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…
Creamy Potato Salad I used to hate potato salad, wouldn't allow it anywhere near my plate. But one day, as we were looking at what to serve at an upcoming picnic we were hosting, Matt requested potato salad. So, I knew I had to give it my best so it would…
Fresh Vitamix Tomato Sauce - Never buying canned again I was once told that once you find a recipe to make homemade tomato sauce, you'll never want store bought again. A few weeks ago, we made Homemade Roasted Tomato Sauce for our first attempt and it was delicious. After paging through…
Chicken Cacciatore - A Slow Cooker Favorite We have multiple Chicken Cacciatore recipes. I finally had to book mark and write in the pages of the book to remember THIS was the one we really liked! With easy prep early in the day, allowing for the chicken to cook all day…
Mexican Cheese Soup - A copycat of a childhood restaurant favorite The part of Pennsylvania we grew up in, certainly was lacking in Mexican food options as we were younger. When my mom was pregnant with me, we just so happened to live near one of the few restaurants in the…
Hoisin Beef Noodles - Delicious and Simple Matt saw this recipe on facebook one night in a group he's in and sent to me. Always up for something new, I added it to the calendar earlier this year. This is a great meal that you can probably alter as needed, as…
Quarantine Menu April 12-18 Happy Easter! Happy Quarantine Week 5! As stated above, this week started with Easter, this was the first year it was just the two of us, so I really had to tone down the meal. I still overcooked as usual. The rest of the week was a…
Bo Luc Lac - Another Favorite In June 2017, as part of our adventures around the world via food, we chose Vietnamese cuisine. One of the dishes we discovered was Bo Luc Lac which is translated to Shaking Beef, because of the shaking of the pan during the cooking process. This…
CUBAN INSPIRED RICE WITH BEANS AND PEAS We had our Cuban Pork in the Crock-pot, and I needed something to go along with the sandwiches I was putting together. I browsed the internet going back and forth between recipes, trying to figure out which recipe seemed most fitting. Then the lightbulb…
Cuban Sandwiches: For Tourists Only... Did you know that the "Cuban" sandwich we know here in the USA, isn't really a "thing" in Cuba? I learned this recently watching an video on YouTube from the channel Kara and Nate. According to the city guide they were with, Cuban Pork sandwiches were…