Corned Beef Bake With Swiss Cheese Sauce This Corned Beef Bake with Swiss Cheese Sauce is absolute perfection for brunch on Saint Patrick’s Day morning. Make this with corned beef, butter, onions, celery, and delicious rye bread cubes. The Swiss Cheese sauce is the icing on the cake. The Swiss cheese sauce is easy to make, it just needs to be made right before serving. I grew up on the Southwest Side of Chicago in a neighborhood near Midway Airport. Saint Patrick’s Day was always celebrated the week before at the very popular South Side Irish Parade. This casserole reminds…
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Continue ReadingMardi Gras Sausage Sandwiches These Mardi Gras Sausage Sandwiches are the perfect meal for your Fat Tuesday celebration. They are the perfect way to enjoy cajun cuisine without having to eat seafood. Often made with beef and cheese sausages and a chorizo crumble making this recipe a great way to have the tastes of New Orleans when you can’t find andouille sausages. The full recipe os linked below. It is printer friendly version. For those who need more explanation of the recipe, there is more information shared below the printable recipe. Full, Printable Recipe Andouille Sausage Andouille (Cajun Sausage) is a…
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Continue ReadingUltimate Egg Salad This Ultimate Egg Salad is the meatless meal of dreams. The method I use to make my egg salad is to mash the yolks with the mayo and mustard making a creamy texture to add to chopped egg whites. The full, printable recipe is linked below. Beyond the printable recipe below are a few tips and tricks I included to help you make the best egg salad you can make. This is also a perfect Lenten recipe. Full, Printable Recipe Separate Your Whites and Yellows I was taught to separate the yolk from the whites when making…
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Continue ReadingMardi Gras Hurricane Mocktail I have never been a huge fan of the whole Mardi Gras food culture. I think it is because I don’t eat shrimp or any shellfish really for that mater. But who can resist a well crafted Hurricane Cocktail? I love how pretty it is and how it is sweet without it being cloying. I gave up drinking about 5 months ago to help heal some gut issues I was having. Therefore, I decided to make this Mardi Gras Hurricane Mocktail so that I can still indulge in the fun festivities but as a sober person.…
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Continue ReadingBig Green Salad With Green Dressing This Big Green Salad with Green Dressing is a fun, festive and healthy dish to include on your holiday party spreads. The big green salad, made with a spinach and iceberg lettuce. The salad is then topped with all the delicious crunchy veggies like cucumber and celery. Feel free to swap these green veggies for other green veggies of your choice. The green dressing is simple and a tiny bit healthier, made with sour cream, ranch powder and avocados. The dressing is creamy, thick and delicious with the addition of parsley and rice wine…
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Continue ReadingA Sweet and Creamy Treat Make some Super Special Lemonade by adding sweetened condensed milk to fresh squeezed lemon juice! This produces a perfectly sweet lemonade. The lemonade is super drinkable due to the slightly creamy taste of this thirst quenching drink. If you’re like me and have always been a fan of lemonade but not a fan of the overly sour flavor, this is the perfect solution to that problem. The full, printable recipe is at the bottom of this post but first I will share a few fun facts and tips. Brazilian Lemonade I found out about this…
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Continue ReadingMeet Your New Favorite Sandwich Imagine, for a moment, that you’re opening up a picnic basket in a French park just outside of Paris. You hear an accordion playing romantic music as you pull the most amazing baguette sandwich out of your picnic basket. I watched a cooking show on the Food Network with my mother where they were making a sandwich similar to this and it inspired me to get to work. I love a salty sweet combination and the Ultimate Picnic Sandwich has all the components I love: great crunch, salty thinly sliced prosciutto, sweet cantaloupe, and peppery…
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Continue ReadingEnjoy Perfect Pasta This is a recipe for Easy Vodka Sauce I have been making for years. It is not an overly complicated, intricate recipe but it is easy and delicious. You might love vodka sauce, as many of us do, but hesitate to make it yourself. It seems like it’d be difficult to make. And does vodka sauce actually have vodka in it, or is that just a name? It does… right? But it’s supposed to cook off or something? When I asked the original creator for the recipe I couldn’t believe that it was really so easy. I…
Hi! I’m April, AKA The Tipsy Housewife. I’m Chicago born-and-raised and I love creating delicious and affordable recipes that taste just like home. Plus they’re easy enough to make with a cocktail in hand! Get ready to find your new fave meal.
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