfort food for breakfast or brunch. Creamy country-style sausage gravy over split warm buttermilk biscuits.
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Easy St. Louis-style ribs, these are the best BBQ ribs of summer! Pork spareribs cooked low and slow on the grill and basted with BBQ sauce until tender and practically falling off the bone!
Spaghetti with Bacon Sauce, simple and rustic version of the Italian classic all'Amatriciana, adapted from my dad's Romeo Salta cookbook.
Classic diner-style patty melts at home. Beef patties grilled on rye bread with Swiss cheese and caramelized onions. One of my favorite things to order at a greasy spoon is a patty melt, that ooey, gooey grilled cheese burger with grilled onions. We were headed out for a quick lunch a few weeks ago and …
Leftover Lamb Flatbreads, roasted lamb slices with Ras el Hanout spices and onions, piled on naan flatbread with hummus and lemon garlic yogurt sauce. I'm not sure how often you roast a leg of lamb, but I'm guessing there's a chance you might for Easter. I recently made a beautiful roasted leg of lamb and …
Full disclosure here ~ if I take my favorite jarred marinara sauce and doctor it up with browned ground beef, some onions and spices, Meathead thinks it's the best pasta sauce he's ever had. And it's good, but it's not Bolognese ragù. I'm not talking a quick 15 minute sauce here ~ this is a …
King Ranch Chicken Casserole with layers of tortillas and chicken in a creamy cheesy homemade sauce and topped with crunchy corn chips. Tex-Mex comfort food casserole!
Mustard and herb rubbed and roasted leg of lamb, Gigot à la Moutarde, adapted from a Julia Child recipe. Adding lemon, onion and fresh herbs to the roasting pan yields a delicious pan gravy.
Pesto Cheese Stuffed Shells ~ pasta shells stuffed with creamy ricotta, Italian cheeses and basil pesto, baked in marinara sauce. I found myself staring at one of my last jars of homemade marinara, wondering what I should make. Then I remembered a baked pasta dish I made years ago in Chicago. I would come back …
It's St. Patrick's Day next week and time to think about what to make. I've been making Corned Beef and Cabbage for so long now, there isn't much to think about. And I always make Irish Soda Bread and finish the meal with some Chocolate Mint Cake. If I'm lucky and have some leftover corned …