Baked Crispy Drumsticks are brined first and then baked at a high temperature, resulting in crispy, crunchy, and incredibly flavorful chicken drumsticks. CRISPY SEASONED BAKED CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS Each drumstick is bursting with flavor, delivering a delightful combination of crispy texture and mouthwatering taste that will keep you coming back for more. After the holidays, I like to purge my freezer of the food that needs to be eaten. I usually have some idea of what is in my freezer, but some meats get pushed to the back, and I have to pull them to the front to eat first. I realized that what I thought were chicken wings, which I kept pulling to the front, were actually a package of chicken drumsticks. I had been saving the chicken wings to make our Texas BBQ Hot Wings for our Super Bowl weekend. But hey, why not make crispy chicken drumsticks instead? Ha ha! The drumsticks sounded so good, and I have had this recipe in my head ...
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Stuffed Pork Chops with Pepper Jelly Glaze
Collards and Cornbread Stuffed Pork Chops, juicy, thick gorgeous pork chops slit with a pocket of collard greens and cornbread stuffing and then placed under the broiler with a glaze of pepper jelly. COLLARDS AND CORNBREAD STUFFED PORK CHOPS These pork chops make a beautiful presentation for any restaurant meal experience you want for your guests or just a celebratory dinner for your family. When I saw these thick pork chops at Sams, I knew I wanted to stuff them. My husband had his eye on grilling, and after I had talked him into stuffing them, he got a sparkle in his eyes.
Old Fashioned Chicken Pot Pie
Old fashioned Chicken Pot Pie is made with whole chicken, mixed vegetables, and homemade white sauce, baked in a flaky crust. Homemade Chicken Pot Pie (Copycat Marie Callender's) One bite of this scrumptious homemade chicken pot pie and your family will know why homemade from start to finish is the only way, just like the widely known chicken pot pie from Marie Callender. While my daughter in love, Brandy, was on bedrest awaiting the arrival of our granddaughter, her friend, Rachel brought over this delicious Chicken Pot Pie. Rachel's Old Fashioned Chicken Pot Pie recipe should definitely be added to your repertoire. She says, "It is her Mom's famous Chicken Pot Pie! "We LOVE this...it's a must at every holiday." To my surprise, Brandy had one baking in the oven when we arrived on our next visit.
Baked Spaghetti and Homemade Meatballs
Baked Spaghetti and Homemade Meatballs are prepared by simmering the meatballs in an easy marinara sauce until they become gloriously tender and juicy. Then, add the spaghetti, toss it all together, and bake. THE BEST SPAGHETTI AND HOMEMADE MEATBALLS This is the best recipe for Spaghetti and Homemade meatballs given to me by a dear friend. I give all the tips and tidbits for making a satisfying and comforting meal. When I think of comfort food, it doesn't get more classic than Spaghetti and Meatballs. This recipe is pretty straightforward. The dish has three components, the meatballs, the sauce, and the pasta. The true star, for me, is the meatballs, which need some love and attention to be tender and juicy. The marinara sauce is a simple recipe of onion, garlic, diced and crushed tomatoes, seasonings, and fresh herbs. It is very basic, but believe me, when it is cooked up with the meatballs and incorporated with the pasta, it is incredible.
Kay's Swiss Steak
Swiss steak is an inch-thick beef round steak tenderized and browned, then simmered low and slow in a sauce of tomatoes, onion, garlic, and herbs on the stovetop or in the oven. THE BEST OLD FASHIONED SWISS STEAK This old-fashioned Swiss steak, with fork-tender meat alongside a billowing pile of mashed potatoes smothered in a beefy tomato gravy, is the ultimate comfort food. Swiss steak is a method of preparing meat, usually beef, by rolling or pounding it and then braising it in a stockpot, either on a stove or in an oven. The name does not refer to Switzerland but to the process of "swissing," which involves pounding or running fabric or other materials through rollers to soften them, in this case, meat.
Smoked Salmon Cakes
Smoked salmon cakes are an easy and delicious weeknight meal option, and believe it or not, they are affordable. SMOKED SALMON PATTIES Smoked salmon patties are perfectly crisp on the outside and deliciously tender and flaky on the inside. They are made with packaged smoked sliced salmon instead of canned salmon. One bite of these smoked salmon cakes and any thought of you using canned salmon will fly out the window. That's how I felt the first time I made them. I use sliced precooked salmon from Sams. I add minced onion, lemon juice, mayonnaise, chopped fresh dill, an egg, half and half, and coat them in a little Obay seasoning mixed in the panko crumbs. These are so good.
Slow Cooker Turkey Breast
Slow Cooker Turkey Breast is simple to prepare and has as much flavor as a whole turkey. Start with a bone in, skin on, and use the same seasonings, but the secret to the juiciest meat is the brining. CROCKPOT TURKEY BREAST This Crockpot Turkey Breast recipe is an excellent addition to serve extra white meat for your Thanksgiving meal, which my family loves. We always run out of white meat, but not anymore. My recipe for Crockpot Turkey Breast is straightforward, with only 3 ingredients, turkey, poultry seasoning, and butter, that's it. It turns out moist and flavorful every time. Whether cooking a whole turkey or a turkey breast, the leftovers are always my favorite. I love making turkey sliders, sandwiches, turkey soup, and my new recipe for turkey bubble up, which uses this year's leftovers.
