Tasty Recipes for the Home Cook

Surf and Turf Stuffed Potatoes
Beef Fish / Seafood Main Dish

Surf and Turf Stuffed Potatoes

Surf and Turf Stuffed Potatoes are topped with pan-seared steak and shrimp and homemade onion rings.  These loaded potatoes are worth all the calories. Stuffed potato is not usually a fixture on my plate because the added accouterments can make the dish extremely caloric. I would rather rack up my calorie count on other items. So, when I have a stuffed Idaho, it has to …

Beef and Veggie Burger
Beef Budget-Friendly Meals Light and Healthy Main Dish Sandwich

Beef and Veggie Burger with Caramelized Onions and Mushrooms

Beef and Veggie Burger with Caramelized Onions and Mushrooms is a beef and vegetable burger that is meaty enough to please any carnivore. This light and healthy burger is nutrition-packed, moist, and delicious! Now that I have sufficiently gorged myself with food over the holidays, it is time to tone it down a bit. The jeans feel painted on, and if I wore my wedding …

Baked Oreo Donuts
Breakfast Dessert

Baked Oreo Donuts

These amazing baked donuts, jam-packed with Oreos, covered with a white chocolate glaze, and garnished with Oreo crumbs are quick and easy to make. Great for breakfast! The days on the calendar are flying by: Christmas is around the corner. I celebrate it. I give and receive presents. I host a couple of get-togethers. Honestly though, none of it gives me a sense of the …

Fried Bologna and Egg Sandwich
Budget-Friendly Meals Chicken / Poultry Main Dish Pork Sandwich

Fried Bologna and Egg Sandwich

Sometimes, all you need is a simple, no-frills fried bologna sandwich. The addition of a runny egg bumps the delicious value of the sandwich while maintaining its simplicity. I love a fried bologna sandwich. While it’s not something I eat regularly, I occasionally crave the childhood favorite. I even make it the lazy way—with microwaved bologna and cheese slapped between two slices of toasted white …

Quail Egg Stuffed Pork Meatballs
Asian Inspired Budget-Friendly Meals Chicken / Poultry Light and Healthy Main Dish Pork Rice / Grain

Quail Egg Stuffed Pork Meatballs with Rice Noodles

Looking for a dinner idea for a new Asian recipe? These quail egg stuffed pork meatballs served with rice noodles are just what you need! Serve with a sweet, salty, garlicky dipping sauce and fresh condiments for a meal that is full of flavor and texture. Quail egg is not an ingredient I typically use. In fact, it is something I have never used. But …

Cobb Salad Pizza with Homemade Pizza Dough
Bread / Pizza Budget-Friendly Meals Chicken / Poultry Main Dish Pork

Cobb Salad Pizza with Homemade Pizza Dough

Cobb salad on a pizza is amazing! Homemade pizza topped with ranch dressing, chicken, ham, bacon, cheese lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, and eggs is a meal on a slice! This recipe stemmed from my desire to make pizzeria style pizza crusts; the kind that the House of Pizza around the corner makes. These crusts are thin in the middle but puffy around the edges, light and …

Deluxe Peanut Butter Bars
Dessert

Deluxe Peanut Butter Bars

Each bite of these tasty bars is a mouthful of peanut buttery, marshmallow, chocolaty, and Rice Krispies goodness. Easy to make using refrigerated cookie dough. Treat your ghosts and goblins to these this Halloween! It’s that time again when we load on the sugary treats. Halloween is just around the corner! For some adults, it’s the most wonderful time of the year; they go all …