There’s no protein out there that’s as budget-friendly and family-friendly as ground meat! There’s perhaps no better bang-for-the-buck dinner out there. Ground chicken or beef stretches more than any other protein, and is typically very family-friendly. Almost every member of the family loves tacos or meatballs or recipes like Dinner Done’s Saucy Sesame Chicken. Ground…
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Hearty Minestrone With Meatballs
Really, it’s called “Italian Wedding Soup” but with a name like that, we weren’t sure you would give it a try… Minestra is soup in Italian, and maritata means “married.” Minestra maritata ended up being called “wedding soup” but it’s definitely not served at Italian weddings. It’s just a marriage (and a very good one)…
Tangy BBQ Beef Jerky
Ever since we posted The Best Homemade Beef Jerky in summer 2023 we haven’t looked back. For all of us on the Between Carpools team, the Best Homemade Beef Jerky recipe has been a game changer. Yes, making your own beef jerky isn’t hard at all. The results are fabulous. And it costs much less…
Corned Beef Pizza
How do you feed 25 people with one piece of meat? It’s easy to find something to do with leftover slow-cooked meat–it simply gets pulled. This week’s roast or ribs equals next week’s tacos. This recipe came about to fill 2 needs. 1) I needed to figure out something that could be made with leftover…
Pessy’s 6-Ingredient Minute Steak Roast
It’s the best value in the meat showcase and will be perfectly soft and tender. Everyone has a different idea of what constitutes a perfect meat. Growing up, a successful roast had to be melt-in-your-mouth soft. Most of the time, fall off the bone, soft meats tend to be very fatty and also very expensive. …
Make Your Own Charcuterie/Meat Board (+ Freezer Friendly)
It’s such a satisfying way to start a Yom Tov meal. And you don’t need to spend a lot! Plus, everything can be done ahead. Thanks for Between Carpools, I’ve already served many of these. All of you have access to all of these recipes just like I do. Now, we’re just going to go…
The Best Homemade Beef Jerky
You will never buy jerky again. We can promise you that. So, let me explain this to you, in a way that you will understand, without saying too many words, about how my boys have been bragging about the “jerky that my mom made” to anyone willing to listen. Also, I became the cool mom…
Hot Dog Burnt Ends
This checks all the boxes: family-friendly, quick-to-prep, cost-effective…and best of all, deliciously smokey. I’m not sure if it’s just food people (food writers, avid cooks… ) that go through food phases. One example might be obsessing over a particular salad combination and making it over and over again. Or creating different variations of a similar…
Seder Night Flanken
Easy to prep and foolproof–you’ll love these slow-cooked strips of flanken. The first time I featured this recipe on my page, I received some feedback: “I thought you can’t cook meat in the oven for Seder night, it’s roasting, etc. I always thought you have to make everything on the stovetop”. To make sure, I…
How to Cook and Serve Tongue
Using this method, you can stretch a tongue and impress your guests with an elegant start to your meal. When you prepare and serve this way, we found that one tongue is enough for 12-14 appetizers! It’ll look super impressive–but is not that hard to prepare. (Let’s just say, it’s way easier than rolling blintzes!). …
