Breakfast, Food & Recipes |
Healthy and interesting omelets are a staple around this house they work as an easy lunch or brunch. This Swiss chard, shallot and prosciutto omelet is a great twist from the more traditional fillings I normally serve. It always seems that I have a few leaves of chard...
Chicken, Food & Recipes, Soups & Stews |
In the winter with the holidays behind us its time to eat healthy and enjoy every bite. This bean soup with both kale and chard is perfect for a chilly winter night but you won’t regret it come bikini season. This meal is a hearty enough to keep everyone full but...
Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Pasta |
Yes it’s the middle of the holiday season and I am posting baked ziti, know why? Because it’s not a roast or ham or cookie recipe, I need a break. This ziti is a simple casserole dish that can travel to pot luck or feed a house full of holiday guests with only a...
Food & Recipes, holidays, In the Kitchen, Kitchen Hints |
Whether this is your first thanksgiving or your twentieth, thanksgiving planning can make or break your holiday. I hosted my first thanksgiving at 19 years old in my college apartment and fed not only a rag-tag bunch of college kids but also a handful of their...
Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Pork |
Creating a quick dinner on a busy night is about having go-to recipes that are simple to make and no fail. These simple apricot glazed pork tenderloins are favorites in our house because they are quick cooking and moist, plus the prep time is low and clean up a...
Food & Recipes, Side dishes, Veggies |
It has been the summer of grilling at our house this year. I quickly realized that quinoa is a perfect side with almost anything coming off the grill as it is easy and flavorful. Plus the leftover quinoa is the next day’s lunch, loaded with whole gains and protein....
Beef, Dips and Sauces, Food & Recipes, Main Courses |
I can never go wrong in our house serving a flat iron steak for dinner. I normally make a very traditional chimichurri sauce but the other night I was out of a few items for the chimichurri and decided to invent something new. As my family is looking for green sauce...
Chicken, Food & Recipes, Main Courses |
Admit it you love prosciutto, we all do. It’s salty, rich and wonderful especially when it crisps up a little in the oven. Wrapping plain old basic chicken breast up in this porky goodness is a good idea but add some creamy feta chesses to the roll-up and it’s a great...
Baking, Breakfast, Food & Recipes |
We have all looked at the fruit bowl in the house and found the brown bananas and then opened the fridge only to find some over the hill strawberries too. My ginger whole wheat strawberry banana muffins are an invention on just such a day. I love fruit bread and make...
Chicken, Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Traeger Grilling |
Simple and healthy dinners of grilled boneless skinless chicken breast can get pretty boring. Adding rarely used ingredients like hearts of palm and rich flavors like balsamic vinegar can help make a normal Tuesday night meal into something much more exciting. My...
Appetizer, Food & Recipes, Seafood |
Mussels are probably the biggest value at the seafood market, at about four dollars a pound steamed mussels are a “fancy” dinner that will not even dent the family food budget. Do get your mussels at good fish market or other reliable seafood purveyor, for me Whole...
Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Pork, Uncategorized |
At every Taquería I have been in from the hills of Mexico to the dust roadsides of Texas my favorite taco is always the pork Carnitas. It is the most prefect pork taco you have every dreamed of: juicy yet crispy and flavorful but not too spicy, bliss in a tortilla. I...
