Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Chicken/Poultry, Healthy, One Dish, Quick and Easy, Soups and Stews, tagged beans, chili, Healthy, soup, Tomato, turkey, winter food on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 7
I mentioned a couple posts back that Brandon grilled a turkey breast on the Egg a couple weeks ago. I decided to make turkey chili with the leftovers since I knew a lot of people would be looking for ideas on what to do with leftover Thanksgiving turkey.
I found this [...]
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Basics, Blogging Events, Bread/Yeast, Breakfast/Brunch, Quick and Easy, tagged biscuits, breakfast, brunch, buttermilk, gourmet magazine on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 6
One of my favorite things to do on the weekend is cook a big breakfast. We usually either have waffles or pancakes and bacon or eggs, grits, biscuits and sausage or bacon. I’ve been trying different biscuit recipes the last couple months in an attempt to perfect my biscuit making [...]
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Italian, One Dish, Pasta, Pork, Quick and Easy, tagged bacon, carbonara, Cheese, eggs, Italian, pancetta, Pasta on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 4
This was another one of the easy weeknight dishes that Gourmet Editor-in-Chief Ruth Reichl mentioned on NPRs Fresh Air (explanation in the Spiced Chicken post). I’ve always wanted to try to make Spaghetti Carbonara because I thought it sounded like something Brandon would love. Bacon, eggs and cheese in pasta [...]
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Chicken/Poultry, Healthy, Quick and Easy, Special Occasion, Tried and True, tagged baked chicken, Chicken/Poultry, poultry, weeknight meals on November 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 2
This is my new favorite easy dinner to add to our regular rotation. First thing first, I apologize for the less than stellar photo. I don’t have a lightbox and it gets dark at 5:30. Considering that we never eat until 8 p.m., there’s just no hope for decent dinner [...]
Posted in Appetizer, Healthy, Italian, Pork, Quick and Easy, Salad, Vegetable, tagged caesar salad, cherry tomatoes, dressing, pancetta, Salad on September 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is a lightened and eggless variation of one of my favorite Caesar salads from Ina Garten. I love Ina’s Caesar salad for entertaining. It’s great with home made croutons. We had Italian night last Sunday and I wanted to make this salad but was looking for something lighter and without the raw egg. I [...]
Posted in Breakfast/Brunch, Healthy, Muffins, Quick and Easy, Tried and True, tagged banana, banana muffin, breakfast, brunch, Muffins, quick bread on September 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
You can almost always find banana muffins in my freezer. I love peanut butter and banana sandwiches but sometimes I don’t get around to using all the bananas. I hate to waste them so I usually end up making muffins with the overly ripe bananas.
My favorite recipe is adapted from a Cooking Light Banana Bread [...]
Posted in Appetizer, Breakfast/Brunch, Fruit, Healthy, Quick and Easy, Special Occasion, tagged cantaloupe, Fruit, pineapple, skewers, Strawberry, summer appetizer on September 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
These fruit skewers are one of my favorite things to serve at showers, parties and lunches. They only take a few minutes to put together, look beautiful on the plate and are easy to pick up. I vary the fruit depending on what is looking good and in season. The dip incorporates cream cheese, vanilla [...]
Posted in Fish, Greek, Healthy, Quick and Easy, Seafood, Tomato, tagged cherry tomatoes, Fish, Kalamata olives, red snapper, summer recipes on September 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have really lucked out with access to fresh local fruits and vegetables lately. First, there were the figs. Remember the Grilled Fig and Prosciutto Pizza and the Fig Upside Down Cake? Then we had the mountain blueberry extravaganza that resulted in this Peach and Blueberry Crisp. Last week I found out that my brother [...]
Posted in Appetizer, Big Green Egg, Bread/Yeast, Fruit, One Dish, Pizza, Quick and Easy, Tried and True, tagged Big Green Egg, blue cheese, caramelized onions, fig, grill, grilling on August 11, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I stopped by my in-law’s house today during my lunch break. Brandon was over there helping his mom cut some dead trees down to create extra sunlight for the garden she’s planning. So as he was doing back breaking labor, I was meandering around the yard and saw a fig tree I’d never noticed before [...]
Posted in Appetizer, Quick and Easy, Vegetable, Vegetarian, tagged corn, dip, easy, party food, summer appetizer on July 23, 2009 | 15 Comments »
While we were living in Birmingham, this corn dip seemed to pop up at a lot of parties. Who would think that a cold, creamy corn mixture would be delicious and addicting with Fritos Scoops? Yes, you heard me right…I said it – Fritos! This dip is a cinch to put together and will bring [...]
