Time for some goulash.

The recipe is pretty simple and straightforward, nothing fancy. In fact, it's nearly identical to the smoky turkey shepherd's pie, except for a swap of just a few ingredients. We served it over egg noodles.

Ingredients for beef goulash	Browned beef, onions, carrots and celery
Red peppers, flour and chicken broth added	Beef goulash over egg noodles

Recipe source: Rachael Ray's 365 No Repeats: A Year of Deliciously Different Dinners

This recipe was definitely a keeper. Most the ingredients are fried up in a skillet, and then the whole works is topped with cheese and bread crumbs and put under the broiler for a few minutes until it's golden.

Our batch was slightly soupier than anticipated. This could be fixed by cooking everything down a few minutes more before transferring to the casserole pan.

Gathered ingredients for turkey noodle casserole	Sautéing the turkey and mushroom mixture
On its way to becoming turkey noodle casserole	Jonas inserting the casserole into the broiler
Julia garnishing the completed casserole with parsley

Recipe source: Rachael Ray's 365 No Repeats: A Year of Deliciously Different Dinners

Baked beans seemed like the perfect recipe for a winter Saturday afternoon at home. After the initial prep, the beans go into the oven for over 5 hours, so there was lots of time to watch a movie or play computer games while we waited.

Looking back, we probably should have prepared something to go with the finished beans, but in the end a big bowl of beans was still a great meal!

Rendering the bacon and salt pork for flavor	Jonas chopping onions
Just after adding the white beans, water and molasses to the concoction	After being in the oven for 2 hours, the beans are starting to absorb color
Jonas doing what he does best: stirring the pot :)	After cooking in the oven for 5 hours, the beans are smelling pretty damn delicious!

Recipe source: America's Test Kitchen