Blue Cheese Dressing

Blue cheese dressing, carrots, celery, sweet potato fries

It doesn’t matter if you ask for blue cheese dressing or blue cheese dip as long as you don’t ask for ranch! Ranch is for kids and I stand by that. This recipe is low effort and high reward… my favorite kind of recipe. You can sling this together in less than ten minutes the … Read more

Stuffed Banana Peppers

Banana Pepper stuffed with cheese on bread

Stuffed Banana Peppers in Buffalo, NY are different. These six cheese filled mild capsicums are the regional dish you probably haven’t heard of, but they’re so Buffalo that they use them as a pizza topping. If you like to just load your banana peppers with cream cheese and call it a day your aren’t wrong… … Read more

Baked Beans: A Grandma Brown’s Copycat Recipe

Baked Beans in a Dutch Oven

the Grandma Brown’s baked beans factory in Mexico, NY closed for good a couple years ago, and I can’t think of anything more sad. 20 times better than Bush’s, Grandma Brown’s beans missing from my grocer’s shelves left a whole in my heart and an empty spot on my plate. But have no fear, this … Read more

Dorr’s BBQ Chicken: My Grandfather’s Recipe

BBQ Chicken on a Baking Sheet

Dorr’s BBQ Chicken comes from my grandfather, Dorr. After my grandparents passed I was gifted photo copies of all the recipes they had amassed. Many of the recipes were things like “Chick Pea Dip” which is just 1960’s middle class white American for hummus. Dorr’s BBQ chicken on the other hand, brought back all the … Read more

Easy Greek Potatoes

Roasted Potatoes on a baking sheet

These Greek Potatoes are Mediterranean inspired, but came to my attention by way of a gal from the Midwest reminiscing eating Greek Potatoes a diner. This dish is packed with lemon flavor and the unlikely combination of lemon and potato is absolutely delicious. The ingredients are simple and the cooking is easy. Throw it together, … Read more