Category: Recipes

Honey and Sriracha Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Follow me as I am inspired by a new restaurant’s menu that leads to our Easter dinner. What was on the menu? These sweet potatoes, deviled eggs with pickled mustard seeds, grilled leg of lamb, and quinoa salad.

Goat Cheese Soufflé with Garden Salad for C.L.U.E.
Christy, aka the Culinary Diva, was my assigned C.L.U.E project for this month. April’s theme was to be all about spring vegetables and Christy’s blog was full of possibilities. (Christy is a banker by day but is also a “food enthusiast, wine aficionado, Food & Cooking Channel fanatic, and cookbook bibliomaniac, who suffers from…

Blue Hawaiian for #PartyLikeAMadMan
Giveaway alert! Win a copy of The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook as we celebrate the season finale.

Smoked Turkey Salad with Raspberries (or Strawberry-Spinach Salad with Hot Pepper Dressing)
You be the judge. Compare my original recipe with what was printed in Taste of Home.

Pickled Mustard Seeds
You know I love to pickle everything….chard stems, grapes…now mustard seeds.

Spaghetti Carbonara
Spaghetti Carbonara is one of my all time favorites and this recipe comes from my favorite food writer of all times, Ruth Reichl. Join me for this month’s Cook the Books feature, Reichl’s Comfort Me with Apples.

St. Patrick’s Day Spiked Cupcakes with Boozy Frosting
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all! This month’s Food ‘n Flix selection is The Quiet Man, appropriately set in Ireland. These cupcakes are loaded, literally, and contain Guinness, Jameson’s and Bailey’s.

Anadama Bread
A bread full of seeds and goodness….why the weird name? Keep reading.

Bacon Wrapped Potatoes with Sriracha Sauce for C.L.U.E.
A great appetizer, a spicy dipping sauce, and even a bonus martini….all for this month’s C.L.U.E.

Baking Bread in the New Staub Pot
Have you ever baked bread in your Dutch oven or heavy enameled cookware? If not, you must as soon as you are able.