Marsala Onion Burgers

As soon as I saw this recipe, I knew I wanted to make these burgers. Not just because I had a half bottle of Marsala wine to use up, but because the flavor combination of the savory burgers, sharp cheddar cheese and a sweet Marsala sauce sounded amazing. The original recipe calls for mushrooms, but [...]

Asian Lettuce Wraps

These little wraps are the perfect meal for a warm day. The filling is a snap to make,  then you just spoon it into over-sized lettuce leaves, resulting in a light and flavorful dinner.

Asian Lettuce Wraps

16 Boston Bibb or butter lettuce leaves
1 pound lean ground beef or ground turkey
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves fresh garlic, minced
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Ginger Honey Garlic Meatballs

I made these meatballs as a trial run for an upcoming event. I was very pleased with how they came out. The meatballs themselves were very moist, and the sauce had a garlicky sweet flavor. The garlic is a little strong, but we love garlic so it was fine with us! I would highly recommend [...]

Barbecue Beef Cups

For my first Snack Food Sunday post, I am sharing these BBQ Beef Cups.
Barbecue sauce, meat and cheese, piled high in a biscuit cup. If that isn’t man food, I don’t know what is. Nate and his friends love these snacks and always request them during football season. They are so easy to make and [...]

Mozzarella Beef Burgers

We are always grilling in the summer and we frequently have burgers, but the same old cheeseburger gets old after a while. I was searching for some new ways to make our grilled burgers when I found this one at Kraft Foods. This is a basic and easy recipe and the flavor was very good. [...]

Baked Gnocchi Parmesan

Nate was very unsure about eating gnocchi when he first tried it a couple months ago. But, he really enjoyed it and requests this gnocchi recipe about every other week. I decided it was time to try a new gnocchi recipe and thought this one from Lauren’s Blog was perfect. The gnocchi came out well, I [...]

Two-Sauce Lasagna Bowls

I saw this recipe on Lauren’s Blog a couple weeks ago, and starred it for future reference. When I had some ground beef to use up the other day, I decided to give this a try. This is a Rachel Ray recipe and although it is not quite a “30-minute” meal and does dirty a lot [...]

From-Scratch Beef Tacos

Well not entirely from scratch, and not really tacos either. More like burritos, but the meat for the burritos was from scratch! Tacos/burritos/fajitas are an almost weekly staple in our house, we just change out the fillings. We are trying to decrease our sodium intake and the low-sodium taco seasoning packets just aren’t that good, [...]

Mini Italian Meatloaves

This is another recipe from Amber’s blog. I really love her blog and all the fabulous food that she makes! These little meatloaves were very good and a perfect way to use up some extra spaghetti sauce and mozzarella cheese that I had in my refrigerator. We had these with garlicky green beans.

Mini Italian Meatloaves

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Cheeseburger in Paradise

Consider this my un-official entry in the Eat to the Beat blog event. Or should I say, Nate’s entry intro the event. When I told him about this event, he immediately blurted out “Cheeseburger in Paradise!” He was so excited. You have to understand that Nate doesn’t really understand this blogging thing, he sees it as [...]