Shepherd's Pie is truly the ultimate comfort food. What other dish gives you your meat and potatoes all in one pot? The filling is savory and loaded with vegetables and the whipped potatoes bake to perfection in the oven. Beef can be substituted for the ground lamb, but then it's called Cottage Pie. We love lamb! It works perfectly in this iconic dish.
In our humble opinion, this recipe is just through-the-roof delicious. The glaze can be made several hours in advance. Allow 30 to 40 minutes to roast the veggies. The carrots should be tender, but not mushy. If they are ready before the chops are ready, keep them warm in a low-temp oven (200°F) until ready to serve. A meat thermometer is essential for ensuring perfectly cooked pork. See the link below for the thermometer we use and think is the best.
This Best-Ever Chicken Salad is really wonderful. Perfect for incredible chicken salad sandwiches (croissants are great!), or ton top of a lovely bed of green. Either way, you're just going to love this Best-Ever Chicken Salad! Using our Homemade Mayo recipe makes it even better!
This Stuffed Eggs - 3 Ways recipe gives you the flexibility to satisfy all of your deviled-egg loving friends and family! We give you Traditional Deviled Eggs, Ham & Cheese Stuffed Eggs, and Horseradish Beet Eggs! These can be made up to 12 hours in advance and kept chilled in the fridge. Making homemade mayonnaise makes the over-the-top good!
This Best-Ever Chicken Salad is really wonderful. Perfect for incredible chicken salad sandwiches (croissants are great!), or ton top of a lovely bed of green. Either way, you're just going to love this Best-Ever Chicken Salad! Using our Homemade Mayo recipe makes it even better!
This authentic eggplant Parmesan is pure Italian-American comfort food in a single dish. The eggplant makes for the perfect vehicle for the gooey mozzarella cheese and homemade marinara sauce. You can make it up to 24 hours in advance and then bake just before serving!
These authentic beef Tex-Mex tacos are perfect for a taco dinner party! Make the beef filling ahead of time...do the tortillas 1 or 2 hours before your guests arrive...serve with your favorite Tex-Mex sides.
Garlic Basil Aioli takes good ole mayonnaise and kicks it up several notches on the taste ladder. This isn't real hard to make, and the flavor profile that it adds to your favorite sandwiches and dishes is remarkable. Amazing!
This Eggs Blackstone with Sausage recipe is super simple but super impressive. Use the No-Fuss Hollandaise Sauce and the vortex poached egg method, and you'll have this amazing breakfast together in about 30 minutes!
Homemade Stromboli is almost as fun to prepare as it is to eat. Almost. The loaded pizza roll is bursting with amazing flavors from the Italian meats and cheese. And it is perfect for entertaining.
Steak Pizzaiola is truly spectacular. The tomato sauce is so deep in flavor and is the perfect complement to the perfectly seared and braised steak! You will NOT be disappointed with this incredible dish!
It's time to take this iconic sandwich to heights you just can't imagine. It all starts with the Best-Ever Tuna Salad. Be sure to go with top-notch bread and cheese, and juicy red tomatoes. The rest comes together beautifully. Simple, straightforward, and unbelievably delicious!
Authentic Homemade Tamales are something magical. This is a recipe for both chicken and pork tamales. They are the real deal. About as good as you'll find. So heart-warming and steeped in history and cherished by families generation after generation. We absolutely love them. They freeze very well, too.
These Southern Crab Beignets are supremely delicious. Try and find blue crab meat from your fish mongor or seafood market. If you can't find blue crab, any good quality crab meat will do. Amazing!
Nothing conjures memories of special times with family more than when I'm making a batch of Grandma's Homemade Kolaches. They take a little TLC, but they are so worth it. Make sure to let the dough double in size, once in a lightly oiled bowl, and then again once the pastries have been formed. Pastry perfection.
These Homemade Flour Tortillas are so fresh and velvety soft and amazing, especially with fajitas. These are simple to make, but as with just about anything, practice makes perfect. If you can't find pork lard, using all shortening will still work, but the lard lends significantly to the authentic taste and texture.
This truly is the Best-Ever Meat Loaf with Mushroom Gravy. Moist and exploding with flavor. The mushroom gravy puts it over the top. And you won't believe the meatloaf sandwiches the next day! So good!
Roast Rack of Lamb Persillade is so festive and just so flavorful. Get two racks of lamb and ask your butcher to French the ribs, which is a technique that cuts the meat away from the top of the chop to expose the bone. And use an instant-read thermometer to reach 125°F for rare or 135° for medium-rare. This is the perfect way to serve these incredible ribs!
Once you make this Homemade Italian Dressing you will never want to buy the bottle variety again. And you seriously won't believe how simple it is to prepare. And what's so great is that almost all of the ingredients you probably already have in your pantry! So fresh and so delicious. One batch keeps for up 1 week in the fridge. Just give it a good shake before using.
