Quick and Easy Smoked Sausage with Harissa
This is for Those Days When You Need to Get a Tasty Meal on the Table – Pronto. Don’t we all need recipes that deliver on all fronts, but only take about a half hour to actually make? And when I say a half hour, I mean it. I know I’m not alone in my […]
Melted Blue Cheese Sandwiches with Ham and Strawberries
There Are Sandwiches… and Then There Are SANDWICHES. If you’re anything at all like me, you’re always in the mood for a good sandwich. When I think about it, a good pb&j, tuna salad, or anything similar is okay by me. But then there are times when I take sandwiches seriously because I think a […]
Strawberry and Rhubarb Streusel Pie
It’s Definitely Spring When Rhubarb Shows Up At The Market. I had been wanting a strawberry rhubarb pie for quite awhile and when rhubarb finally showed up at my market I knew that Spring had arrived and I jumped on it. Got home and went right to work on a pie. Well, that first attempt […]
Shrimp and Black Bean Panzanella
Everything I Love in a Meal is Right Here on This Plate. My love for panzanella is no secret. It happens to be a dish that ticks all my bells and I’ve made and posted several variations. In my ever-so-humble opinion, a really good panzanella can’t be beaten. It will always be in my top […]
Baked Potato Halves with Garlic Butter
The Title of This Recipe Kind of Says It All! While I love a good baked potato, I frequently find that I don’t want to eat an entire big potato, unless I’m serving it as a main course. After making my Sweet Potatoes with Lime Chipotle Butter , in which I slice the potatoes in […]
Blackberry Pie Galette
In Case You’re in the Mood to Bake a Pie! When it comes to baking, I know that homemade pie crusts can be daunting. I fully understand why the ease of buying a ready made pie crust is appealing. But in my very personal opinion, there is simply no point in baking a pie if […]
Pork Pasta with Gochujang and Gochugaru
It’s Different, Interesting, and Scrumptious, While Also Being Reassuringly Familiar. How about pasta with a meat sauce that is just different enough to be interesting, but still recognizable as a comforting ragu? That’s what I had in mind when I set out to make this meal. The majority of the ingredients are very recognizable – […]
Roasted Fennel, Zucchini, and Clementines with Tomatoes and Feta
Not Your Typical Roasted Veggie Meal. At All. Here is a pretty simple pan of roasted vegetables and clementines – 2 bulbs of fresh fennel, 1 zucchini, 1 red onion, and 3 clementines are the basic ingredients. But this ended up being so much more than that. Not that a simple tray of roasted vegetables […]
Pancetta and Tomato Achaar Beans
Here is One Flavor-Packed Bowl of Stewed Beans! Once again, I was in the mood for beans. As much as I love a bowl of beans that have been simply cooked in their own delicious broth, I wanted something a little more stew-like this time around because I wanted to scoop these with some good […]
Bacon-Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms On Bitter Greens
Talk About a Great Main Course Salad Meal! Lots of bacon. That’s what happened here. I started out by cooking 10 slices of bacon, but I wasn’t sure I’d use all of it. Really? Who was I kidding? It ended up being the perfect amount of bacon. No big surprise there. I haven’t made stuffed […]