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Main Dish Casserole Recipes Our main dish casseroles, including favorites like Ranch Chicken Casserole and Million Dollar Chicken Casserole, are the heart of any meal. These casserole recipes are more than just food; they create memories around the din…
Main Dish Casserole Recipes Our main dish casseroles, including favorites like Ranch Chicken Casserole and Million Dollar Chicken Casserole, are the heart of any meal. These casserole recipes are more than just food; they create memories around the dinner table. Each dish is packed with flavor and designed for ease, making your dinner routine something...
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This baked vodka pasta is comfort food heaven! Tender bucatini is swirled in silky vodka sauce, topped with ground beef and mozzarella and baked until melty. It’s so delicious and easy! Cozy comfort food is here for the weekend! This baked vodka pasta is so cozy, tastes amazing and is easy to throw together on […]
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This baked vodka pasta is comfort food heaven! Tender bucatini is swirled in silky vodka sauce, topped with ground beef and mozzarella and baked until melty. It’s so delicious and easy!
Cozy comfort food is here for the weekend!
This baked vodka pasta is so cozy, tastes amazing and is easy to throw together on a weeknight. It’s also a perfect weekend meal with a big greens salad. Bucatini pasta, vodka sauce that is silky and smooth, melty cheese, fresh basil, tons of parmesan – what more could we want?!
Baked spaghetti has been a go-to meal for us for years. It’s something I make a few times a month because we all love it so much. And it’s simple.
Spaghetti noodles, ground beef or turkey, marinara sauce and cheese.
EASY! It’s so comforting and wonderful. And it seems like a no brainer, but the nice thing is that it just tastes different from regular “pasta and sauce.”
You know? Sometimes we just need a meal like that. Something with familiar flavors that we enjoy, but not the exact meal we are used to.
That is how I develop most recipes and even how I cook dinner.
“What can I make that tastes the same but… isn’t the same?”
Welcome to my life.
I’m pretty sure the best part of the baked spaghetti is the melty cheese. I also love how some parts of the noodles peek out from the sauce and end up crunchy and crisp from the oven. I steal those pieces. Of course.
So this meal is just like that, but with my vodka sauce. Think lots of fresh mozzarella. Herbs. Oh, and bucatini!!
I love bucatini a lot more than spaghetti. The long, tender tubes swirl into sauce much better than other noodles. I cook them al dente so they still have a bit of chew and they’re just perfect.
One of my favorite things about vodka sauce is how silky it is. It coats noodles beautifully – I love that it’s smooth and not chunky. And that it covers every bit of noodle, without any bald spots!
First, I brown some ground beef. Or turkey! Whichever you’d like to use. Then I remove it and set it aside in a bowl.
Then I make a double batch of my vodka sauce in that same pan. Of course, this is an extra step when you’re used to pouring a jar of marinara in a baking dish. But if you’re a lover of vodka sauce like I am, then you know how important this is!
I also boil the pasta while starting the sauce, because I need some starchy pasta water for it all to come together.
Once the sauce is done, I add a bit of it in the bottom of a baking dish. Then swirl the bucatini into pasta piles in the dish on top. Sprinkle the ground beef mixture all over. Pour the rest of the sauce over the bucatini and do a few twirls so the noodles are mostly coated.
I love this sauce so I want my pasta swimming in it. No lie.
Next, I throw some mozzarella all over the top. I take a ball of it and tear it into pieces. (more…)
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This healthy Lasagna Soup Recipe has all the incredible flavor of classic lasagna in a comforting soup. It’s easy to make with very little prep work and is…
This healthy Lasagna Soup Recipe has all the incredible flavor of classic lasagna in a comforting soup. It’s easy to make with very little prep work and is… Walking Taco Casserole with Fritos is a winning dish for a busy weeknight meal, combining ease and deliciousness in the ultimate comfort
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Walking Taco Casserole with Fritos is a winning dish for a busy weeknight meal, combining ease and deliciousness in the ultimate comfort
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The coziest dish of the season? Short ribs with risotto! These red wine braised short ribs sit on a bowl of creamy charred scallion risotto and the combination is fabulous. The ultimate comfort food for the autumn season! I’ve got your cozy October meal right here! These braised short ribs are fall-apart tender and loaded […]
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The coziest dish of the season? Short ribs with risotto! These red wine braised short ribs sit on a bowl of creamy charred scallion risotto and the combination is fabulous. The ultimate comfort food for the autumn season! (more…)
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We all love this weeknight spinach baked gnocchi! It’s simple and easy to throw together, plus a huge crowd pleaser. Ground beef or turkey, marinara, fresh spinach and gnocchi topped with melty cheese. Yum! We’re making Monday night dinner easy today! This baked gnocchi is made with marinara sauce, ground beef or turkey, fresh spinach, […]
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We all love this weeknight spinach baked gnocchi! It’s simple and easy to throw together, plus a huge crowd pleaser. Ground beef or turkey, marinara, fresh spinach and gnocchi topped with melty cheese. Yum!
We’re making Monday night dinner easy today!
This baked gnocchi is made with marinara sauce, ground beef or turkey, fresh spinach, mozzarella cheese and all the flavor.
Let’s just call it our comfort food of the week over here.
Like a big hug in a bowl, just when you need it.
This is a mash up of a few of my favorite weeknight recipes and it is too good not to share. I basically combine my cheesy skillet tortellini with my baked ravioli with spinach and my vodka sauce baked gnocchi.
All of those delicious meals have a part in this recipe today. And it could not be easier.
It’s a huge crowd pleaser.
It’s very simple to make.
And it appeals to almost all palates.
Winner all around here, I tell you.
