Easy Middle Eastern Meatballs
A meatball is a great versatile thing that can be everything from a main course to an appetizer. My Middle Eastern meatballs are very flavorful and everyone loves the complex spice mix. The Middle Eastern spice blend may seem like a lot of stuff, but I normally make a...
Dark Chocolate Coconut Banana Coffee Cake
I am a mass killer of bananas; so I invented chocolate coconut banana coffee cake. I feel so guilty about wasting over ripe bananas. I over buy and we under consume bananas on a regular basis. As a result I am always looking for ideas to use them up. I make quite a...
Raisin Cane: Sugarcane Farm and Refinery Tour
Since the arrival of Columbus sugarcane has been a staple of Florida agriculture. And today more than ever sugar is big business in the sunshine state. Both farm owners and workers across the sunshine state rely on the industry to survive. The Florida sugar industry...
Nutmeg Wine Cake with Fig Buttercream Frosting
I have made nutmeg wine cake in the past as a way to jazz up box cake mix in a pinch, but those cakes always left me uninspired. I would make them as a bunt cake with some fresh fruit or simple glaze over the top and I always felt like the flavors were such a good...
Fruit and Kale Salad with Poppy Seed Buttermilk Dressing
I like kale and all the other dark greens. My stepdaughter thinks I buy the stuff to torture her. She frequently accuses me of hiding kale in everything from spaghetti sauce to cupcakes. I am guilty sometimes! Now that she is off to college kale, chard and spinach are...
10 Kitchen Holiday Gifts Ideas
Awesome Gifts for the Home Cook in your Life Getting kitchen stuff at the holidays is fun for a home cook. Over the years some of what I have received has been awesome, some not so much. I thought that this year I would put out a gift guide for my followers based on...
Mandarin Spinach Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing
Mandarin Spinach Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing Sometimes you feel like bacon sometimes you don’t, who am I kidding you should always feel like bacon. Spinach salad with hot bacon dressing is a classic recipe that has been part of my family for years, salty and sweet....
Marinated Cannellini Bean and Tomato Bruschetta
My marinated cannellini bean and tomato bruschetta recipe was inspired by something I read in a cooking magazine. The original recipe was a cold salad with Middle Eastern spices, but it got me thinking. And one night when we were looking for a light dinner...
Slow Cooker Simple Posole with Pork and Hominy
Posole (Pozole) is a traditional Latina American stew of chilies and pork slow cooked for tons of flavor. Traditional recipes for Posole use cheaper cuts of pork like necks and dry chilies to give the stew lots of fat and flavor. This is not that kind of recipe; this...
12 Thanksgiving Tips
A few simple tips that help keep me sane on Thanksgiving or anytime I am hosting a big dinner party. I have been cooking on Turkey Day for over twenty years so I know of what I write, and please share any other tips you have in the comments section of this post....
Florida Ferment Fest 2017
As I was poking around on Facebook last week and I found the first ever Florida Ferment Fest, it was be held at a nearby farm to table restaurant I have been wanting to visit so I decided to buy a ticket. I am going to come right out at the opening of this and say I...Try My Spicy Romantic Romantic Suspense Novels
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