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Slow Cooker Corned Beef and Cabbage
I apologize that the pictures doesn’t look more appetizing, but my husband was eager to dig into this! Neither of us are Irish, but we do like to have corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick’s Day....
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Roast Leg of Lamb
This is one of my husband’s favorites. Unfortunately, the price of lamb makes it so we can’t enjoy it very often, but we do splurge to get it every so often. This leg of lamb we got at the local...
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Old Fashioned Beef Stew
This is a recipe out of one of the very first cook books I received, the Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book, 11th edition. I haven’t made a whole lot from this book, but I like that it has a lot of...
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Our 4th of July Barbecue
Today is a day we celebrate our freedom in the USA. So, I planned to make a little extra food today in celebration. We had invited a friend over to join us, but he ended up cancelling. We had a ton...
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Copycat Chipotle Barbacoa
Chipotle has become one of my favorite places to eat at, but I am cheap and can’t eat out a whole lot. I recently found a great way to make Cilantro Lime Rice, but I wanted to see if I could find a...
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Gyros Burgers
I love, love, love gyros, but lamb can be rather expensive and difficult to find. So, I usually just use ground beef instead, and it still tastes great. I shape the meat into patties and grill...
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Sloppy Joe Turnovers
Yum, yum, yum! My husband had been talking about having sloppy joes for dinner, so I started looking up recipes for them. I remembered that Lori at My Kinda Rain had a recipe for Sloppy Joe...
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Gyros Meatloaf with Tzatziki
Unfortunately, the Greek restaurant we had here in town closed down, and even though there are a few places that serve gyros still, I decided to keep working on my own version at home. I have made...
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Grass Fed Beef from Starbar Ranch
Back at the end of November, I heard about a ranch in the area, Starbar Farm & Ranch, that was gauging interest in grass-fed beef. I have had grass-fed beef before from another local ranch that...
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Taco Biscuit Bowls
Recently, Grands biscuits were on sale for $0.99 each, so I picked up a couple of cans. I know, I know, I’ve been really good about making my own biscuits, but some nights I do still like to have the...
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Cheesy Hamburger Potato Casserole
I recently got a bag of potatoes, which I haven’t gotten in a few weeks, and wanted to make something with them and with ground beef. I considered making the packets again, but started looking more at...
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My Version of Bulgogi
Last week, we discovered a Korean restaurant in town, Sunna’s Korean Restaurant. In fact, we liked it so much for lunch one day, that we went back for dinner the next day! Super nice staff, go out of...
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Creamy Mushroom, Beef, and Potato Skillet
My new skillet has been getting a workout! I’ve been experimenting with a lot of skillet meals to not use the oven in the last of the heat of summer. This one turned out pretty good. I was just...
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Sausage, Cabbage, and Potato Dinner
I’m at a loss at what to call this one, but I can promise you that it tastes good! I just picked up 20 pounds of breakfast sausage yesterday, so I wanted to use some of it to make dinner. I also had...
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Baked Cheeseburger Spinach Macaroni
I came up with this on a night that my older daughter wanted Spinach Bacon Shells and Cheese. I didn’t have any bacon thawed, but I did have ground beef thawed, so I made the shells and the cheese...
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Meatballs in Creamy Dill Sauce
This dish was inspired by the other part of Jamie Oliver’s 15 Minute Meals. His dish was Swedish Meatballs with Celeriac and Spinach Rice. I liked that he used dill, since I had some fresh dill on...
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Sloppy Joes with Ground Beef and Lentils
I have been wanting to make sloppy joes for a while, and really wanted to try using lentils instead of ground beef. Of course, my family was a little hesitant to try it with lentils, so when I found...
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Katie’s Chili
Katie has been asking me to make chili for the longest time, but I kept putting it off. It’s still warm here in AZ, and hot meals just don’t always sound appealing. But, I have never made it before, so...
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Ground Beef, Summer Squash, and Rice Skillet
I recently acquired a zucchini and a yellow squash at a Kiwanis Club meeting. I have made plenty of different meals with zucchini and yellow squash, but wanted to try something new. So, I used what I...
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Ground Beef Gravy
I know, this doesn’t look very appetizing, but honestly, we really like it! It’s very simple to put together, and takes about 30 minutes to prep and cook to have a meal. Can’t beat that! I’ve served it...
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