With temperatures steadily rising this past weekend. I was longing for salad that was crisp, cool, tangy, and just a tiny bit spicy. A salad that would happily share a plate with grilled chicken, or perhaps fish. Because, I was not involving the oven in the preparation of this meal – way too hot for… Continue reading
One of my Hubby’s favorite dishes to order in restaurants is Seared Ahi Tuna. Bone Fish Grill is no exception. There they serve it all dressed up with pickled ginger and wasabi. I prefer to pair it with garlicky spinach wilted in a splash of sesame oil, and some sticky rice. They all go together… Continue reading
With Christmas approaching next week, I have been focused on our Christmas Eve dinner. For 24 people. 11 adults and 13 children. Yikes! That does require a large amount of planning, shopping, cooking and decorating. However in the meantime, we still need to eat. Still need to buy everyday groceries. Not just fancy cheeses, olives and… Continue reading
If you are hosting Thanksgiving dinner next week. I thought you could use a respite from all that poultry, gravy, cornbread and pumpkin. A recipe that does not involve turkey stock or butter. No little cubes of bread. No parsley, thyme, or rosemary. Absolultely no gourds. None of those crispy onion things that come in… Continue reading
My husband was always amazed that I didn’t like mussels. I love raw oysters on a Friday night with a split of champagne. Will gladly gobble up clams in any form. Dream of grilled prosciutto wrapped shrimp. And need to have some type of asian prepared ahi tuna regularly. So why the dislike of mussels?… Continue reading
I had 6 men in my dinning room for dinner one night last week. Yep, me and 6 men. Okay, one of them was my Hubby. The rest were co-workers, some from out of town, a few local. They had been sequestered all day in the boardroom. Going over yearly sales figures, projections and predictions… Continue reading
With the fall upon us I feel I should be preparing more hearty fare. Updating my repertoire of warming soups, savory stews and slow cooked braises. But two things got in the way of that thought this week. First, is has been well into the mid 70’s. Hooray. Second, I don’t just have a parsley… Continue reading
We are off to France this Sunday for our 20th Wedding Anniversary. Yippee we are so excited and traveling sans enfants, of course. Only fitting too, since the last time we were in France we were on our Honeymoon. My french was terrible then, perhaps a bit better now, however a long long way to… Continue reading
I made blueberry muffins yesterday in the hopes of posting them here. I have made them many times and I think they are “blog worthy”. However, they were not pretty. Not even remotely good looking. They were the ugly stepsister of muffins. I tried really hard to get a decent picture to post. Nope, no… Continue reading
I feel fortunate this year to be asked to help in my friend Eric’s garden. Helping out means not just the satisfaction of planting something and watching it grow. But also weeding, lots and lots of weeding All that backbreaking work does pay off though, in the freshest, crispest, brightest produce imaginable. This weeks bounty… Continue reading
Paleo Diet, have you heard about it yet? Some refer to it as the “Caveman Diet”. A gal in my Husbands office is following it, she was explaining all about it a get together last month. What I found interesting were the similarities to eating gluten free. Both need to have most food choices from… Continue reading