Mozzarella, Tomato + Strawberry Salad ~ French Fridays with Dorie
I don’t know if I would really call this dish a “recipe”. No need for measuring cups, measuring spoons, tons of ingredients, or chopping. I cannot tell you how many times I have thrown some fresh...
View ArticleSalad Wednesday’s – Perfect Italian Chopped Salad
Growing up, eating the perfect chopped salad could only be found at La Scala in Beverly Hills. I would crave this salad and when I worked as a talent manager in the 80’s, one could find me at lunch...
View ArticleSalad Wednesday – Not Your Typical Spinach Salad
Over 10 years ago, my friend Karen offered to bring a spinach salad to one of our many Sunday night, 5 family dinners. Being the gracious hostess that I was, I gleefully said of course. Then I thought...
View ArticleSalad Wednesday-Chopped Tuna Salad
It took me a long time to appreciate tuna salad. I have mentioned before my disdain for mayo so eating tuna salad was not something I craved or ate much. For me, it was always a lot of lemon, some...
View ArticleGluten Free Pecan Pie + My Thanksgiving Round-Up 2011
I have been an avid reader of Cooks Illustrated Magazine since 1980. In the November/December 1995 issue they had Perfect Pecan Pie – 3 ways. A traditional, a triple chocolate chunk, and a...
View ArticleOur Edible Garden + A Spicy Peanut Kale Salad
I admit, I am not very good in the garden. I could easily be called a plant killer. But, after all, it just makes perfect sense for me to have an edible garden. I am already making all of our...
View ArticlePizza Night + An Antipasto Bar {Gluten Free}
Thursday’s are the toughest day of the week. Work, sports practices, and a nighttime class for Ike, leaves no time in the day for me to lollygag in the kitchen. I must be prepared. This past Sunday I...
View ArticleSumi Slaw + My First Slow “Cooker Recipe”
I gave in, I purchased a slow cooker. Why wait, you ask? Space. I just didn’t want another gadget in my house. As work gets more demanding and the kids schedules become more complicated, getting...
View ArticleNapa Valley Grille Kale Salad Recipe + A Weeks Worth of Meals
It’s been a while, but I am back in the kitchen. I started with Baco Mercat’s Old Fashioned Blueberry Coffee Cake. What a great place to start! With some left over buttermilk from a very indulgent...
View ArticleWhat’s For Dinner This Week?
I know, I haven’t posted in a while. It’s not that we haven’t been eating, we have. I am just so F’n sick of cooking, cleaning, and listening to my kids complain; “not this again”, or “I’m not eating...
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