Sloppy Joe - A Childhood Classic We recently thought of something neither of us has had in quite some time, Sloppy Joe. As soon as I brought it up, Matt told me to text a friend of his for his recipe. Adding, that this friend always made it for parties. For…
Slater's 50/50 is Bacon Heaven Over ten years ago now, I saw Slater's 50/50 featured on Bacon Paradise on The Travel Channel. On one of my many trips to Southern California before moving here, I visited the original Slater's in Anaheim Hills. In the years since, we've visited the original as…
Daphne's Beef and Lamb Gyro Slices from Costco We love gyros for dinner, but I don't always love taking the time to make the gyro loaf. When we found that Costco carried these Daphne's Beef and Lamb Gyro slices, we had to try them. Daphne's If you remember, we went to…
Sambousek - What went wrong...and ended up right? Sambousek, a seemingly simple recipe. It all started out well. Found the recipe on Pinterest, it sounded fantastic. According to the blog post where the original recipe is, it is a popular dish in Egypt, an area of the world I am not…
Meat sauce has never been my favorite. I always preferred Spaghetti with meatballs over meat sauce, I'm not a lasagna fan, and avoid homemade beefaroni like the plague. Until now. This meat sauce is so full of flavor, so aromatic, so delicious. One of my favorite smells in the kitchen is…
Moussaka - The Ultimate Comfort Food I've been wanting to see what Moussaka is all about since we began this journey back in 2017 and celebrated our appreciation of Greek Food that February. To me it looked like a Greek Shepherd's Pie, and with that you just couldn't go wrong. When…
Bacon Cheeseburger Tater Tot Casserole - Easy Dinner for the Whole Family Matt sent me this recipe for Bacon Cheeseburger Tater Tot Casserole on facebook. After years of asking for tater tot casserole of some kind, he now found a recipe and I didn't really have a way out of it.…
Crock Pot Pepper Steak - One Dish Meal We came across this recipe in 2018. I'm happy with any Crock-Pot recipe that makes things easy! This certainly does and has been a staple recipe in our kitchen ever since. I do recommend using red bell peppers for appeal, the green lose…
Kirkland Signature Ravioli Lasagna Bolognese: Childhood Comfort Food Growing up, I often visited my aunt and uncle who lived in the Bronx, NYC. They often took me to a restaurant near their house which I remember only as "The Wedge." They closed years ago (I want to say it was in…
Beef Stroganoff Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit: An easy dinner kit from Aldi! We love the grocery store Aldi. For those of you unfamiliar, Aldi is a well known grocery chain in Germany, quality products at low prices. How are they able to make the prices so low? To make those prices…