Our Christmas Eve dinner was a very hefty T-Bone steak from our local butcher, lobster tails, baked sweet potatoes and a lovely lamb’s lettuce salad with fried smoked bacon and champagne vinegar. SO delicious and way too much food. We all ate the lovely filet cut out...
For many, many years (probably since we moved to Germany), we have been on a quest for a really good burger recipe. We’ve tried several that have been tasty, but they were never just right. Some of them were best suited for spreading on the bun and eating it...
Another favorite from the Harley Biker’s Cookbook , the Bad Boy Beef Tacos never fail to rock our world. This is one of our staple dinners here. Even Mackenzie loves them, although we do cut out a bit of the spice for her. When tasting this with “full heat”, keep in...
Comfort food. There’s something special about it and everyone has their own special somethings that can just make the darkest days seem bright. We could have used a bit more comfort food around here the last few days. And now that Stefan is finally home again and...
I can’t believe I haven’t shared this recipe before because it is one of our absolute favs – and so easy when you freeze one ahead of time, leaving only the mashed potatoes to make for the evening. Serving this with ketchup might seem a bit strange but it really ties...
This may look like your ordinary lasagna – but don’t be confused. It’s faster, easier and to some, maybe even tastier! We tried the Easy Italian Pasta Bake last week and thought it was awesome although it was very bland. In its defense, I imagine they leave out all...
We had one of our new favorite meals last night - garlic Parmesan chicken breasts served as a sandwich with croquettes. SO good and super simple. I finally made fresh hamburger buns last week and they turned out awesome. Sometimes they haven't risen correctly and I...
A good meatball sub can be hard to find…and one key part of making them yourself is being certain that your meatballs are not too big and not too small. And of course you want to use a tasty tomato sauce as well or the sandwich just won’t taste good in general....
I wanted to try something different for breakfast on Saturday morning but also didn’t want to spend forever making it because I knew we had a lot of errands to run. So I elected to make these cinnamon rolls the day before so they would have ample time to rise (and...
Being a Texas girl, I do not take the subject of chili lightly. I have very specific opinions about what should be in chili and its minimum heat requirements. We have been making chili pretty much since we moved here to Germany but hadn’t really found the “perfect”...
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