Crockpot, Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Pork, Sandwiches |
As a family we can eat a ton of food in one night and leftovers normally disappear as after school/work snacks, but there is at least one hunk of meat too large us: the fresh ham. The fresh ham or picnic ham is one of the cheapest cuts in your grocery store and it’s...
Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Pasta, Salad, Seafood, Veggies |
Christmas is over and we have all been very naughty around here eating lots of cookies, cakes and cheese. I don’t even want to know the average daily calorie intake of the members of this household; it might make me take up starvation as a hobby. Just kidding I love...
Chicken, Food & Recipes, Main Courses |
Tis the season of heavy eating! Thanksgiving dinner, holiday parties, and cookie exchanges it’s time to lighten up. This simple diner of chicken thighs and vegetables is the result of a quick trip to Whole Foods looking for inspiration for the defrosted chicken that...
Baking, Food & Recipes, Grandma Swan's Cookbook, holidays, Side dishes |
With the holidays in full swing I wanted to share the dinner rolls that I have been making for family events lately. They are an amalgamation of my grandma’s classic yeast spoon roll and the Southern Living dinner rolls I found online. I also add some whole wheat...
Appetizer, Dips and Sauces, Featured, Food & Recipes, holidays |
So this is the best homemade spinach dip ever. It’s hot and gooey, rich and cheesy, salty and creamy. Basically it is everything that spinach dip should be. My version evolved out of Emeril Lagasse’s recipe for spinach dip on the food network website, I took a few...
Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Seafood |
This is a simple, simple dish. The instructions could read mix up sauce, grill salmon, then eat; but that would not be a very fun blog post. So I will tell you about this recipe’s inspiration. It started from a watching this strange daytime show The Chew that has...
Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Pork |
Pork Roast Stuffed with Spinach and Gorgonzola I love a nice pork roast, it’s tasty, versatile, and cheap. Don’t confuse the affordable roast with the pricey and also tasty little tenderloins. I like especially to butterfly the roasts and fill them with all kinds of...
Chicken, Featured, Food & Recipes, Main Courses |
I love nectarines, they are by far my favorite stone fruit but buying them in South Florida is a bit like a box of chocolate, you never know what you are going to get (sorry about the Forrest Gump reference). Many times they go from under-ripe to rotten, never getting...
Dining Out, Lifestyle, Manners, Uncategorized |
Using the Correct Fork Matters to Me Last night my husband and I were kid free and decided to head out to a nice little local restaurant for a simple dinner. This little Italian bistro is not fancy but they home make the pasta and the owners are good people and part...
Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Seafood, Uncategorized |
Living in South Florida we are lucky to often receive gifts of freshly caught fish from friends and family that are successful fisher-persons. As a native Floridian I know that you graciously accept the gift then wait until you get home to see exactly what you have,...
Chicken, Food & Recipes, Main Courses |
This chicken dinner is one time when being spineless is fabulous. This is a comfort meal if ever there was one. Juicy roasted chicken flavored with fresh rosemary and delicious potatoes that are basted with the chicken’s own drippings as they cook. It is easy to...
