Chicken and Avocado Sandwich with Herb Mayonnaise
I don’t normally post something as simple as a sandwich but this one is worth the effort. The main goodness — and very easy to do — is the herb mayonnaise. Adding some dried dill, tarragon and basil...
View ArticlePork and Mango Kebabs
I picked up a copy of Eat: The Little Book of Fast Food by Nigel Slater. It has over 600 recipes for those times “you just want to eat” without futzing around too much. In addition to the sandwich I...
View ArticleBroiled Apricots with Blackberries and Mascarpone
My apricot tree is fully loaded so apricot desserts are on the menu. Here’s a very simple one I saw in Pure Simple Cooking: Effortless Meals Every Day by Diana Henry. Preheat your broiler. Halve your...
View ArticleJicama Salad with Arugula, Romaine and Lime-Cilantro Dressing
I’d forgotten how much I like jicama. I used to just cut it up and serve it with vegetables anytime we did vegetables and dip at parties but I can’t remember the last time I bought one. I saw this...
View ArticleCream Scones with Sweetened Dried Cranberries
When my girls were young, some other neighborhood moms and I would walk downtown really early on Saturday mornings to a certain coffee shop that had the best scones. My favorites were the cranberry...
View ArticleLidia’s Zucchini and Rice Tart
My niece is coming for dinner tonight and I thought it would be fun to have something to nibble on while I’m fixing dinner. I saw this zucchini and rice tart and thought it sounded good and would...
View ArticleMom’s Apple Walnut Cake
I have this recipe on an old recipe card in my Mom’s handwriting. I used to make it when the girls were little and our apple trees were bursting with fruit…then somehow I didn’t make it anymore. I ran...
View ArticleCornbread Salad from A Gracious Plenty
I heard about this cookbook on the Chowhound home cooking board. (Warning: This board can do serious damage to your cookbook budget!) Even though it didn’t win the “cookbook of the month” (where...
View ArticleCorn and Black-Eyed Pea Salad from A Gracious Plenty
You could make this with almost any canned bean I think. I like black-eyed peas but sometimes they can be tricky to find where I live. What’s good is all the crunch of the vegetables with the...
View ArticleSpicy Shrimp from Dinner: A Love Story
I’ve had this recipe flagged since I bought the book Dinner: A Love Story and I finally got around to making it. These shrimp are delicious! The combination of spices was intriguing to me: smoked...
View ArticleBeef Spiedini Recipe
My youngest asked if I could make beef spiedini, little beef rolls. She was remembering some of the great food she’d had when she visited her grandparents in Florida a few years ago, including the beef...
View ArticleHow to Cut an Avocado
For years, I’ve been cutting avocados in half, using a large knife to whack the seed and pull it out and then cutting or slicing the avocado in the skin, using a spoon to scrape the pieces out. I don’t...
View ArticleSpinach, Avocado and Mango Salad
Shopping at Costco when you’re hungry and have a veg and fruit loving daughter with you can be dangerous! We have lots of produce to eat up. When I made the beef spiedini the other night, I also made...
View ArticleStuffed Baked Potato with Bacon and Egg
Last night I was craving a loaded baked potato. I remembered a recipe for stuffed baked potatoes in Plenty by Diana Henry. In my twice-baked potato world, I bake the potatoes, scrape the cooked potato...
View ArticleRussian Salad from Verdura
I picked up a used copy of VERDURA: Vegetables Italian Style by Viana La Place after reading multiple posts on Chowhound about how great the recipes are. I’m quite glad I did. I’ve mostly been making...
View ArticleChewy Almond Squares
I think I found the link to these on Chowhound. But it prints really tiny and we keep making these and struggling to read the ingredients so I’m repeating it here. In large print! And so my daughters...
View ArticleChicken and Rice
This was my first “fall” dish, as it cooled off a little yesterday evening and I felt like something warm and comforting. I’ve made this enough times that the page in the cookbook (Lidia Cooks from the...
View ArticlePork Chops Lyonnaise from Pure Simple Cooking
I really like this cookbook: Pure Simple Cooking: Effortless Meals Every Day. I borrowed it from the library initially and then decided to buy it after trying a few recipes. I like how it’s organized....
View ArticleCaramelized Nuts for Salads
Perk up your green salads with these caramelized nuts. I’ve made these with walnuts and pecans, depending on what I have opened. Last night it was walnuts. This recipe is from The Food Nanny, a great...
View ArticlePork Chop with Peppers
Another chop recipe, because I find it easy to downsize recipes to one or two servings. This is from The Soprano’s Family Cookbook. I wouldn’t have thought to look there for a pork chop recipe but I am...
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