We have wanted to try to make empanadas for quite some time now. We order them in restaurants and love them, but they seemed challenging to make at home. However, when we saw J. Kenji Lopez-Alt’s recipe for Beef and Potato Empanadas, we knew it …
Summer is grilling season and we’ve been doing a lot of it on these warm summer evenings. Steak is one of our favorite things to grill. We often can’t quite finish a big rib eye or tri-tip in one sitting, leaving us with leftovers. Steak …
Passover has begun! Our Instant Pot Brisket with Balsamic Onions is here to make all of your Passover celebrations that much easier and tastier. We love an easy and delicious meal and this one fits the bill. We adapted the recipe from Leah Koenig’s Little …
Okay…so we’re not talking Ikea Swedish meatballs, here. Not that there’s anything wrong with Ikea’s Swedish Meatballs. We love them for what they are…inexpensive comfort food for when you are tired and overwhelmed by the number of shoppers and volume of merchandise surrounding you every …
We’ve always loved a good meatloaf but it’s hard to find a really good meatloaf recipe. Too many green bell peppers and who puts celery in meatloaf, anyway? When Jenni of Gnome Lover, one of our all-time favorite bloggers, posted a meatloaf muffin (!) recipe …
We love pasties, in particular Cornish Pasties. How can you go wrong with steak and potatoes inside pie crust? There’s a little place in town called The Pasty Shack and that’s where we got the inspiration for our pasties. We like ours bigger and with …
It’s still cold and rainy here in Northern California…at least sporadically. The weather can’t decide if it’s spring or still winter. We like the cold, though, and the comforting food that comes with it. Beef stroganoff is one of our favorite comfort foods. There’s an …
Hey! Did you know that tomorrow is National Chili Day? Chili is one of those divisive foods, isn’t it? Everyone seems to have very strong opinions about what should go into it and how it should be cooked. We don’t have terribly strong opinions on …