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Taco Tater Tot Skewers

LAST UPDATED: January 30, 2023 ~ FIRST PUBLISHED: January 27, 2023 ~ By Julie & Debbie

Tater tot skewers loaded up with taco spiced ground beef, melted cheese, bacon and drizzled in sour cream. This tater tot appetizer is so easy and so good, you are gonna make this all the time! Who doesn’t love tater tots?! Seriously… They are so good. Little bites of crunchy potatoes! Well now they are even better! These are going on the super bowl menu this year for sure! Why we love this tater tot appetizer recipe… super easy to make comfort food to the max filling for those days when you eat an appy as a meal melted cheese… Read More

Classic Dutch Baby Recipe

LAST UPDATED: January 20, 2023 ~ FIRST PUBLISHED: January 2, 2023 ~ By Julie & Debbie

This Dutch baby or oven pancake recipe is billowy soft, super easy to make and a very impressive brunch dish to share with friends and family. This recipe is likely the ultimate brunch recipe. It checks all the boxes. Wow factor, tastes, fun and easy to make, and options to customize. We give you an option below to make this recipe a little more billowy and reach greater heights in your pan! A Dutch Baby or German pancake is a great choice for mothers day brunch, valentines breakfast in bed, brunch with the girls and any time you want to… Read More

Homemade Butternut Squash Ravioli with Prawns, Fried Sage and Truffle Oil Sauce

LAST UPDATED: November 9, 2021 ~ FIRST PUBLISHED: November 8, 2021 ~ By Julie & Debbie

Homemade butternut squash ravioli stuffed with creamy squash and mascarpone cheese, drizzled in a buttery truffle sauce and topped with a pan fried prawn and crispy sage. We first tried butternut squash ravioli at the Cactus Club and it was melt in your mouth delicious! Debbie now orders this dish almost every time she goes to Cactus Club and because she loved it,  we had to create a copy cat recipe for the blog. Making this butternut squash ravioli at home is definitely more time consuming that ordering off a menu, and a hell of a lot messier!  But let… Read More

Marinated Flank Steak with Chimichuri

Grilled Flank Steak with Chimichurri Sauce

LAST UPDATED: June 7, 2021 ~ FIRST PUBLISHED: June 7, 2021 ~ By Julie & Debbie

This grilled flank steak is amazingly tender and flavorful when marinated in a delicious sauce then grilled to med-rare, cut on the bias, and covered in fresh and fragrant chimichurri sauce.  Great for feeding a crowd and for leftover steak sandwiches!  Flank steak is often overlooked and cast aside for fillet minion or rib-eyes, and mind you, those cuts are great, but for those of you who have had a properly prepared marinated and grilled flank steak, you know it won’t be your last. Typically a tougher cut of beef, if its marinated and cooked to medium rare and then… Read More

Homemade Ranch Nuts and Bolts Recipe (No Bake)

LAST UPDATED: December 19, 2022 ~ FIRST PUBLISHED: December 10, 2020 ~ By Julie & Debbie

A nuts and bolts recipe with homemade ranch seasoning! Everyone at your party will be asking for the recipe.  Full of flavor and totally addicting! Debbie has been making this amazing ranch nuts and bolts recipe for a long ass time.  I think I was probably 16 or so when I first tasted them!  Loved them then, love them now and so does everyone else that tries them.  Both Debbie and I make these often for a party and its a given for Christmas. We always have people ask us for the recipe.  Always! Debbie calls it her crack nuts… Read More

Seven Layer Salad (Make Ahead!)

LAST UPDATED: December 10, 2022 ~ FIRST PUBLISHED: November 24, 2020 ~ By Julie & Debbie

This seven layer salad is a staple at all our family holiday dinners like Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter. It also shows up at potlucks and barbecues throughout the year. It’s so good, so easy, and it’s a make ahead salad so its a total time saver for when your hosting dinner. The layered salad idea isn’t a new one. Its a side dish that has been to every kind of potluck you can think of from funerals, baby showers and backyard barbecues. Many families have their own version of how they make this favorite and this is ours. 🙂  We… Read More

Homemade Roasted Tomato Soup

LAST UPDATED: November 17, 2020 ~ FIRST PUBLISHED: November 16, 2020 ~ By Julie & Debbie

Homemade roasted tomato soup that’s so quick and easy to make!  Curb that tomato soup craving with this silky smooth soup with intense roasted tomato flavor that could never come from a can.  Tomato soup is one of those classic soups that a person starts craving as soon as the leaves start changing and the days get colder. Debbie and I usually have a bunch of tomatoes left from in our gardens around this time so the clear answer for using them is to make tomato soup. Even if you don’t have garden fresh tomatoes, this homemade version is WAY… Read More

Salmon Cakes (or Salmon Patties) with Lemon Dill Aioli

LAST UPDATED: June 9, 2020 ~ FIRST PUBLISHED: June 9, 2020 ~ By Julie & Debbie

These delicious salmon cakes are bright, fresh and packed full of healthy nutrients and protein. Mixed with a green salad, this is truly an easy 15 min meal.  Gotta love that! These salmon cakes can be made small and served as an appetizer or medium sized and served as a first course. They are crispy and delicious on their own with just the sauce. This is how we usually eat them. Or… You could make them a little larger and eat them as a salmon burger! Served on a brioche bun with onions, a little crispy lettuce and a tomato,… Read More

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