Chicken Pot Pie — Golden Crust, Creamy Filling, Zero Leftovers

by Off the Galley Mike | Apr 3, 2023 | Chicken, Comfort Food, Dinner

I’ll tell you the exact moment I fell in love with chicken pot pie. I’d been out of the Navy for about six months, my wife was working late, and I had two kids staring at me expecting dinner. I grabbed a rotisserie chicken from the store, found pie crust...

Biscuits and Gravy — The Breakfast That Runs on Sausage and Zero Regrets

by Off the Galley Mike | Mar 27, 2023 | Breakfast, Comfort Food, Sauce & Condiment

This is not a health food article. Just want to get that out of the way up front. This is fluffy buttermilk biscuits split open and drowning in thick, peppery sausage gravy. If you’re counting calories, turn back now. If you’re counting on having the best...

Beef Pot Roast — Set It, Forget It, Eat Like a King

by Off the Galley Mike | Mar 20, 2023 | Beef, Comfort Food, Dinner

Pot roast is the dinner that makes your whole house smell like Sunday at your grandmother’s place. Even on a Tuesday. Especially on a Tuesday. You walk in after work, the oven’s been doing its thing for three hours, and the air hits you before you even...

Chicken and Dumplings — Thick, Creamy, and Built for Bad Days

by Off the Galley Mike | Mar 15, 2023 | Chicken, Comfort Food

There are maybe five meals in the world that can actually fix a bad day, and this is one of them. Chicken and dumplings was in heavy rotation on the boat when the weather got rough — and I don’t mean the ocean. I mean when morale was dragging after three...

Classic Meatloaf — The Recipe That Survived 130 Sailors

by Off the Galley Mike | Mar 8, 2023 | Beef, Comfort Food, Dinner, Family Friendly Recipies

I made meatloaf twice a week for four years on a submarine. That’s not an exaggeration — that’s just how the meal rotation worked when you’re feeding 130 guys underwater and ground beef shows up on every supply load. By the time I got out of the...