Fritos Taco Casserole This Fritos Taco Casserole combines ground beef with onions, garlic, corn, black beans, melted cheeses, along with crunchy Fritos corn chips. Meaty, cheesy, and a little crunchy. This is a satisfying and fun meal with a variety of flavors and textures. Take this Fritos taco casserole to your next potluck and watch…
Main Course
This is my collection of main courses, it includes lunch and dinner items. Special occasion meals, including my favorites, Italian, American and Mexican cuisine.
Creamy Mushroom Chicken and Rice
Creamy Mushroom Chicken and Rice This Creamy Mushroom Chicken and Rice is maximum comfort food. It has two kinds of rice (long grain white rice and wild rice), along with mushrooms, tender chicken, herbs, spices, sherry, cream, and parmesan cheese. It’s the kind of one pot meal you’ll want to make over and over again. …
Cheesy Hamburger and Potato Casserole
Cheesy Hamburger and Potato Casserole This cheesy hamburger and potato casserole is the epitome of comfort food. Layers of potatoes are covered with ground beef and melted cheese. If you love meat and potatoes, this is the dish for you. It’s stick to your ribs comfort food. Ingredients 3 tablespoons butter, plus extra to generously…
Chicken and Mushroom Pie With Puff Pastry
Chicken and Mushroom Pie with Puff Pastry This Chicken and Mushroom Pie with Puff Pastry incorporates button mushrooms, baby Bella mushrooms, leeks, and generous chunks of chicken in a rich and flavorful gravy. A little sherry adds to the depth of flavor. This recipe is comfort food that’s perfect for a cozy evening in. If…
Feta Baked Chicken
Feta Baked Chicken This Feta baked chicken is packed with a flavorful blend of cheeses and topped with more cheese. The star cheese being Feta. This dish is a filling and tasty low carb option. If you are looking for more low carb, keto friendly chicken options, here are some suggestions: Greek Lemon Garlic Chicken …
Crab and Shrimp Stuffed Salmon
Crab and Shrimp Stuffed Salmon This Crab and Shrimp Stuffed Salmon is like eating a tender piece of salmon that is stuffed and topped with a crab (and shrimp) cake. If you enjoy seafood, you’ll love this dish. This fish is a satisfying meat on its own or it can be served with a…
Fusilli Lunghi
Fusilli Lunghi Lunghi means long in Italian. Fusilli Lunghi has the same corkscrew shape as Fusilli pasta, except its long like spaghetti. Even cooked, it maintains that fun spiral shape. Fusilli Lunghi is a hearty pasta that can go with many rich sauces, especially meat and tomato based sauces. Today, we are serving it with…
Gnocchi Alla Sorrentina
Gnocchi Alla Sorrentina Gnocchi Alla Sorrentina incorporates fluffy bites of gnocchi with a cheesy, garlicky tomato sauce. It is then topped with more cheese and then is baked. The recipe comes from Sorrento, a town in the Campania region of Italy. What is Sorrentina Sauce? Sorrentina sauce is a tomato based sauce that incorporates garlic,…
Chicken Dijon
Chicken Dijon This Chicken Dijon (French style mustard chicken) combines flavorful chicken breasts in a creamy dijon sauce. The sauce is creamy, with a little tanginess to make it interesting. Chicken Dijon takes it name from Dijon mustard, which in turn takes it name from the city of Dijon, in the Burgundy (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) region of…
Turkey Sliders On Hawaiian Rolls
Turkey Sliders On Hawaiian Rolls These turkey sliders on Hawaiian rolls are the perfect combination of savory and slightly sweet. They combine honey glazed turkey, with Danish havarti cheese, and are served on Hawaiian Rolls. Take them to a church or office potluck and watch them disappear. They are an excellent heavy hors d’oeuvre for…
Cavatelli with Broccoli
Cavatelli with Broccoli This Cavatelli with Broccoli is flavorful, creamy, and delicious. It’s the sort of satisfying meal you want after a long day. It’s so good, you’ll forget that it’s meatless. This is the kind of meal you would expect in an Italian restaurant. Cavatelli Pasta: What is Cavatelli? Said to be the oldest…
Bacon and Potato Chowder
Bacon and Potato Chowder This satisfying Bacon and Potato Chowder is comfort food in a bowl. The soup packed with potatoes, corn, and vegetables in a rich and cheesy broth. This soup is so filling, it can be a meal on its own. A good side dish would be some cheddar biscuits. Ingredients for…