Buttermilk Kitchen, one of my favorite local breakfast spots (Alon’s is the other one :-)), offered bacon, arugula, heirloom tomato, and house-made cheese sandwiches as a special recently. They were SO good that I had to try my hand at making them at home. I did not have any house-made […]
I’ve made – and loved! – scrambled eggs with leftover dill before, but it wasn’t until I came across the Herb and Goat Cheese Omelet* recipe in Sweet Paul Eat & Make that it ever occurred to me to throw the dill into an omelette*! Ingredients: makes 1 how-you-like-it omelette […]
This delicious side dish, adapted from Barefoot Contessa Foolproof, is super-simple, quick and easy to make, and the flavors taste SO good together! I served it with salmon cakes, and I think it would work just as well with roasted chicken. Ingredients: makes apr. 4 – 6 side dish servings […]
Hub and I hosted a small family get-together last month, and it really reminded me how much I truly do LOVE to entertain. I have to do it more often: at the drop of a hat and for absolutely no reason at all 🙂 Lemonade and Peach Iced Tea I don’t […]
As soon as I saw this recipe on The Lipstick Giraffe blog, I knew I had to try my hand at making it sooner or later. (This is coming from a girl who used to eat tomato sandwiches like Harriet the Spy growing up :-)) Side story: My minuscule-bordering-on-microscopic hometown […]
The “cookbook” I use most often is a binder where I keep tear-outs of recipes from magazines and old books. I’ve been making this version of a chicken and peppers recipe for the longest, and since the original recipe has been in the binder for years and years, I have no idea […]
These quick and easy-to-make muffins are great for breakfast on the go, paired with a smoothie for a light lunch, or as an addition to a casual brunch buffet 🙂 ————————————————————————————- Ingredients: makes about 6 muffins 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 […]
I’ve never been a big meat eater – growing up, my mom would say, “Eat the meat on your plate. Then you can have more sweet peas!” – so sometimes I wonder if I’m getting enough protein. One of my friends suggested beans as a good protein source, which reminded […]
When I make roasted chicken breasts, I make as many as my old roasting pan can hold, and then freeze the rest. That way when I feel like eating, but not cooking or going out, I have some options for quick, easy meals at home. Here are three of my […]
Ingredients: 15 oz part-skim ricotta 2 eggs 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon black pepper 32-64 oz pasta sauce (depending upon how saucy you like your lasagna) 1 package no-boil lasagna noodles 4 cups fresh spinach optional: 2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped 16 oz mozzarella, shredded 1 cup parmesan, shredded Preheat […]
NaturAlmond Hand Crafted Almond Butter (widely available here and here) Let me begin by saying that while I’m on my second jar of this almond butter, I should be on my fourth… or fifth. It’s been out of stock at my usual grocery store for far too long! I jumped up […]
Ingredients: makes about 4 servings (sandwiches, on spinach/arugula salad, or by itself :-)) 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon mayo 1 tablespoon sour cream 1 1/2 teaspoon dijon mustard 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice 1/2 – 3/4 cup grapes, quartered 1/2 cup apples, chopped 1 tablespoon pecans, chopped 1 tablespoon walnuts, […]
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