Buttermilk Pancakes

 If you are looking for a fluffy pancake, look no further. One recipe yields about 18-20 pancakes, so good for a crowd. I will make a full batch and then freeze the leftovers for another day.

Sheet Pan Meatloaf

 

This meatloaf is very tasty and easy to make. The original recipe is from Ree Drummond.  What I love about it is that every slice is covered in sauce and the sauce is nicely caramelized. I like to serve with homemade macaroni and cheese and a salad. This also makes great sandwiches. 

Biscuits

 

These buttery biscuits are so light and fluffy. The trick is to use cold butter and laminate the dough.

Laminated dough is a culinary preparation consisting of many thin layers of dough separated by butter or other solid fat, produced by repeated folding and rolling. Such doughs may contain more than eighty layers.[ During baking, water in the butter vaporizes and expands, causing the dough to puff up and separate, while the lipids in the butter essentially fry the dough, resulting in a light, flaky product.

Laminating dough is easy to do. You simply roll the dough out to a rectangle and then fold the dough into thirds, rotating the dough by 90 degrees and repeating the process two more times. After that you cut the biscuits and bake. 

Creamy Tuscan Chicken Pasta Casserole

 

This is a creamy, cheesy pasta casserole that in my ever so humble opinion hits all the notes. The recipe is from Recipe Tin Eats. This casserole re-heats well and tastes even better the next day.

Taco Spaghetti

Who doesn't love tacos or spaghetti. This one-pot dish combines both. This is a great week night meal with hardly any clean-up afterward.

Cold Brew Coffee

 

It is that time of year I start to crave cold brew. I have tried many recipes and contraptions and I have found that this is the easiest and tastiest. All you do is steep ground coffee in cold water for 24 hours and voila you have cold brew. You will need a fine mesh strainer, cheese cloth and a jug to store the brew in. Then add ice and cream and you are good to go. Much more affordable than buying it from the coffee shops. The process of steeping the coffee for 24 hours creates a sweeter less acidic drink than  "iced coffee". You can scale up or down the recipe to suit your needs. Store cold brew in a sealed jug for up to 2 weeks. 

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