Okay, I was handed a challenge today.  A dear friend’s son has been having serious digestive issues, their Doctor suggested a version of the candida diet, which means basically no sugars or most grains.  He is 15 years old, and very active in sports, so starving all the time of course.  Could I possibly develop… Continue reading

I had an incredibly hard decision to make this week.  To which, I gave many hours of thought, did some web surfing looking for inspiration; and leafed through many, many old-fashioned books. If you ask me to bring dessert to Thanksgiving, I do not take that task lightly.  It’s crucial to the day, don’t you think?… Continue reading

For the last two weeks, I have been trying to share with you a recipe for Pumpkin Loaf.  Seemed easy — yet, it took three attempts to pull it off.   The first loaf, I just used my perfect Banana Bread recipe and doctored it up a bit, replacing the banana with pumpkin and adding… Continue reading

So, last month I shared with you that I was intimidated by the thought of making gluten-free pizza. Now, however, I am turning them out weekly.  Why?  What changed? Well, I figured out that my goal wasn’t to try to make a gluten-free pizza that tastes exactly like regular pizza.  It was to just make a… Continue reading

Okay, I have been debating whether I should share this Spatchcocked Chicken recipe with you. Not because it’s too complicated to make — just the opposite. And, not because it contains pricey or hard to find ingredients — geez it’s just a whole, albeit organic, chicken with a few fingerling potatoes and a handful of Brussels… Continue reading

Most of you know that I don’t usually post recipes that are long on ingredients, time-consuming or laborious. This pizza does not fall into those categories per se, it just requires time, 6-8 hours specifically.  Yep, that might be a deal breaker, I know.  But, it is really worth it. If you are craving shattering… Continue reading

About once a year my husband invites some of his co-workers over for dinner, to discuss their upcoming business endeavors.  This time it was six men, my husband and myself. I had weeks of notice, so I wasn’t really worried about the menu.  With that many men (none vegetarian) naturally, I veered to steak.  Specifically,… Continue reading

While I sometimes think I possess the courage and ability to conquer almost any recipe that comes my way, I must confess I was a tad bit intimidated to tackle artichokes. For me, they fell into the same category as homemade croissants, or a souffle.  Technically, I could make them, but, I just wasn’t interested.  Lately… Continue reading

A few days ago, I was scanning Pinterest and saw this recipe. Since then, I could think of nothing else until I made it.  That seems to happen a lot. With a dip in temperature, it wasn’t so daunting to get the oven going again — it really was perfect timing.   Also, we have… Continue reading

When my kids were really little they ate most everything I cooked without complaint.  Really, friends were jealous, always asking for tips to get their kids to consume just the basic food groups, never mind the mustard crusted salmon or garlicky zucchini gratin my kids would devour. The only thing they refused to eat was… Continue reading

In the last 4 years that I have been posting here, you would think I would have explored a gluten free version of every food imaginable.  Well, it seems I have been holding out on you — I have been avoiding pizza. Sure, I posted a cauliflower pizza awhile back — all the blogs were.  It gets… Continue reading

A dear friend of mine is getting married today.  At our quaint, old, campy club where the grass rolls down to meet the lake.  The forecast is 72 degrees, partly sunny with a slight breeze.  Could it be more perfect? Only glitch was that the caterer does not bake gluten-free  — that means she cannot… Continue reading

Every summer it seems I gravitate to one type of salad, and repeat various versions of it all season long.  Last year, it was watermelon salad, which provided a nice opportunity to use up that huge bag of gochugaru that is hogging up space in the freezer, thank goodness they tasted so good together. The… Continue reading

If you are anything like me, you would have tons of recipes bookmarked on your computer, a huge pinterest collection, cooking magazines with the edges of certain pages turned down for further reference and notes on scraps of paper that loosely resemble a recipe for this or that.   Strangely enough, this cake was not… Continue reading

When I started this blog many years ago, I wanted to include a section that would give you suggestions for using up leftovers.  But, the thing is, I haven’t figured out how to add it — yet.  It’s a technical issue, not a visual one, I will get there. So, this fabulous recipe for Salmon Cakes… Continue reading

If you are in possession of the Martha Stewart Magazine with the recipe for Pecan Oat and Dark Chocolate-Chunk Cookies, be warned, the recipe just does not work.  I should have known, really, I read the ingredients and thought how could that create a cookie?  I read the first review, that asked if there were… Continue reading

While my kitchen may be awash in various types of cookbooks, I rarely use them as intended.  For me, they are more of a resource.  I flip through the pages, linger over the fabulous photos, looking for inspiration rather than instruction — most days. However,  this recipe that Ina Garten created is cake perfection.  I followed the instructions… Continue reading

I wasn’t planning on sharing this recipe for Charred Broccoli Salad with you, because I wasn’t really in love with the picture.  Dumb, I know!  Charred brown foods are hard for me to capture, if I were a professional photographer, with all those big lights, and diffusers, and various other assorted pieces of equipment I can’t even… Continue reading

Honestly, when will I learn not to go to the grocery store without a list?  I should’ve just turned around, gone home and retrieved it.  Instead, I wander aimlessly, putting random things — that look really good –into my basket.  When dinnertime rolls around, here I am, with a bunch of food that doesn’t really mesh together…. Continue reading

This year, I read many times that cauliflower is the new kale.  Really? I am still trying to get on the kale bandwagon, I didn’t realize that there was a time limit to commit.  Who would think the foodies so in need of a new vegetable to worship, would move on so quickly. Today, I… Continue reading