Tag: goat cheese

Cherry-Almond-Crunch Chicken and Pasta Salad for #HotSummerEats
Stay with me here. Pasta, basil, feta, almonds AND cherries make for a delicious salad. Yes, I said fresh cherries.

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…

Pizza Challenge: Traditional vs. Gourmet
The Hubs and I had a pizza challenge while watching this month’s Food ‘n Flix selection: The Terminal. I know you can’t wait to see who won.

Black Bean-Goat Cheese Enchiladas with Christmas Sauce
Like you, I read lots and lots of Cinco de Mayo recipes this month. I even posted one myself. There were lots of delicious Mexican-inspired recipes and I was most taken with Liz of That Skinny Chick Can Bake fame and her Smoky Black Bean Dip. I have a really bad habit of making appetizers…

Marinated Cheese in a Jar
I saw this technique in the March 2013 issue of Sunset and loved the idea. This recipe is attributed to David Tanis (a Chez Panisse alum) from his cookbook One Good Dish: The Pleasures of a Simple Meal. I perused through this book on Amazon and a few recipes caught my eye (and imagination): Waffle…

Pasta BBT
BBT stands for Bacon, Basil and Tomato! Keep reading for a fun fall stopover too.

Carne Asada Pizza with Chevre and Cilantro Sauce
I developed this restaurant inspired meal from a now defunct restaurant that has found new life as a food trailer. (And, another reminder to remember the Moore tornado victims.)

February Secret Recipe Club: More beets
For Secret Recipe Club this month, I found another beet recipe: Roasted Beet Salad with Pear and Goat Cheese

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.

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!