Homemade Stromboli is almost as fun to prepare as it is to eat. Almost. The loaded pizza roll is bursting with amazing flavors from the Italian meats and cheese. And it is perfect for entertaining.
This Herb-Stuffed Pork Loin is a crowd-pleaser for sure. The pork is so moist and flavorful, and the filling is brimming with flavor, and just so good. And the sauce puts this dish over the top. Perfect for a nice dinner party. Your guests will be so impressed!!
This Turkey Gravy is the perfect accompaniment to your roasted turkey and all the other holiday feast fixins! The pan drippings combined with the giblet broth make for the most flavorful gravy ever.
This classic meat pie is what it's called...CLASSIC. Oh my. So good. The pastry is incredible, as is the meat filling. Make this and enjoy!
Bratwurst Sliders are a little piece of heaven. Grilled to perfection and made even better with the addition of fried onion strips and homemade beer cheese sauce. All on pretzel buns. Amazing!
Now you can make restaurant-quality french fries in your very own kitchen! If you don't have a deep-fryer, simply get a large sturdy pot (a Dutch oven works well) and add a couple of inches of oil, and use a candy thermometer to maintain the correct temperature. And then fry in 2 stages!
This Chicken Francese recipe is so easy to make, and one of the tastiest dishes there is. The 'egg on the outside' gives it a wonderful texture. And the sauce is divine. Amazing.
This Gourmet Beef Stroganoff recipe brings the old school dish to epic, modern flavors. Prepare this for a special occasion, and you will be a super star!
Mulled Wine (Glühwein) is perfect for sipping by the fire, or out on the slopes, or when friends and family come over. Make a big batch, keep it warm in your slow cooker, and you'll be very happy, even if the weather outside is frightful!
This Best-Ever Chicken Salad is really wonderful. Perfect for incredible chicken salad sandwiches (croissants are great!), or ton top of a lovely bed of green. Either way, you're just going to love this Best-Ever Chicken Salad! Using our Homemade Mayo recipe makes it even better!
This Authentic Chicken Marsala recipe will rival any restaurant version out there. It really is that good. The Brown Sauce is key here, and can easily be made up to 1 week before you prepare the dish. We like to use a sweet Marsala wine, and go with whatever your favorite types of mushrooms are. This one is a keeper, no doubt!
Cajun Remoulade is erfect for sweet potato waffle fries, crab cakes, and fried catfish po-boy! Wonderful! It will keep in the fridge for up to 1 week and can be made several days in advance of serving.
This German Potato Salad recipe is the perfect make-ahead salad. It is great when it's warm, of course, but it's equally as delicious when served at room temp. Perfect for picnics, cook-outs, and any other kind of gathering when a wonderful potato salad is needed.
This Arancini (Italian Rice Balls) recipe is pure appetizer perfection. Lightly fried to golden perfection. We love filling them with good-quality prosciutto and mozzarella. Small peas and meat sauce are a popular filling, too. These are perfect by themselves, but they are great with marinara for dipping, too. Pure deliciousness! Be sure to read the NOTE below!
Authentic Homemade Tamales are something magical. This is a recipe for both chicken and pork tamales. They are the real deal. About as good as you'll find. So heart-warming and steeped in history and cherished by families generation after generation. We absolutely love them. They freeze very well, too.
This classic meat pie is what it's called...CLASSIC. Oh my. So good. The pastry is incredible, as is the meat filling. Make this and enjoy!
This isn't just any ole BLT...this Classic BLT with Garlic Basil Aioli is about as good as they come. Especially good when tomatoes (we love heirloom) are at their peak. The garlic basil aioli puts this iconic sandwich over the top!
Homemade Marinara Sauce is a must for when you want your favorite Italian dishes to be the very best they can be. The sauce can be made up to 5 days in advance and freezes beautifully.
This Chicken Francese recipe is so easy to make, and one of the tastiest dishes there is. The 'egg on the outside' gives it a wonderful texture. And the sauce is divine. Amazing.
This is one of the most popular recipes on the blog. It's easy, beautiful, and the flavors work perfectly together. The slight sweetness of the cranberries matched against the salty, briny capers is perfect! We highly recommend using fresh dill. It really makes a big difference. You can easily double (or triple) the recipe if feeding a group.
This Best-Ever Chicken Salad is really wonderful. Perfect for incredible chicken salad sandwiches (croissants are great!), or ton top of a lovely bed of green. Either way, you're just going to love this Best-Ever Chicken Salad! Using our Homemade Mayo recipe makes it even better!
These Southern Style Crab Cakes are simply the bomb. Serve with some Jalapeno Remoulade, and you will not believe how incredible these are. Truly something special.