Hamburger Soup
Hamburger Soup is warming and satisfying, loaded with vegetables. Ideal comfort food on cold nights. HEARTY HAMBURGER VEGETABLE SOUP This hearty hamburger vegetable soup recipe is hearty and straightforward. It's made with lean ground beef, various vegetables, and a delicious beef broth. Soup season is in full swing here in East Texas. I couldn't be more excited. On weeknights, I like to make a soup that takes little time and ingredients that I keep in my kitchen, but on the weekends, I want to do the long and slow method. Growing up, ground beef was one of the less expensive meats to feed a family. I remember my mother would make Hamburger Soup several times in the winter months. To get a few more servings, she would stretch the recipe by adding mini pasta shells. This ground beef soup is hearty and chunky, loaded with delicious vegetables and plenty of juices for a chunk of cornbread to soak them up. Also, It is a versatile soup in...
Super Easy Baked Ziti
Baked Ziti is the ultimate comfort food for a crowd or just a family night dinner, rich and gooey with layers of pasta, creamy meat sauce, and three different kinds of cheese. EASIEST BAKED ZITI YOU WILL EVER MAKE Baked Ziti is the easiest and quickest casserole dish you will ever make. You can have a fantastic meal in about an hour, a perfect weeknight meal. As soon as the weather cools, I start cooking comfort food, like this Super Easy Baked Ziti. Total comfort food in a bowl. Baked Ziti is the Mother of all pasta dishes. The recipe has existed in Italy for ages. There are so many ways to make it, including making the sauces from scratch or using a jar sauce, mixing the sauces together or not, and using ricotta or not. I make a lot of casserole recipes from scratch, but this is one time I prefer to use the jar sauce. The recipe just became Americanized. I like Rao's brand for the jar sauce for the Homemade Marinara and Alfredo sau...
Baked Feta Pasta Recipe
Baked Feta Pasta became a TicTok sensation last year, becoming the most instantaneous recipe made with four simple ingredients. BAKED FETA AND RICOTTA PASTA WITH CHICKEN Like many pasta recipes, adding chicken will indeed please and become a family favorite for weeknight meals. Creamy flavorful, and cheese, all the components you want in a pasta dish. Baked Feta Pasta is the perfect fall comfort food, creamy, tomato–y and so incredibly delicious. It is probably the most straightforward pasta dish I have ever made. When I say simple, everything gets baked together until the tomatoes burst, releasing all their jamminess. The cheeses get melty, and you stir it all together, making this quick creamy sauce, toss in the chicken and then the pasta. Generously garnish with more basil. Boom, dinner is ready.
Oven Smoked Brisket
Oven Smoked Brisket is tender meat that tastes like it has been smoked in a smoker for hours. You don't need a smoker to enjoy this mouthwatering oven smoked brisket. Beef Brisket Smoked In The Oven The best Texas style brisket is tender without falling apart while slicing, and it has that thick layer of smoky, peppery bark surrounding each slice. This recipe meets all of those standards. Brisket was a new cut of meat, you might say, at our house growing up as a teenager. When my mother first started cooking brisket, she would cook them in the oven at first, and then, when she got a smoker, she started smoking them. The best part about my mother cooking brisket was not how she cooked them but how she selected the one to buy. The briskets you buy in Texas are usually known as a packer cut—this means that it’s the entire chest muscle, and most of the time covered with a generous layer of fat and weighs anywhere from seven to eleven pounds.
Sesame Ginger Bone In Pork Chops
Juicy, tender pork chops marinated with a sesame ginger vinaigrette and baked in the oven to perfection. 2-Ingredient Baked Sesame Ginger Pork Chops A brief time in the refrigerator gives the bone in thick pork chops loads of flavor while tenderizing the meat. Even if you don't have time for the pork chops to hang out in the marinate, skip the marinating and pour the sesame ginger vinaigrette over them just before you bake them in the oven. Still delicious. I like to cook thick cut porterhouse pork chops with the bone in them because there is so much more flavor. Other cuts of pork chops will work, like boneless pork chops, sirloin pork chops, and thin cut pork chops, sometimes called rib pork chops. There is no need to complicate dinner when you can make this simple meal that everyone will enjoy. You will only need two ingredients, Maria's Sesame Ginger Vinaigrette and pork chops. Once they go in the oven, you can have a wholesome ...
Buttery Lobster Tails
Buttery lobster tails served with garlic butter sauce will wow any dinner guest for any special occasion, especially Valentine's. Incredibly Easy Lobster Tails When you think of lobster tails, a pricy restaurant meal you could never cook at home comes to mind. I used to be intimidated and feel the same way until I watched my son-in-law make them at home. What a fun meal we had, you will want to start making them for special occasions. My son-in-law, Ben, and I love to cook together. On most holidays and a weekend of trying new recipes, we will get in the kitchen and cook together. For Christmas, it is our Standing Rib Roast , Easter is our Whole Bone In Ham , and a tailgate appetizer is Grilled Whole Jalapeno Poppers . For this recipe, I have included two methods of preparation with tips and tidbits, how to broil lobster tails and how to bake lobster tails.
