Grouper Cheek Bites

First of all I’d like to reach out to all our followers and fellow bloggers to wish them good health and safety. We hope you and your families are all healthy and remain safe. Like all of you I am following the responsible practice of social distancing. My husband and I have found ourselves hunkered down the last few months in our winter home in southwest Florida. We are all going through this together…sheltering in place and trying to make the best of life during these uncertain times. It’s definitely a challenge to be 24/7 with someone – even though you love them with all your heart. You have to find ways to entertain yourselves and interact with each other in positive ways. As you might have noticed over the last few weeks we have been sharing simple, delicious yet fun recipes. For today’s blog post, Grouper Cheek Bites, I’m sharing with you a peek into the kitchen I have been sharing with my 24/7 husband. We venture to our local specialty market, Oakes in Naples, once every two weeks to manage our exposure to the outside world…then take those ingredients and cook together – trying to create recipes based on the simple ingredients that we’ve purchased. By cooking together we are not only bonding during these strange times, but we are having fun. I am not a therapist….but, I would recommend that cooking together can be therapeutic….here is just one of the many dishes we created together. Hope you all find a way to keep yourselves healthy, safe and happy. Much love from Heidi and I…. Continue reading

Eggplant Parmesan


Today I’m sharing a Meatless Meal…this is one of my favorites…I get it all the time when I see it on restaurant menus but in all honesty they’re so covered with sauce that it’s sometimes hard to taste the eggplant. When I make it at home I cook it with as little oil as possible and top it with just a smidge of sauce and cheese so the eggplant can shine… Continue reading

Italian Meatball Sandwich

Italian Meatball Sandwich
On Monday we cooked up some delicious Italian Turkey-Capocollo Meatballs…with the leftover meatballs we made some fantastic meatball sandwiches. A hearty sandwich filled to the brim with freshly sliced Parmesan cheese, Italian Meatballs, sauce & grated Parmesan. We love our Wawa meatball sandwiches but ‘Man, oh Man’ were these so much better! Continue reading

Sweet Potato Raviolis & Sage Butter Sauce

Sweet Potato Raviolis & Sage Butter Sauce

As today is the sixth Friday in Lent – for today’s meatless dish I’ve made a Sweet Potato Ravioli & Sage Butter Sauce. Wonton wrappers are an easy substitute if you don’t want to make your own pasta. The filling is creamy and a bit on the sweet side…the sauce is buttery sage…delicious combination!  Continue reading

Cilantro-Parmesan Buttered Corn on the Cob

Summer corn on the cob…what vegetable is as sweet and delicious as that? I saw this delicious recipe on Farm Raised Cooking. Jessica’s recipe caught my interest so I decided to give it a try. Jess cooked hers on the grill but it was raining so I had to make some adjustments…..we loved it! Thanks Jessica!    Continue reading