I start by browning some ground beef or turkey. Yes, we’re making a meaty marinara sauce. This meal ends up being SO incredibly satisfying.
Once that is cooked, I stir in the marinara. Then, I stir in the spinach!
It will look like a TON of spinach. Add it in small handfuls and let it wilt and cook down. It will cook down almost completely!
Stir in UNCOOKED gnocchi. Yep – no need to cook it. It will cook right in our sauce. Shelf stable or frozen gnocchi work. Whatever you have on hand!
Next, top it with sliced mozzarella and parmesan. All the cheese, please.
Finally, bake it up. It’s bubbly and warm and cheesy and melty, just like comfort food should be!
That’s it. See? Super easy. You may even have all the ingredients on hand, which is another reason it’s one of my favorite meals.
A big bowl of this served with a lovely fall salad. Oh yes. (more…)
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We love making taquitos for an easy weeknight meal or for easy entertaining. They are a favorite for game days! We love Chicken Taquitos, Black Bean Cheese Taquitos, and these Beef Taquitos. If you like our ground beef tacos, I have a feeling you will …
We love making taquitos for an easy weeknight meal or for easy entertaining. They are a favorite for game days! We love Chicken Taquitos, Black Bean Cheese Taquitos, and these Beef Taquitos. If you like our ground beef tacos, I have a feeling you will love these Beef Taquitos too! They are similar, but taquitos… We love these melty meatball wraps! Our favorite ricotta meatballs are tossed in marinara then stuffed in a wrap with pesto and cheese. Toasted until golden and melty, it’s the ultimate satisfying dish! Now this is my kind of back-to-school meal! These cheesy meatball melts are wrapped in a crispy tortilla with pesto and mozzarella, […]
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We love these melty meatball wraps! Our favorite ricotta meatballs are tossed in marinara then stuffed in a wrap with pesto and cheese. Toasted until golden and melty, it’s the ultimate satisfying dish!
Now this is my kind of back-to-school meal!
These cheesy meatball melts are wrapped in a crispy tortilla with pesto and mozzarella, toasted until crunchy and warm and wonderful.
It’s comfort food, taken to the next level.
Think meatball sub, but better. Crispier. Cheesier! More herbs!
Okay I think I got the point across.
This meal is our current obsession. These meatball wraps are decadent, super satisfying and a huge win for everyone eating them.
And they are SIMPLE!
Now, I take a bit of the “simple” out of them because I make my own meatballs and pesto. I use my ricotta meatball recipe which is incredible. It’s very easy and straightforward, resulting in super tender and juicy meatballs.
I also make my basil pesto. I can’t even tell you how many batches of this I’ve made in the last few weeks. Maybe five or six? I make a batch at least once a week and throw most of it in the freezer so we can enjoy it all winter long. It’s the best pesto ever.
The key is using a fairly large tortilla. Like a burrito-size flour tortilla or even one of the large siete tortillas (I like the chickpea ones!).
Spread some pesto in the center of the tortilla.
Add a sprinkling of cheese. Mozzarella, provolone – you know I love the Tillamook italian blend!
Add one to three meatballs. Whichever fits best. Don’t add too many or it won’t seal easily.
Fold up the wrap, then toast it in a skillet. Yes! Until golden and crunchy.
Serve that baby right up.
Oh wow, wow, wow. This wrap is so dreamy. Incredibly filling. So tasty! You can customize it, based on your meatballs and your pesto. And even your cheese.
Not only is this so incredibly delicious (like ridiculously crowd pleasing), it’s also super easy to throw together with leftovers. In fact, I like to make this recipe using only leftovers! So if I have meatballs from a meal earlier in the week, I plan on this a few days later.
It works so well and not just because everyone loves it. But it works because it’s different from the other traditional ways you may have served the meatballs, so it adds variety and excitement to your weekly dinners. (more…)
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Our Grilled Skirt Steak Salad with fresh peaches and creamy burrata is one of our favorite things to serve guests during the summer. It’s so fresh, packed with so much flavor, super satisfying, and the best part? -it’s very easy to make! Skirt steak is so underrated because it’s not the most tender cut, but it has so much great flavor! Although with our simple marinade you get even more flavor as well as a…
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Our Grilled Skirt Steak Salad with fresh peaches and creamy burrata is one of our favorite things to serve guests during the summer. It’s so fresh, packed with so much flavor, super satisfying, and the best part? -it’s very easy to make!
Skirt steak is so underrated because it’s not the most tender cut, but it has so much great flavor! Although with our simple marinade you get even more flavor as well as a nice and tender grilled piece of meat!
Skirt steak is a cut of beef from the plate (between the brisket and flank). It’s often confused for the hangar and flank, mostly due to the location of the cut. Our top three reasons with love skirt steaks are:
Skirt steak is often overlooked because it’s not considered a tender cut of beef. For this reason we always marinate our skirt steaks. Marinating skirt steaks (especially with an acid component, in this case red wine vinegar and whole grain mustard) really helps to tenderize the steak.
We always recommend marinating skirt steak for at least 6 hours for tenderness, but not more than 24 hours. We often find that marinated skirt steak for over 24 hours breaks the muscle tissue down a little too much, creating a a mushy mess.
This mainly comes down to flavor! We love the char-grilled flavor you get from throwing the steak on the grill.
Skirt steak also really benefits from fast, high temperature cooking, which is great for grilling.
If you don’t have a grill or grill pan you can always use a large cast iron skillet!
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Cheeseburger Tater Tot Casserole is about to transform your idea of comfort food! Imagine the savory, satisfying flavors of a juicy cheeseburger
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Cheeseburger Tater Tot Casserole is about to transform your idea of comfort food! Imagine the savory, satisfying flavors of a juicy cheeseburger
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