Tasty Recipes for the Home Cook
Tasty Recipes for the Home Cook
This updated take on my grandma’s hamburger stew is served in a bread bowl. Ground beef and fresh vegetables in a thick savory broth make this stew a hearty and comforting meal. My mother did all of the cooking in our home when I was growing up. With five children, if she wasn’t cooking, she was cleaning, and if she wasn’t cleaning, she was cooking. In …
Salty Pimp Ice Cream Cone Fakeout is my at-home take on a popular menu item from Big Gay Ice Cream. Vanilla ice cream, dulce de leche, sea salt, and chocolate coating makes this ice cream cone incredibly good and addicting! The crispness in the air, the cool temperature, the speckled leaves on the trees remind me that it is the middle of September, and …
Switch up your standard spaghetti and meat sauce with the addition of linguica. You are going to love the subtle change! In my household, we love Portuguese sausages (chourico and linguica): we serve them with eggs and toast, add them to homemade hash browns, grill them for sandwiches, add them to cheesy dips, throw them into soups, and slip them into shakes. Okay, disregard that last …
I would like to start by thanking my husband, Paul, for being the biggest supporter of this little blog of mine. He is one of its main recipe taste testers and promoters. Because of him, my Chicken Parmesan Meatloaf was chosen as a featured item in a special lunch event called Chef for a Day where he works. Since Paul submitted the recipe, he got …
Caramelized Apple Bread with Cinnamon Sugar is a fantastic snack with a glass of milk or cup of hot coffee or tea. This is a perfect for fall or any time of the year. It has been feeling like autumn lately here in the Northeast with daytime highs of 70’s and nighttime lows of 50’s. In fact, some of the foliage on the trees has …
Add flavor, crunch, and texture to any dish with Pickled Carrots and Daikon. This is a Vietnamese condiment that goes well with almost everything. I use it on bánh mì and many other Vietnamese dishes. Pickled carrots and daikon is a popular Vietnamese condiment that adds crunch, tanginess, and a punch of color to banh mi and many other dishes. It is fabulous with my …
Vietnamese Fried Shrimp Banh Mi is sure to make you fall in love! This lightly battered and fried shrimp sandwich served with pickled carrots & daikon, sweet mayonnaise, cucumber, and cilantro is out of this world! One of the best sandwiches on earth is banh mi, otherwise known as a Vietnamese sandwich. It is a sub. As with any other subs, it can be made …
Eggplant Caponata with Goat Cheese Wrap makes a perfect light vegetarian lunch. I recently went on extended weekend trip to New York City. It was a self-guided culinary tour of The Big Apple and I loved every bit of it. My husband, our two friends, and I grazed our way throughout the city. Needless to say, I have a few inspired recipe ideas and …
S’mores Stuffed Cookies with Coconut is made with graham cracker crumbs, chocolate chips, marshmallows, and sweetened coconut flakes. Served with a tall glass of milk for a heavenly snack! I had to try these S’mores Stuffed Cookies I found at A Cookie Named Desire. What pulled me in were the white and gooey marshmallows that were stuffed in the center. I had to find out …
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