This is a hearty chili loaded with beef, bratwurst, white beans, black beans and kidney beans, along with plenty of heat from chipotle peppers, cayenne, red pepper flakes and NM red chile powder. Despite the fact that our temperatures were still in the hundreds last week, my husband asked if I could please make him some soup or chili. We like to keep individual portions in the freezer for him to take for lunch on the days when I don’t have...
ew for so many years now, I’ve lost count. The original recipe is mostly my mother’s and I’ve tweaked this version slightly for the freezer. Instead of referring back to my scribbled notes each time, I’m posting an update here just for me. If you have need of a HUGE recipe for a fantastic Italian Soup, this is for you too! If you have no need for a ginormous batch of this soup, I recommend making no more than half of this...
Tender red potatoes, crisp sweet corn and slightly spicy kielbasa sausage are sauteed together and then tossed with oregano and thyme for a meal that my whole family loves. Fresh or dried herbs work well in this meal, either kind will combine with the potatoes for a very flavorful skillet meal. This is a meal that I’ve been making without a recipe for so many years now; I had to actually pay attention to what I was doing and write down the...
y hot green chile, ground beef, peppers and rice in a quick skillet that took around 20 minutes to put together. My husband was home for lunch and I knew that something seriously spicy would make his day. I started the beef and then chopped and prepped the rest while it was cooking. Because I’d like to prevent anyone else from burning their mouths off; I will tell you that this was way too spicy for me. My husband on the other hand,...
With a fun twist from traditional Italian meatballs, these are packed with Asian flavors and then tossed in a delicious Hoisin sauce. This is the easiest meatball recipe I’ve ever made. The meatballs stayed together very well and didn’t even need to be browned before baking them in the oven. When they finished in the oven, I simply tossed them in the waiting sauce and then kept them warm in a crock-pot until we were ready to eat. (The...
Steaks marinated in plenty of garlic, a squeeze of lemon, smoked paprika and marjoram were a great match for Garlic and Paprika Roasted Cauliflower and Roasted Red Potatoes. I am really liking the smoked paprika and garlic flavor combination and I’ve been playing with it a lot lately. About a year ago, my husband and I tried the reverse searing technique for the first time. We LOVE it. Without a doubt, reverse searing produces...
Fluffy baked potatoes topped with spicy beef and black beans then covered in melting cheese were a big hit for dinner last night. I wanted something simple that I could make with ingredients already in the house. I was in the mood for a stuffed baked potato and I also wanted tacos; I came up with this combination and we all really enjoyed them. I used both small Yukon gold potatoes and larger sweet potatoes. They both were...
My family has always enjoyed a traditional boiled corned beef and cabbage meal on St. Patrick’s day. Last year, Pam posted a baked corned beef recipe that caught my eye and I saved the recipe to try this year. The corned beef turned out tender and juicy with a sticky sweet honey mustard glaze on top. There were six of us together for this meal and every single person requested seconds. Even my rarely-excited-about-meat children...
All of your favorite Mexican spices are wrapped up in these tender juicy bite-size meatballs. This might be the easiest meatball recipe ever and it happened almost by accident a few weeks ago. I made a huge tray of Black Bean and Beef Taco Nachos for lunch and I still had some ground beef that needed to be used. The Mexican spice mix was sitting on the counter and one thing led to another. I made the first batch of...
Almost a year ago, I ran across a recipe for Reuben Soup. I mentioned it to my husband at the time and he did not let me forget it. His all-time favorite sandwich is the classic reuben; rye bread piled high with corned beef, sauerkraut and melting Swiss cheese. This soup takes all of those Reuben flavors and combines them in a steaming hot bowl of soup, perfect for these chilly nights.This week, in the midst of Christmas preparations, I...
