My husband’s grandparents used to own a restaurant in our hometown that specialized in made from scratch comfort food. As a result my mother-in-law has a lot of great make from scratch recipes, from full meals to simple sauces like this tartar sauce. I’ll be posting walleye fingers tomorrow and before I could post those,…
7 Layer Bars
I think that every family has a recipe for 7 layer bars. I got this recipe from my husband’s Grandma Nan but the first time I made them for a hunting trip my cousin stated “these are my favorite bars.” And he was referring to bars he used to have in his own childhood. I…
Lemon and Red Pepper Baked Tilapia
It’s the 5th week of Lent, who is sick of fish yet? I’m not! Even during the rest of the year when I am allowed to eat meat on whatever day I please, I make this fish honestly about once a week, sometimes more. I eat this so often for 3 reasons: 1) it is…
Grandma Nan’s Lasagna
My husband’s Grandma Nan wasn’t Italian but boy could she make a mean lasagna. In fact, I can’t order lasagna in a restaurant (well except Sir G’s or Sorrento’s) because nothing even comes close to this. The first time I had this lasagna was when we stopped by for lunch during deer season. Grandma Nan…
Veggie Lasagna Rolls 2 Ways
This is actually one of the first recipes that Tory and I cooked together for Gravel & Dine almost a year ago now when the blog was just a concept. It took me a while to post it because it seemed like a winter meal. We’d both been seeing lasagna rolls on Pinterest and got…
Tomato-Basil Sauce
This simple tomato basil sauce is a go-to recipe for me when I’m looking for a quick sauce to throw on Chicken Parmesan and it’s great to have around to dip on things like cheese bread. The thing that makes this sauce unique is the addition of roasted red peppers. I don’t add enough to…
Southwest Salad with Lime Vinaigrette
I was never much of a salad person prior to turning 25, I’ve written before that I would prefer to live on carbs alone. I’ve since learned that salads don’t just have to be lettuce and Italian dressing. I now bring a salad to work at least twice a week. I’ve become somewhat of a…
Baked Coconut Shrimp with Orange Marmalade Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce
For our next Lenten recipe, today I’m sharing a recipe for coconut shrimp with a tangy orange marmalade and honey mustard dipping sauce. I love coconut and I really love the sweet and tangy dipping sauce that goes with this coconut shrimp. I’ve made coconut shrimp before and fried it, which is the traditional way…
Baked Egg & Asparagus Crescent Squares
I’m currently reading The Fault in Our Stars. At one point during the book the protagonist, Hazel Grace, wonders why eggs are relegated to strictly breakfast. For example, it’s perfectly ok to put bacon on a sandwich, but put eggs on the same sandwich and it’s suddenly a breakfast sandwich. And having ‘breakfast’ for dinner…
Spaghetti Squash Mac ‘n Cheese
Here’s another meatless option during Lent! You guys are going to be proud of me. I planned ahead for this one! Yeah, I was pretty impressed with myself. It would turn out that planning ahead makes things significantly easier, weird. My planning ahead paid off for this one, I think you are really going to…
