Beef Bourguignon

I was hoping to make something fall-like for our pumpkin carving night earlier this week. I didn’t end up doing a pumpkin dish (though there are plenty to come), but to me, any kind of simmering stew works for fall.
I stuck fairly closely to the Barefoot Contessa recipe for this dish.

Leftover Short Ribs Cheesesteaks

John thought of this yummy way to use up leftover braised short ribs. Really worked; so savory and delicious.

Red Wine Braised Short Ribs

Got this recipe off of We Love DC, from a feature where they worked with the folks over at WestEnd bistro.
As a note, I recommend with the sauce, chilling and skimming off the fat if you have the luxury of time. Mine was a bit greasy.

My First Meatloaf!

I’ve never made meatloaf before – in fact, I wasn’t sure whether I liked it. But I had a ton of seasoned hamburger meat leftover from the party’s burgers, so it seemed a good thing to try. I used Alton Brown’s recipe, with some slight adjustments.

John’s Burgers

For our housewarming party, I used John’s recipe for hamburgers. Currently turning the leftovers into meatloaf, but that’s a post for another day.

Stroganoff Sandwiches

I was watching Food Network idly a couple months ago and an episode with this recipe was on. I actually don’t remember being all that wowed, but then months later, the recipe showed up in a dream I had! So figured I had to make it (with some WW-friendly changes). I’m declining to call mine [...]

Weight Watchers and Shortcut Stroganoff

I just signed up for Weight Watchers yesterday, so this blog is about to become a bit more figure friendly. Before that happens, a quick comfort food throw-together meal John and I had when we returned from Thanksgiving break.

Carne Asada with salsa verde

Ended up not going the enchilada route. Instead, I made my own take on carne asada and dipped both it and some french fries in the salsa verde. Served with a veggie side I’ll post tomorrow.

John’s Fajitas

I’m smelling this as it finishes cooking right now and getting sooo hungry.

Beer Stew Bolognese

John and I were trying to think how we could rework our leftovers from the carbonnade, particularly as they were getting kinda old. The first thing that came to mind was a play on this pot roast pasta I haven’t made in forever. Was a bit nervous about how the flavors would come together, but [...]