I started with a recipe from a Paula Deen cookbook, and then I mucked it all up because that’s the joy of making it yourself! I can have it exactly how I want it! And it was yummy – definitely a keeper and really nice change to plain old meatloaf. Bacon Cheddar Meatloaf 1 1/2 [...]

The past three months have been anything but the easiest in our house, what with the plague going around, and there have been many nights where the closest I’ve come to cooking all day is microwaving a cup of tea. But, hopefully we’re all finished with the quarantine, and I can resume my normal kitchen [...]

My husband loves pot roast, so I have tried oodles of recipes over the years. Eventually I came up with my own. It comes out nice and tender and perfectly flavored every time. This is my “standard” pot roast. Brian’s Favorite Pot Roast 1 (2-2 1/2 lb) chuck roast 2 tbs. vegetable oil 1 c. [...]

My very first cookbook I bought when I moved out was a copy of the Betty Crocker red checkered classic cookbook. My version of meatloaf is a variation of a recipe in that cookbook. And let’s just say it took a few tries to get it just right… Old Fashioned Meat Loaf 1 1/2 lbs. [...]

I am a Yankee, even worse as my husband would joke, I am a damn Yankee because I was born in Boston. As such, I had NEVER heard of chicken fried steak until I married my Texan husband and accompanied him back to the Lone Star state for the first time. I still don’t get [...]

Italian Pot Roast Slightly adapted from Sandra Lee’s Semi-Homemade Magazine, Oct/Nov 2009 2 tbs. vegetable oil 1 (2-2 1/2 lb) chuck roast 1 tsp salt 1 tsp. black pepper 2 c. beef broth 1 1/2 tsp. Italian seasoning 2 bay leaves 1 small onion, halved and quartered 4 medium carrots, peeled and cut into 1″ pieces [...]