Old Fashioned Beef Stew

Mid-winter calls for comfort food and when I think of comfort food, I think of old-fashioned beef stew. I had a major craving for it this weekend and decided to play around with my usual recipe and I’m so glad that I did. The end result was a delicious meal for my family to enjoy. […]

Steak Pizzaiola

Inexpensive AND delicious? I’ll take it! My 85 year old father is a retired chef and steak pizzaiola, or meat in a “pizza style” is a dish he has made our family for decades. It’s so yummy and is a meal your family is sure to love! My father was coming over for dinner last […]

Chicken “Heart” Pie

I was looking for a birthday gift for a friend on Amazon.com and came across these adorable heart shaped ramekin.  I was thinking about how I can use them for a Valentine’s Day dish and I came up with the idea for Chicken Heart Pie.  Not too romantic you might say, but in our house […]

Perfect Roast Chicken

  Recently roasting a chicken has become a Sunday night ritual.  I love a great roasted chicken because the possibilities are endless.  Besides serving it as dinner that night, I have so many options for the leftovers!  I try to keep the leftovers interesting, rotating each week from chicken sandwiches for lunches or chicken pot […]

Turkey Chili

For all of the chili connoisseurs out there, this recipe is a definite try!  It actually originated from a book I bought my sister when she was getting married, called Ahhh! My Apartment has a Kitchen! At the time she wasn’t too interested in cooking so I found this easy cooking and baking book for […]