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
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
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
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
Because we are creatures of discovery and experiment, I decided to include you in my latest adventure. Always buying my fish already cleaned and ready for cooking by my wonderful fish monger, I thought when I bought this beautiful red snapper that after asking for the scales to be removed I could simply stuff it and presto… It was not so! Lol… Continue reading
Today is MEATLESS MONDAY! On today’s menu: A fabulous Roasted Tomato & Caramelized Onion-Mushroom Tart. This tasty treat serves four and is the perfect light meal for a hot summer night… Continue reading
I just love black been soup. I make it several different ways, but this is one of my favorite. I love the heat! A little warning when you make it though…it gets hotter every day, and I always make enough for the week. It’s healthy, full of fiber and gives your metabolism a little boost. When you pair that with the cool yogurt it’s just heaven in a bite… Mmm- Mmm Good… Continue reading
Date Night! It’s that time again…time for some quality time with your special one! Put those kiddos to bed, grab a glass of wine and start cooking! You’ll be sitting in front of a delightful ‘restaurant-style’ meal in the blink of an eye… Continue reading
We have a friend who loves to pick blueberries for us. This morning I decided to make coffee cake, but was without one of my ingredients. Upon inspection of the contents of my refrigerator I still had some buttermilk. To my surprise, they are better with the buttermilk! Another happy oops!!! Continue reading
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