Category: Recipes

Food Inspired from Sideways for Food n’ Flix
Read on for a recipe for White Wine and Dijon Braised Chicken, a recipe inspired by “Sideways.”

Life without Goat Cheese? Here’s the latest CTB post: The U.S. of Arugula
Our read this time around was David Kamp’s The United States of Arugula. This was a great comprehensive history of food trends and food trend makers in America.

Smoked Pork Butt with “Hole-in-the Wall” Slaw for Holiday Recipe Club
Happy Almost Memorial Day! Memorial Day yells “cookout” to us. To celebrate family and remember all those that are special to us, we decided to spend the day with family and friends. The Holiday Recipe Club’s “secret ingredients” for Memorial day were watermelon, beer or pork. We decided to smoke a pork butt (yes,…

Pork Tenderloin with Sazón for May’s SRC
Stay tuned for a traditional Dominican recipe from Josie’s Kitchen and our use of it on a smoked pork tenderloin.

Spinach Salad with Apples and Orange Zest
Last week, I came across a fabulous looking salad at Sydney’s Kitchen. It was beautiful—spinach, watermelon, orange-glazed chicken, feta, oranges, fresh berries. This was Sydney’s Warm Chicken Salad. Delicious sounding, isn’t it? The dressing for this salad sounded wonderful, too. I didn’t have any chicken, fresh berries, feta, or watermelon, but I did have spinach…

Happy Holiday Recipe Club—It’s Cinco de Mayo!
I’m tacking on another celebration to Cinco de Mayo—our faux anniversary! Help us celebrate with a Dulce de Leche Apple Pie.

Coleslaw and you.
What kind of coleslaw are you and your family partial to?

Another great new appetizer: Not your ordinary cheese dip
Who knew there was a World Cheese Dip Championship? Here is a great recipe for Avocado Goat Cheese Dip that would get my vote!

Spicy Thai Noodle Salad with Raw Veggies
This is a great salad thanks to Jen at Juanita’s Cocina. I used some radishes and green onions from the garden and some basil from the green house.

Great Northern Bean Dip
Hunger pains, raiding the pantry, the invention of a new appetizer.