The BEST Triple Decker Club Sandwich

So you think you love club sandwiches, do you? You don’t know good until you’ve had the BEST Triple Decker Club Sandwich.

What makes this club sandwich recipe the BEST you might ask? Well, a few things! Starting with the dreamy garlic basil mayo that we spread on the bread. Yowza!

We have a few more tips down below for making your club sammie the BEST including an unexpected sandwich topping that sends this sandwich through the roof!

Recommended Equipment

• Tomato Knife: worth every penny for cutting tomatoes with ease
• Mandolin: for slicing the apple extra thin (yes, apple! keep reading…)

Before You Begin…

Quickly make that delicious garlic basil mayo so it has a little time to sit and meld flavors. It comes together easily and adds an incredible burst of flavor to the sandwich.

What is a Club Sandwich?

A club sandwich, also called a clubhouse sandwich, is a sandwich of bread (occasionally toasted), sliced cooked poultry, or fried bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, cheese and usually three slices of bread.

It is often cut into quarters or halves and held together by cocktail sticks.

What Goes in a Club Sandwich?

As with most sandwiches, club sandwiches can be customized to your liking, but generally club sandwiches have turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayo and cheese. We are leveling up the traditional club sandwich with this recipe though with a few more toppings. Here is what you will need:

• Bread: a high quality white bread or multigrain bread
• Mayonnaise: any brand works great
• Green Leaf Lettuce: you could also use romaine
• Tomato: hothouse, vine ripe, or heirloom tomatoes are preferred
• Deli Roasted Turkey: take the time to stop at the meat counter and get some of the good turkey
• Deli Ham: you can get smoked ham, black forest ham or honey ham…whichever you prefer
• Granny Smith Apple: Trust me on this one! It adds a pop of sweetness and tang. So good!
• Smoked Cheddar Cheese: we always buy Tillamook but you can buy any good high quality brand of cheese
• Applewood Smoked Bacon: or you can buy brown sugar bacon and cook it until it’s nice and crispy
• Avocado: adds creaminess and just yumminess
• Salt and Pepper: add a little to the tomato slices and/or the avocado

Garlic Basil Mayo

• Mayonnaise: whatever your favorite brand is
• Basil: must be fresh
• Garlic: you can just throw the clove in whole
• Lemon: fresh lemon zest

The measurements and details for all the ingredients can be found in the recipe card at the end of this post. You can also save or print the recipe th

Skillet Italian Sausage and Peppers Penne [+ Video]

This skillet Italian sausage and peppers with whole-wheat penne is the perfect home cooked meal and it’s all in one pot which makes clean up a breeze!

This dish is a family favorite for us! And it’s weird to say that because I have picky eaters (they are SO much better than they used to be), and usually peppers and onions aren’t on the “yes list” for picky eaters, but in this recipe, they just work! The flavor is bold, and everyone loves sausage and pasta!

When I need to get dinner on the table quickly, this is one of my go-to recipes. All you need is one pan and 30 minutes!

What Do I Need to Make Sausage and Peppers Penne?

Most of the ingredients in this dish are pantry staples, so all you will need at the grocery store are some sausage links, a couple of peppers and an onion. Here is a list of what you will need:

• Whole-wheat Penne Pasta – you can find this right by all the other pasta at the grocery store
• Italian Sausage – I generally go with mild uncooked sausage, but you could use spicy sausage or a sweet sausage depending on what you are craving
• Green Pepper – remove the stem and seeds and slice into thin slices
• Red Pepper – remove the stem and seeds and slice into thin slices, red peppers are a little sweeter than green peppers so they add another dimension of flavor
• Yellow Onion – use a sharp knife to slice the onion in the thin slices
• Red Wine (cooking wine) – we don’t drink alcohol so we cook with cooking wine, but feel free to use whichever you prefer
• Tomato Paste – a 6oz can, any brand works, just choose your favorite
• Tomato Sauce – an 8oz can, any brand works, just choose your favorite
• Water – thins out the sauce a little
• Italian Seasoning – a dried seasoning blend that you can buy at the grocery store that usually includes dried basil, dried oregano, dried rosemary, dried thyme and dried marjoram
• Sugar – enhances the flavors
• Salt – adds flavor
• Parmesan Cheese – great for a garnish to add an extra punch of flavor

The measurements for every ingredient can be found in the recipe card at the end of this post. The detailed instructions for how to make this recipe are also in the recipe card.

Reasons You Will Love This Italian Sausage Recipe

Here are a few reasons that you are going to love this recipe:

1. Easy: The ingredients are simple and easy to find. The recipe is made in one pot so cleanup is easy. The only techniques you need to know are slicing, sauteing and simmering. Nothing fancy here!
2. Quick: I live for dinner recipes that come together in less than a half hour!
3. Flavor: By sauteing the sausage in the pan first, it flavors the whole dish. The peppers and onions get flavored by the sausage and add their own flavors and then the tomato pasta and sauce with the Italian seasoning and red wine add all the flavor you need.
4. Well rounded: This dish includes veggies, protein and carbs all in one pa

The best ever BBQ Meatloaf is here to add variety to your dinner table! Take an easy meatloaf recipe and make it even better with the addition of tangy barbecue sauce and bacon.

