How To Get One More Absolutely Free Meal Out Of A Bedraggled Thanksgiving Turkey Now that everyone has completely gorged themselves on your abundant Thanksgiving feast, and you have sliced off whatever nice pieces of turkey you can salvage to make turkey sandwiches, what do you have left? I’ll tell you what! You have the [...]
If You Don’t Make This For Thanksgiving, You’ll Get A Slap Upside Your Head From Your Mama! Talk about a classic Southern recipe! This one is practically whistling Dixie! You know how certain foods can just open up the floodgates of your brain and a rush of memories flashes across the movie screen of your [...]
This Cleverly-Disguised Recipe May Be Dangerous To Your Identity As An Adult! When I came across this off-the-wall recipe on the Tablespoon site, it blew my mind, and I was instantly transported back to my teenaged self, sitting with friends at the ballpark, cheering my boyfriend on to defeat and eating a chili dog. So [...]
How My Willingness To Try An Unorthodox Recipe Got Me Gratifying Compliments It is often challenging for even a well-seasoned cook to come up with interesting, palate-pleasing side dishes. Most of the effort of meal preparation involves creating an impressive entrée guaranteed to please family and friends. Side dishes are treated like red-headed stepchildren of [...]
Two Crowd Pleasers Combine to Create a Monstrously Good Sandwich Taco Tuesday is a serious affair here in my house, but could they have picked a worse night for turning this tradition into a reality? Tuesday is always a long day as work finally starts to settle in for the week, and I’d much rather [...]
A Cheesy, Beefy Stuffed French Bread is Perfect for a Fast Weeknight Dinner Some nights, it’s much easier to contemplate ordering a pizza than it is to even pour bowls of cereal for dinner. After a very long day, I just don’t even want to step foot in the kitchen some times – and I [...]
A Poplar Sauce Is Added To These Noodles For A Tangy Twist! I love Thai food. In fact, any type of Asian takeout food has my name all over it! No matter if it’s winter, spring, summer, or fall, I could go for Thai any day. Thank goodness for the takeout place I have just [...]
Put A Mexican Twist On Stuffed Peppers In This Tasty Recipe! I’ve been asked about a recipe for stuffed bell peppers a lot, given my Eastern European heritage so I thought it was high time to share one. However, there’s a twist here that I don’t think everyone was expecting! This recipe I’m sharing today [...]
A Surprise Cheesy Ingredient Is What Makes This Pasta So Special If you think your mom’s or grandma’s spaghetti is the best, think again! I know a lot of you try to stay on diets, especially with holiday seasons not so far away. While some diets may urge you to take spaghetti out of your meals, [...]
A One-Pan Casserole That Your Family Will Want Over And Over I took a stab at an old classic, and I came up with this ultimate masterpiece. No joke, I give you my Not-So-Sloppy Joe Casserole! I love my homemade Sloppy Joes as much as the next guy, but we’ve always eaten them on a [...]