Hearty Split Pea Soup with Leftover Hambone
Hearty Split Pea Soup is made with a meaty ham bone, generous carrots, onions, and celery, yielding a flavorful broth. It's easy to make on the stovetop, but I've also added slow cooker and Instant Pot options. Split Pea Soup It is soup weather, and Split Pea is one of my personal favorites. It's so easy to make, and what better time to use the ham bone leftover from the holidays? There is so much flavor from the bone and meat, I always save it for later when I cook beans or collards . This soup recipe is all about going back to my childhood, using old-fashioned ingredients you have in your kitchen. The split peas are inexpensive, and you already have your ham bone. The carrots and celery are also inexpensive and make a delicious, humble soup. I use fresh thyme, a couple of bay leaves, and either chicken stock or vegetable stock to elevate the flavor. WHERE CAN I FIND THE RECIPE? TAKE ME TO THE RECIPE FOR SPLIT PEA SOUP Below, under the next he...
Baked Lasagna Stuffed Peppers
Lasagna Stuffed Peppers are full of rich Italian flavors, such as lean ground beef seasoned with fresh oregano and basil and sauteed in a marinara sauce. And layered with a mixture of ricotta, parmesan, and mozzarella cheese, all packed in sweet and colorful bell pepper. LASAGNA STUFFED PEPPERS Two classic hearty dishes come together to make a comforting meal. With just 20 minutes of prep work, you can sit back and relax as these stuffed peppers bake. Any time I can make a dish that takes little time or no time at all to make, I am thrilled. That's how I feel about these Lasagna Stuffed Peppers. Everything is cooked and then assembled just before going into the oven. The marinara meat sauce can be made the day before. A lovely weeknight meal made for busy cooks.
How To Cook A Whole Bone In Ham
A Whole Bone-in Ham recipe is so simple, with no glaze, no clove studding, and no fuss. It uses the low and slow cooking method and a blast of high heat at the end to caramelize the outside. The results are excellent, juicy, tender, and with superb flavor. WHOLE BONE IN HAM With so many varieties of hams in grocery stores today, it can be daunting to know how to cook one. I share secrets for buying, preparing, and cooking the juiciest ham ever. A whole bone in ham is the most effortless meat to cook for a holiday meal. Preparation is equally as easy. A whole ham is larger than needed for a regular meal but perfect for a large gathering or save and have for those wonderful leftover ham recipes. Most hams you buy are fully cooked, and all you do is score the ham and, if you want, add a simple glaze. My family prefers the natural juices from the ham to baste the ham instead of a glaze. By scoring a diamond pattern in the ham into the fat and ...
Chicken Piccata
Chicken Piccata is an exceptional crispy pan-seared thin chicken breast with a nutty lemon brown butter caper sauce. Lighter Chicken Piccata The simplicity of preparing this popular dish with light ingredients in no way detracts from its rich flavor. The lighter chicken piccata is ready in 30 minutes, making it perfect for busy weeknight meals. I can never pass up Chicken Piccata. The fresh lemon and brinny cappers make these thin chicken breasts sing in chorus. I wanted to make Chicken Piccata lighter, so this recipe has no flour. I even left it out of the sauce, too, and the sauce thickened beautifully. I just let it simmer until it thickens sufficiently. An added burst of flavor comes from browning the butter before adding the ingredients, the chicken stock, and the lemon juice. The Chicken Piccata is so good and uncomplicated to make. Also, an added plus is that they are low carb friendly. WHERE CAN I FIND THE ...
Soy Braised Beef Short Ribs
Soy Braised Beef Short Ribs, easy to make yet rich and complex in the flavor profile. The preparation of this dish is virtual hands free, while the presentation is nothing less than the star of any celebratory dinner. Cooking up a winter feast with these Soy Braised Beef Short Ribs is all I could think about when I spotted the short ribs in the grocery store last week. The short ribs get their complex flavor from the mixture of spices, ginger, garlic, cinnamon stick, bay leaf, and Chinese five spice powder. These spices and aromatics give the short ribs an incredible aroma while braising.
Old School Sloppy Joes Recipe Is Still The Best!
The Old School Sloppy Joes Recipe is still the best, consisting of ground beef, onions, tomato sauce or ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, and other spices. The simplest version has stood the test of time, d-lish! The Best Old School Sloppy Joes Sloppy Joes are tasty and sloppy. It takes two hands to eat the yummy piles of loose meat between two buns or slices of bread. The name of this beloved sandwich says it all. The simplest version of Sloppy Joe's Sandwiches is how it all began in the United States during the early 20th century. They are as tasty as they are sloppy. The name comes from piling so much meat sauce on a giant hamburger bun, a tiny slider bun, or between two slices of your favorite bread that you cannot help but need a napkin. Did I say they were messy? Do you remember the last Sloppy Joe you had? I am guessing the last time your mother made them or a school cafeteria lunch, as I recall, was u...