Meatloaf with Bacon

We all know the saying, right? Does bacon make everything better in your world too? While you can certainly make this without the bacon, and it’s admittedly tasty that way too, we love it in this bacon meatloaf.

I love the comforting familiarity of meatloaf. That said, it doesn’t have a reputation for being the most exciting of dinners. This meatloaf with bbq sauce is anything but boring.

You only need a handful of ingredients to make this bacon meatloaf and the result is every bit as delicious as the more complicated traditional recipes.

Oh! And guess what? I have also made this with pre-cooked and crumbled bacon and it works beautifully that way.

BBQ Meatloaf

Once you assemble the ingredients, this BBQ meatloaf recipe takes hardly any time to prepare and most of the cooking time is hands-off. The barbecue sauce provides terrific flavor for the glaze and it is something I always have on hand – making it a very simple meal to pull together.

We are big fans of meatloaf here and this barbecue sauce glazed meatloaf is a new favorite. I first tried a bbq sauce glaze on meatloaf with this very simple five ingredient meatloaf recipe.

That recipe quickly became a go-to super fast meal to pull together, but I’ll tell you now that adding just a few more spices and seasonings takes it to a whole new level. And bacon, let’s not forget the smoky awesomeness that a handful (or three) of chopped bacon delivers.

Serve slices of BBQ meatloaf with mashed potatoes and your favorite vegetable sides, like grilled corn, sauteed Brussels sprouts, or asparagus. Get juicy, flavorful, tender meatloaf on the table tonight with this easy bbq bacon meatloaf dinner!

Leftover meatloaf can be wrapped up and kept in the fridge for up to 2 days. Leftover meatloaf is wonderful served on bread or rolls the next day for BBQ meatloaf sandwiches.

My kids have even been known to sneak a slice of leftover meatloaf str

Warm tortillas are filled with fluffy scrambled eggs, roasted potatoes, crispy bacon, and melting cheese to create these mouthwatering bacon and egg tacos. They are great for breakfast, lunch, or dinner any day of the week.

Bacon and Egg Taco

Is there a breakfast combination more quintessential than bacon and eggs? I feel a bit like Sam-I-Am when thinking about this pairing. I would eat them on potatoes, in a salad or two or three, and again each morning, plain as can be.

Cooked to a crispy bite, bacon adds a perfect texture to pillowy scrambled eggs. I want them snuggled up in a tortilla with plenty of cheese.

I typically skip the hot sauce, but my oldest uses the hottest stuff he can find. We almost always add green chile to this recipe. But, a bacon and egg taco is fabulous, no matter how you choose to fancy them up.

Egg Tacos

Breakfast tacos are always a huge hit with my whole family. This breakfast tacos recipe was inspired quite a few years ago by the Breakfast Nachos that my boys adored.

Eventually, there came a time that they requested breakfast nachos, and I didn’t have any tortilla chips in the house. However, a box of taco shells caught my eye and one thing led to another, and they got this egg taco recipe.

I make an egg taco with either hard taco shells and flour tortillas and however they’re made, they disappear lightning fast.

Gone are those little boys who

Crisp bacon and lettuce, tart tomatoes, creamy hard-boiled eggs, and jalapenos combine to create this creamy, slightly spicy Jalapeno BLT Pasta Salad.

BLT Pasta Salad

Why make another version of the already popular BLT Pasta Salad? Because that recipe became even more delicious when I made it with added eggs and jalapenos! I immediately wanted to share it with you.

And let me tell you, adding creamy eggs to this pasta salad adds a whole new dimension of flavor. With some spicy jalapenos in the mix too, the recipe has become another favorite for the whole family.

BLT with Egg

BLT sandwiches and eggs are a match made in heaven. Ever since I first bit into a warm egg on a crunchy, hot and cold BLT sandwich, I was sold on BLT + Egg combination.

The egg in this recipe contributes texture and depth to the pasta salad and the added fat and flavor make it even heartier as a meal. This is a pasta salad I could very happily make on a weekly basis.

Pasta Salad with Lettuce

Have you tried a pasta salad with lettuce? If not, you’re in for a treat. A little bit of lettuce adds terrific crunch and texture, along with the juicy grape tomatoes, there is a freshness here that can’t be beaten.

I really enjoy all of these flavors together and I’m willing to bet that after you taste it, you’ll be adding some greens to a lot of new pasta salads too. This spinach pasta salad is another great example of the freshness that a handful of greens delivers.

Tangy, crunchy, slightly swe