Baked or Fried Beef and Potato Empanadas
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Baked or Fried Beef and Potato Empanadas

These homemade baked empanadas are full of amazing flavor and can be fried instead, if desired. With a crisp flaky crust stuffed with ground beef or turkey, corn, potatoes and tomatoes. Empanadas are originally from Spain and Portugal and have their origins as far back as the 1500s. When the Spaniards immigrated to South America…

Lemon Pesto Spaghetti with Italian Meatballs
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Lemon Pesto Spaghetti with Italian Meatballs

Make it a dinner and a movie night by pairing watching Disney’s Monsters Inc with this Monster Green Pasta and Meatballs with an easy and healthy lemon pesto sauce. It’s a fun dinner to make with kids with lots of hidden veggies in the pesto sauce and meatballs I’m thoroughly enjoying coming up with these…

Korean BBQ Inspired Burger
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Korean BBQ Inspired Burger

This incredible easy Korean BBQ Inspired Burger is packed full of flavor with a grilled burger topped with Korean style coleslaw for an easy summertime dinner recipe. If you have never had Korean BBQ you are seriously missing out. It’s sweet and savory and super rich and pretty much it’s amazing. I grew up in…

Cars Inspired BBQ Bacon Cowboy Burger
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Cars Inspired BBQ Bacon Cowboy Burger

This post is part of an amazing burger grill giveaway hosted by GirlCarnivore but the burger epicness is all my own. This Cars Inspired Cowboy Burger has all the classic flavors of BBQ sauce, crispy bacon, and crunchy onions for a fun dinner and a movie night. One of my all time favorite burgers has…

Slow Cooker Corned Beef and Potatoes
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Slow Cooker Corned Beef and Potatoes

Simplify St. Patrick’s Day with Slow Cooker Corned Beef and potatoes which uses your slow cooker for an easy no fuss dinner. Growing up we would often head up to Santa Maria, CA to visit my great grandparents. Often we would visit over St Patrick’s Day weekend and I remember the wonderful smells of my great grandmother…

Root Beer Beef Stew
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Root Beer Beef Stew

Sweet, rich, and hearty this Root Beer Beef Stew is simple to make on the stove or in the slow cooker and is sure to satisfy even the biggest eaters. I love cooking for holidays because it means I make something a little different than I normally do. This is a great Irish inspired recipe…