My husband grew up on a ranch and he said that the cowboy stew's were always some of the best. A good Cowboy Stew will have a different combination of protein and vegetables just  about every time, because the bunkhouse cook would use what was available. This is one of my husbands favorite Cowboy Stew's this one is made the  same every time because it is his favorite. It is a great stew for a crowd and it freezes up to 3 months. 

  Our Baked Cheese Steak and Rice recipe came about as a last minute change in a meal plan. Have you ever got that call from a family member that has invited a couple of extra folks over for dinner? That happens a lot here at the cottage and even more when the kids were in high school and collage. I learned along the way to make a meal stretch out just a little bit more so there would be enough for everyone. There is one thing for sure, folks never left the table hungry. We always seemed to have enough for everyone. This recipe turned out to be a favorite that is requested over and over.

If you don't have a lot of time to prepare a special Irish recipe this is the one you have been looking for. Irish Banger Skillet is so full of great Irish flavors and takes very little time before it is on the table for a hungry family. I love going to the garden for a fresh cabbage to use in this recipe, making it a great garden to table delight.  We are an Irish family with lots of family favorites, but this is a great go to recipe that our family loves!

Our Veggie Burger Soup is one of those comfort soups that will make you feel oh so good after a long days work. It is a light but hearty soup, it is easy to put together and the flavor really delivers. We are serving it with a scoop of rice in the center of the bowl as the rice slowly soaks up some of the soup broth, it is really delicious! 

All in one pan a flavor filled pan of Kielbasa with a mix of vegetable hash for this Sheet Pan Sausage and Vegetable Hash recipe. This recipe has a very special dressing that makes it a little different. We love this recipe and very rarely have any left overs that's how good it is. The preparation time is short and it takes a very short time in the oven then serve up this pan of goodness!

This recipe for Slow Cooker Asian Broccoli and Beef is a perfect Asian dish for a very busy day. I have been a meal planner since my early days of homemaking and publish our cottage meal plan every week on this blog. I can look at my calendar and know that on a certain day I will need a great recipe like this one to lighten the load in the kitchen and have dinner on the table for my family before midnight. We serve our flavor filled recipe in one bowl which makes it even better.

If you are walking into an Irish home after a long days work or an Irish Pub, one of the Irish comfort dishes being served would be Bangers & Mash With Onion Gravy. This is a table favorite of our Irish friends and family, just pure comfort with a great flavor. The Bangers simmered in a flavorful onion gravy then served a top a mound of mashed potatoes, it just doesn't get much better than this. This is one of our family favorites.

When we spent some time in Germany one of the dishes that I loved was their sweet and sour cabbage, it was just delicious. My recipe for sweet and sour cabbage with sausage has a southern twist to this classic recipe. We love this dish and I don't have to talk about left overs because there are rarely any left overs. This is one of those southern comfort dishes here at the cottage, that I usually serve with or over mashed potatoes and it is really good with no sides at all.

If you have ever been to Natchitoches, Louisiana or heard of it you know that they are famous for their delicious meat pies. Every year the community has a festival that surrounds their little meat pie that originated when the French settled in their area in 1714. The filling that goes into these little pies is simply delicious and our family loves the Natchitoches Meat Pies. We recently had a family gathering and some of the folks wanted the pies and I just did not have time to make that many little pies, so I developed the Natchitoches Cajun Casserole, everyone loved the casserole and it is sure easier and quicker to make than all those little pies. In addition I found that it freezes really well and can be made up ahead of time, lots of great recipe features!

When the weather permits we head for the grill, but there are times when those best laid plans get rained out, then we head for the oven with our dish. Today I am heading to the oven with my Bar B Que Brats & Beans which has been developed as a result of the rain which we really need. This recipe turned out so delicious that we will be making it over and over rain or shine. It is so easy to put together, full of great flavor and a big hit with friends and family.

Every year around March Madness Time our family and friends like to get together and make Beirocks. They are a great little bun that is filled with meat, vegetables and great flavor, perfect for a nice round of Basketball or just a great visit with family and friends. Beirocks originated in Russia known at that time as Pirogi, it made its way to Eastern Europe and the German's renamed the little bun a Beirocks. They eventually migrated to the mid western United States and became very popular in Kansas and Nebraska.   We lived for a time in Kansas and our youngest son and his family still live there. I was hooked on Beirocks the first time I ever had one and have made many recipes through the years, but this by far is the best.

I remember having this Dublin Coddle at my Irish Grandma's cottage many times. A Dublin Coddle is a traditional Irish comfort dish that can be found on many Irish tables on any given day in the week. The traditional recipe has Irish potatoes, sausage and bacon that is made into a stew. My Grandparents grew cabbage on their farm so my Grandma added cabbage to her Dublin Coddle, giving it a wonderful flavor. This is a great dish that brings back so many memories for me, my family always gets excited when I make this recipe.

When I was making this recipe the other day, I was remembering that back in the 50's and 60's we would have called this a "One Dish Dinner", and today we call it a One Pot Meal. We just added a great Green Tossed Salad with some Garlic Bread and it was awesome.  This recipe has wonderful southern flavors and goes together really fast so you can get it on the table for a hungry family.  I think it was even better the next day, it is really one of those recipes that you will want to make over and over.

If we were visiting my Irish Grandmothers kitchen today and asked her what are you making for dinner; she might say a Caboodle. What is a Caboodle you might ask, for my Grandmother it was usually a dish of whatever she had on hand with Cabbage as the star. Like my Grandmother we grow our own cabbage and this is a great time of the year to harvest the winter cabbage. If you are not growing your own cabbage the markets are full of great buys on cabbage. Part of this recipe belongs to my Grandmother and the rest is my own that becomes the Caboodle; whatever we have on hand today. Lets take a look at my Caboodle.

We have had several weather related disasters in our area lately that have left people in need of assistance to move on with their life. I was recently ask to provide a casserole for a work team that were helping some folks clear an area of debris from a homeowners site. I didn't have a lot of notice to prepare a dish and I wanted to make something that would be hot and filling on a cool rainy day. This Cheese Burger and Fries Casserole was a perfect dish to take for the team and I brought the dish home empty. It is a delicious casserole that we will be enjoying for a long time to come and I was so happy to be able to help in some small way. I promised several on the team that I would share the recipe, so I am sharing it with all of you as well, enjoy!

This awesome cabbage was just waiting to be picked from the garden this morning. I love taking a walk in the garden and coming back into the kitchen to create a brand new recipe. This recipe is a take off from a stuffed cabbage roll in a fantastic sauce. This dish has the best flavor and we served it over rice but it would be great with mashed potatoes. I just love having the cabbage dishes this month it always reminds me of my Irish heritage. I think that my Irish Grandmother would have loved this dish, we sure did and hope you will too. Meatballs In Red Cabbage Sauce