Recipes with bay leaves
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Maitake Mushroom Soup
A rich soup with layers of earthy warm flavors. Maitake mushrooms (hen of the woods) are believed to have numerous medicinal properties and taste great.
Easy Italian Sausage Vegetable Soup
The flavor was amazing, the aroma during the cooking filled up our entire house. We used chicken broth instead of beef broth and water, and it made a very tasty base for the soup. A few slices of good bread was all we served with this soup. YUM!
Spanish Pot Roast
Another of Grandma's recipes.
Old Fashioned Beef Stew
This is a very basic beef stew. It’s easy, delicious and inexpensive to make. While there are hundreds of variations of this traditional recipe, it’s hard to improve on this version’s savory and comforting goodness.
Octoberfest Bratwurst & Sauerkraut Skillet Dinner
Quick and easy, belly warming perfect with a pint of German beer.
Braised Short Ribs for Two
Boneless beef short ribs, slow braised in a small crockpot (or pot if desired) perfectly sized for two servings.
5 Bean Soup
5 Bean Soup recipe
Slow Cooker Pork, Apples & Cabbage
Easy crock pot pork chops, slow cooked and smothered with apples and cabbage. A German-style slow cooker pork chop recipe.
German Sauerbraten
Classic German beef pot roast that is marinated with vinegar, spices and seasonings. It's traditionally served with red cabbage and/or spaetzle or even pasta. Perfect for celebrating Oktoberfest.
Hearty Stovetop Beef Stew
Chock full of beef and loads of veggies that suck up the flavor of the red wine, herbs and garlic. Make up a large batch on the weekend and freeze in individual portions in zipper bags for up to 3 months.
Creamed Shrimp Filling (for Vol-au-Vent or Bouchées)
This recipe was inspired by Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking Vol. 2. It was developed as a shrimp based filling for a small Vol-au-vent.
Peameal Bacon - Canadian Pickled Pork Bacon - Back bacon
This is an easy to make version of real homemade Canadian Bacon. Also known as peameal bacon in Canada. Works wonderfully for peameal on a bun.
French Canadian Pea Soup
This authentic French Canadian recipe is a classic belly warmer and perfect for a cold day. Split-pea soup with a ham bone, ham hock or salt pork. Make it a vegetarian split-pea soup by leaving out the ham bone and using vegetable stock instead of water.
Beefy Gnocchi with Crushed Tomatoes
A hearty gnocchi in a flavor-packed thick brandied bacon and ground beef crushed tomato sauce augmented with vegetables and olives.
A rich soup with layers of earthy warm flavors. Maitake mushrooms (hen of the woods) are believed to have numerous medicinal properties and taste great.
The flavor was amazing, the aroma during the cooking filled up our entire house. We used chicken broth instead of beef broth and water, and it made a very tasty base for the soup. A few slices of good bread was all we served with this soup. YUM!
Another of Grandma's recipes.
This is a very basic beef stew. It’s easy, delicious and inexpensive to make. While there are hundreds of variations of this traditional recipe, it’s hard to improve on this version’s savory and comforting goodness.
Quick and easy, belly warming perfect with a pint of German beer.
Boneless beef short ribs, slow braised in a small crockpot (or pot if desired) perfectly sized for two servings.
5 Bean Soup recipe
Easy crock pot pork chops, slow cooked and smothered with apples and cabbage. A German-style slow cooker pork chop recipe.
Classic German beef pot roast that is marinated with vinegar, spices and seasonings. It's traditionally served with red cabbage and/or spaetzle or even pasta. Perfect for celebrating Oktoberfest.
Chock full of beef and loads of veggies that suck up the flavor of the red wine, herbs and garlic. Make up a large batch on the weekend and freeze in individual portions in zipper bags for up to 3 months.
This recipe was inspired by Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking Vol. 2. It was developed as a shrimp based filling for a small Vol-au-vent.
This is an easy to make version of real homemade Canadian Bacon. Also known as peameal bacon in Canada. Works wonderfully for peameal on a bun.
This authentic French Canadian recipe is a classic belly warmer and perfect for a cold day. Split-pea soup with a ham bone, ham hock or salt pork. Make it a vegetarian split-pea soup by leaving out the ham bone and using vegetable stock instead of water.
A hearty gnocchi in a flavor-packed thick brandied bacon and ground beef crushed tomato sauce augmented with vegetables and olives.
