Dana and I love grilled steaks. However, after a few steak dinners, it can get a little old. The best way to spice up a steak dinner is to add a sauce to the steak. There is nothing that compliments a great steak better than a nice mushroom sauce. I came up with sauce [...]
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Dana and I really love the sweet potato casserole from Ruth’s Chris. So we scoured around to find a recipe that was similar. We settled on a recipe, but it was way too sweet. It was actually Tooth-aching sweet! The sweet potatoes multiplied by the candied pecan top, was similar to the taste of the [...]
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After spending a week in NY, I have been craving a good marsala dish, which is another popular choice in my good old stomping grounds of Queens. That’s the one thing I miss the most about NY….the FOOD! So, I am forced to recreate my favorites when I am craving a certain flavor! Rex has [...]
The Marinara Sauce from the other day is not Bill’s only specialty. My Father-in-Law also makes a mean Shrimp Marinara. This is a simple dish that utilizes his Sunday gravy. Sauteed shrimp and garlic mixed with awesome marinara sauce makes for a great meal. Bill’s Shrimp Marinara Peel and de-vein the shrimp. Make sure [...]
My wife took over the blog for the day. Here is Dana! I am from Queens, NY and one of the main Italian cuisine staples is vodka sauce! I wanted to make a delicious vodka sauce to celebrate our 2nd anniversary. We both loved this meal. I hope you enjoy it! Dana’s Rigatoni a La [...]
My Father-In-Law Bill came down to visit a while back and he made some awesome Marinara. It was so delicious, I had to get the recipe to share. The Sauce had great color, texture and best of all – taste. It is a simple recipe that uses the best ingredients. The best types of recipes [...]
My son Liam has been cutting teeth like no other. Since he has had some teeth pop through, he has been loving real food. His favorite is Mac and Cheese, so I decided to go ahead and make some. I wanted to reward him for all of the hard work he has been doing. [...]
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Dana and I love Entenmann’s Cheese Strip Danish. So I decided to try to recreate it. Well I was partially there, but it was a fail. I failed to let the danish proof so the final product was a little dense. Further, I am pretty sure that the instant yeast that I purchased did not activate. [...]
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I love tomatoes! I am the weird guy at parties that eats the cherry tomatoes in the vegetable tray. It seems as if I am the only person that eats them. So I decided to grill some up as a side dish. They were delicious! They were a tad bit tart from the balsamic vinegar making [...]
Over the holiday season Dana and I went to visit my family in Michigan. While there, my Mom made us some enchiladas. These were a tad bit different from my normal enchiladas. They were meaty and delicious. I had to have the recipe. So I asked my Mom for it and she happily gave it [...]
I have been under the weather for the past couple of days and Dana wanted to cheer me up. So she made some of the tastiest cookies around. S’more cookies. Yep, that campfire favorite is now a tasty cookie. The chocolate, graham cracker and marshmallow works great as a tasty cookie. They were so delicious, [...]
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The next cookie that Dana made for our Christmas Cookie tins was a nice Apricot Thumbprint cookie. The Apricot jam accented the sugar cookie nicely. Just like the other cookies, I could not keep these out of my mouth. Apricot Thumbprints In a large bowl combine butter with sugar, eggs, vanilla and almond extract. Using [...]
The third cookie that Dana made for our Christmas cookie tins was soft molasses cookies. These are soft and chewy with just a hint of spice. The perfect treat on a cold night. We ate a ton of these. Not sure how any were left to give away. Soft Molasses Cookies Cream together the shortening [...]
