Sometimes simple really is best! No need for a fancy marinade or complex procedures...just some good seasonal vegetables, roasted, with some brown rice and you have a colorful, flavorful, healthy meal! Roasted Veggies. They are just so versatile, beautiful, simple, tasty and healthy! I love to roast a pan of summer vegetables. I almost always … Continue reading Bowl of Goodness: Roasted Veggies Over Rice
This is a simple and zippy pasta main dish. It is adapted from Susan Branch’s delightful, THE SUMMER BOOK cookbook. Are you familiar with her? She is creative, inspiring, nostalgic and fun. Before I had an internet full of blogs to look at for inspiration and to get my creative juices flowing, Susan Branch did … Continue reading lemon linguini
Surprise…Pop Quiz today! Define each of the following terms: Strata- Quiche- Breakfast Casserole- Frittata- Omelet- I just gave a test last week to my social work students and there was a "definitions section". It's always a challenge to determine the most effective way to test the definition of terms. I could provide the word and … Continue reading What’s A Strata?
Maybe it's because my mom always made Valentine's Day fun, or maybe because it is my birthday month, or maybe because it is something pretty and fun in the middle of winter, but I love Valentine's Day. And it's not because I am a romantic. Because I'm not. In fact, the cheesiness of Valentine's grosses … Continue reading Valentine Fun
I grew up with baked potatoes as a staple in our home. My mom and dad taught us to eat the entire potato, skin and all. But it wasn’t until I was a teenager that I was exposed to baked potato soup. I think it was Silver Spoon Café (whose name later changed to American … Continue reading Baked Potato Soup
A special fall meal, including some of my favorite flavors of the season, is Pork Tenderloin and Sweet Potato Apple Scallop. The recipes each have a different history of how they came to our kitchen. The Pork: When I was pregnant with Lucy (my youngest child), a few of my son’s school-mates’ mothers offered … Continue reading Special Fall Dinner
Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese are broad terms. Tomato Soup can be described as thin, bland, soup poured from a tin can and Grilled Cheese can be a soggy, greasy, American-cheese-filled-white-bread-sandwich OR it can be defined very differently. It can be a gourmet, craveable, comfort food delicacy! I think it was a combination of Bread … Continue reading Fancy Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
This summer we have been trying to eat low fat/high fiber with lots of fresh produce. I created this recipe and have made it many times lately, each time with a little variation. If you know the Weight Watcher’s jargon, this meal can have as few as 3 points. It is savory and filling and … Continue reading The Delicious Nameless Dish
Since the “Celebration of Daves” post, a couple of people have asked for my Fish Tacos recipe. I am so glad to share it with you, as well as the mango/avocado salsa, and tangy slaw, which are essential elements. But I must tell you about my journey to fish tacos, the back-story, if you will. … Continue reading Journey to Fish Tacos
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