Comforting and stylish! Let’s face it, winter is harsh: short days, long nights, brutal temperatures. But you can counteract its bitter chill with this noodle, cheese, ham, and mushroom gratin. OK, you could also counteract it with a trip to Ft. Lauderdale, but did I mention the noodles are homemade?
Main Course
The category “main course” will give you entrees that are usually served with side dishes.
Rose-Themed Valentine’s Day Dinner Menu
Camembert with Raspberry-Rose Water Jam, Rosemary Pork Chops, Potato Rosettes, and Persian Love Cake with Sugared Rose Petals
Fresh Garlic Swiss-Parmesan Pasta with Grilled Chicken
This quick and easy grilled chicken recipe – Fresh Garlic Swiss-Parmesan Pasta – has the sophistication of a dish you might find at an upscale restaurant, but the comfort-food cheesiness of a finessed mac and cheese.
Fresh Garlic Parmesan Pasta
Fresh garlic parmesan pasta uses ingredients that are easy to come by and good for you. Plus, it comes together in a snap. One taste, and it’ll become your go-to “right now” dinner recipe.
Bacon Wrapped Meat Roll
The words “bacon wrapped meat roll” may send some of you into immediate foodgasm. Others of you with a modicum of decorum might rather that this post were about Rouleau de viande – which it is, so relax. Regardless of what you call it, what we’re talking about here is a meatloaf stuffed with cheese and wrapped in bacon.
Midwestern Chili
Invite your corn-fed quarterback in for a warm, hearty, strapping bowlful of this hell of a tasty, comfort-foody, Midwestern chili. It won’t burn you; it won’t bite you. It will just make you feel good way down in your hungry heart. Home run, quarterback!
Pierogi Dough
This is the final post in a six-part pierogi series. This post contains several pierogi dough recipes: a plain version, one that uses sour cream (miLam’s favorite), another that uses milk, and one that’s enriched with egg yolks. For fillings and instructions, see previous posts.
Fruit Filled Pierogi
Fruit Filled Pierogi Recipes: strawberry, plum, etc.