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Zucchini Risotto With Sun Dried Tomatoes & Scallops

| Heidi

Zucchini Risotto With Sun Dried Tomatoes & Scallops
Taking this dish out of Linda’s playbook, I decided to make a risotto. With so much zucchini being produced in the garden, I am actively engaged at using them in as many ways as possible. Well, this was a winner! So full of flavor and depth. The rice soaks up every bit of flavor you add and richly delivers them to you with every bite… Continue reading →

Cocktail Corner: Mini Blue Bearable

| Heidi

Mini Blue Bearable
Thank you so much Nicole Oliver from Sinner or Saint Speakeasy (visit on Facebook) for finding a way to drink the gift of Pennsyltucky Moon Shine Corn Whiskey that my excellent Husband received as a gift. The word Moon Shine was a definite in this one. WOW! Professional Mixologist, Nicole spent over an hour in our kitchen concocting cocktails that would make this moon shine drinkable. Excellent job!!! She named the drink Mini Blue Bearable!!! I will definitely make this drink again (substituting the whiskey with vodka)! Thanks again Nicole… Please visit Sinner or Saint’s Facebook page. Continue reading →

Summer Pasta Salad

| Linda

Summer Pasta Salad

During my recent Ride the Farm biking adventure I picked up a slew of goodies! Today’s recipe includes the fresh green beans I bought…combined with some tortellini, grape tomatoes, diced prosciutto and mozzarella balls then soaked in a Honey Dijon Vinaigrette…they make a perfect summertime pasta salad. Hearty enough for a stand-alone meal but also light enough to bring as a side dish to a barbecue! Continue reading →

Zucchini Spaghetti Shrimp Scampi

| Heidi

Zucchini Spaghetti Shrimp Scampi 2
The zucchini are here!!! All our plants are blooming beautifully and we love to eat them…like everyone I suspect. We love to make and serve them like spaghetti. What a brilliant little device we use! In any case, I decided to make them with my shrimp scampi sauce. So good I’m not sure my hubby will want his zucchini any other way…light to the tummy and pleasing to the palate! Continue reading →

Country Breakfast

| Linda

Country Breakfast

I recently shared one of my grandmother’s stand-by recipes: German Potato Salad. Here’s another one of her favorites! Mom Mom (Catherine) was a ‘meat & potatoes’ cook…she loved serving potatoes since a little goes a long way and there were many mouths to feed! I’ve taken her Country Breakfast recipe and adapted it for four servings. It’s hearty and filling and a great weekend breakfast! Continue reading →

Tasty Tapenade

| Heidi

Tasty Tapenade 4
Although Tapenade is not a pretty dish, it is decidedly delicious! I like to make this when I have impromptu guests coming, because it is simple and always a crowd-pleaser for the olive lovers. The beautiful thing about grocery stores today is you can pick your olives at an olive bar and not purchase jar after jar after jar. Add some cheese, a food processor and a good cracker… Now you have an appetizer worthy of a King! Continue reading →

Chicken Caponata

| Linda

Chicken Caponata
Our Tri Club recently had a Ride the Farm event that I was lucky enough to enjoy with my husband and some friends. During the 22 mile bike ride we visited a few farmer’s markets and were able to purchase some beautiful produce…isn’t summer grand? All those fresh fruits & veggies! Heidi is so lucky to have a garden full of all those goodies in her own backyard…and I’m lucky to live so close to these great markets: Sorbello Girls, Visalli’s & Haynicz’s. In today’s post I used some of that lovely produce (fresh yellow peppers, onions and eggplants) to make Caponata and served it along with grilled chicken for a tasty weeknight meal… Continue reading →