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Braised Potatoes and Fennel
Braised Potatoes and Fennel This is a neat little recipe to have up your sleeve for when you want to cook potatoes yet another way. Besides the potato, fennel is included in this really easy way to...
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Citrus Waffles with Marmalade Compote
Citrus Waffles with Orange Compote Every once in a while I pull a surprise meal and we have “breakfast for supper”. The events last weekend provided me with just such an opportunity. We had plans...
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When Life Hands You Lemons
Citrusy, smooth lemon curd. When life hands you lemons, don’t just make lemonade, make lemon curd!…. Fresh lemons are a must in this recipe and they give it unbeatable flavor. When lemons are so...
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Spicy White Bean Dip
Spicy white bean dip with crudités. Most times when you hear the word “dip” you think, appetizer. Well, so do I, mostly. However I also think of a dip as lunch or on its way to becoming lunch. What I...
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Puttin’ On The Ritz
Puttin’ on the Ritz Stuffed Shrimp. Whenever I hear the song “Puttin’ on the Ritz” I think of this recipe, so I have given it the name “Puttin’ on the Ritz Baked Stuffed Shrimp” and because I served...
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Sauteed Cabbage and Kale
Cabbage and Kale Sautee Kale seemed to be the darling vegetable of 2012, and its popularity does not seem to be letting up in 2013. Whether cooked in soups or with other vegetables or eaten raw in...
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Thai Butternut Soup
Thai Butternut Soup I have a confession to make—I don’t like foods that are hot and spicy. However my husband LOVES that kind of food. A dilemma of hugh magnitude when you are the cook and there is...
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Mushroom, Leek, and Cheese Frittata
Mushroom, leeks, and fontina cheese go into this frittata Throughout this Lenten season I’ve been trying to cut back on the amount of meat we consume, incorporating more fish and other seafood, or...
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Morning Glory Muffins
Morning Glory Muffins Just the name of these muffins puts you in a good mood doesn’t it? Somehow it feels like you’re going to have a good day. I like to call them “glorious morning muffins”, and...
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Orecchiette with Kale and Breadcrumbs
Orecchiette with kale and breadcrumbs. In Italian, orecchiette means “little ears”, and for this dish that pasta is the perfect shape for holding the kale and bread crumbs. I love the fact that there...
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Butternut Ravioli in Sage Browned Butter Sauce
Butternut Ravioli with Sage Brown Butter Sauce Not too long ago we were out for a special dinner that was catered, and for the appetizer we were served this dish; butternut squash ravioli with a sage...
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Grapefruit-Avocado Salsa
Grapefruit and avocado salsa. I love to make salsas. They are so easy. A salsa can really elevate an entree above the ordinary and help bring the flavors of a dish together. Recently I cooked some...
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Borscht
Borscht with sour cream and dill. Since getting back on track with a lower carbohydrate diet, I have been looking more closely at the kinds of carbs a recipe contains. Simple carbs are out and...
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Eggplant Parmesan
Eggplant Parmesan Eggplant, (aubergine in French, melanzane, in Italian), is a vegetable that I am not overly fond of, and therefore don’t cook it very often. However there is one dish that I really...
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Pad Thai
Pad Thai with Shrimp Recently I was in the mood for some Thai cooking so I decided to make this dish that I had seen made on the Food Network; Sandra Lee’s Money Saving Meals. It is extremely easy to...
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A Girl, A Grill, and a Portobello
Once upon a time there was a girl (me), a grill (ours), and a portobello (mushroom). But wait, I’m getting ahead of myself—- Now that the weather is getting warmer, I look forward to having dinner...
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Cauliflower-Broccoli-Cheese Soup
A quick post today featuring a soup that I made this past weekend when I had an abundance of broccoli and cauliflower on hand that needed using up. Cauliflower-broccoli-cheese soup. After spending the...
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Spring Tonic Quiche
Spring Tonic Quiche This may seem like an odd name for a recipe, but it comes from Barbara Kingsolver’s excellent book, Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: A Year of Food Life. In it she describes a winter...
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White Bean and Radish Salad
White Bean and Radish Salad Summer is for salad, folks. When the weather turns this warm, I just want a cool, easy to fix salad for my meal. One that looks good on the plate, tastes good, and is...
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Fennel and Potato Hash Browns
Fennel and Potato Hash Browns A bag of frozen hash brown potatoes from the supermarket is a great timesaver, so occasionally I will buy one to keep in the freezer. There are times when a skillet of...
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