I am so excited about this recipe I can hardly contain myself. For one it is relatively healthy, and for another it just tastes so damn good. Listen, I know there are some meatloaf purist who want nothing more than good old-fashioned meatloaf the way Mom made it with ketchup and all. Me personally, if…
Category: American Diner Classics
Saucy Cheeseburger Empanadas
This recipe is super easy, super delish, and tastes just like a cheeseburger! I don’t like to fry my empanadas, and for years I have been using a cream cheese dough to make mine baked, in the oven, but lately I have been using puffed pastry because I find it can replicate a traditional empanada…
Retro Beef Vegetable Soup
I have such fond memories of my Mom and Dad together cooking in the kitchen. For some reason they just loved to cook together. My Mom would usually start and my Dad would jump in and add his touch to things, which didn’t always suit my Mom but they made it work! One of the…
Authentic Cuban Panini
I love Cuban food. I fell in love with it when I began to visit Miami and the Bahamas years ago. The food and the people are just so lovely. Humble, hard working, proud people. The food is fresh, flavorful and just as warm and inviting as the people. One of my favorites is the…
Poppy’s Italian Potato Croquets
Growing up my father adored his fried food, most of that in the form of delicious Italain fare, and he was an amazing cook. His chicken parm was the best. Our standing joke between me and my fireman is he married me for my Dad’s chicken parm, becasue my Dad would make Henry his own tray and no one…
Retro Salisbury Steak
Growing up I had my fair share of Salisbury steak which, make no mistake, was not steak but ground chuck from Foodtown. Fast forward to modern-day, and my spin on this classic. It begins with freshly ground, you guessed it, steak, which I use with a mix of sirloin and a nice T-bone, I…
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
One of my favorite breads to make is banana bread. My teens have been inhaling this bread since the time they were toddlers. It is the prefect Saturday morning accompaniment to a warm plate of eggs and bacon, or as an afternoon snack with a cup of tea! Or a sneaky late night snack that…
Cheeseburger Mac & Cheese
I was cleaning out the freezer recently and I discovered a package of homemade hamburgers that we hadn’t used from Labor Day. While they were still good, I didn’t feel well enough to go out and grill, so I decided to combine them with some of my creamy, dreamy mac and cheese, and you know…
Smoky Eggplant “Bacon”
Recently a friend posted a recipe for Eggplant Bacon. Now being the bacon snob that I am, my initial reaction was yeah right, nothing could take the place of heavenly pork bacon, not even turkey bacon which I begrudgingly eat from time to time, to be healthyish! Lets face it, some things you just cannot replicate…
Spiced French Toast
Ever since I was a little girl this recipe has been my very most favorite French Toast recipe. I have only slightly deviated from this recipe, in that I add in orange zest instead of orange juice like Daddy, and I use fresh grated nutmeg instead of ground. I have been making this since I was…