Quickie quiz:
A. Will you be watching The Big Game?
B. Will you be more interested in the food associated with the game?
C. Will you be on your computer while everyone else watches the game.
D. All of the above? None of the above?
I’m gonna go with “B” myself. I enjoy football and I love the Super Bowl [...]
I understand that many folks are in the midst of a deep freeze at the moment. I’m sorry for you. If I could send you a bucket of our Southern California sunshine, I would. We really have it good here in California. We have more clear, warm & sunny days here than you can count, and we [...]
Here’s a great recipe for my favorite fall vegetable: Roasted Butternut Squash with Garlic, Sage & Pine Nuts.
Here’s the How-To:
Cut the butternut squash in half directly down the middle lengthwise. It’s gonna be kinda tough to do… use your sharpest knife and be careful (this is the hardest part). Scoop out the seeds and stringy [...]
We’ll still have summer for quite some time here in Southern California as our September and October are sometimes our hottest months. But I thought this was an appropriate salad to post on this seemingly last day of summer…. while vegetable gardens are bursting with produce that is begging to be used up. And while [...]
There are some vegetables out there that are not loved as much as others. They sit in their tiny, lonely bins in the produce section, and eventually a shopper who needs an obscure ingredient or someone who is more familiar with that vegetable will pick it up and toss it in their cart. I think [...]
Quick, easy and summery fresh. Pull out the corn on the cob and pick a zucchini for this one: Chicken and Summer Vegetable Tostadas.
These are fixed in the oven… but the good news is that you don’t have to have the oven on for long in this hot summer heat. Just give them a quick broil to melt [...]
I sent my husband to our local Specialty Produce place the other day and instructed him to, “Pick up anything that’s red, white and blue.” He came home with loads of berries (which I made the Cheesecake Bars with) and then some red, white and blue potatoes.
Blue potatoes? Yes, blue. Sometimes they have a [...]
I have to admit that when I’m saddled with the task of making a fruit salad, I sometimes pick up a fruit tray at Costco, chop up the fruit, throw it in a bowl and call it fruit salad. There are a couple of problems with this: 1. The fruit is not as fresh as if [...]
Sometimes my husband gets really lucky. And by lucky, I mean that he gets a hot-cooked meal at lunch He works from home much of the time, and with that hovers the expectation that something other than pb&j might grace the table at lunchtime. Often, I adhere to that expectation. I figure I [...]
I’ve always associated Mother’s Day with brunch. Usually being the one to host this holiday, I almost always put quiches on the menu. I have quite a few quiche recipes that I love, but I’m always looking for something new to try. This one comes from that great spa cookbook that I talked about yesterday: Mushroom & [...]
Asparagus…
I’ve roasted it, tossed it into salads, and stuffed it in enchiladas. But truthfully, I don’t usually do much with asparagus besides steam them and dunk ‘em in mayonnaise.
My neighborhood’s Gourmet Club had our monthly dinner last weekend (Tuscan-Themed) and Asparagus Risotto was one of the dishes served. It was so delicious with our Lamb [...]
I think I can speak for everyone when I say that grilled cheese is most delicious when paired with tomato soup. As a child, I was so enamored with the pairing that I used to heat up some Campbell’s and put hunks of cheese directly into the soup and let it get all melty. Then I’d [...]
It’s been a chilly, rainy, 50 degrees here the past couple of days. Most of you might be slightly envious of that winter temperature since you may be in the midst of some pretty frigid temps. But for us San Diegan’s, 50 degrees is a big deal. We get out the sweaters, the closed-toe shoes and [...]
I live in a beautiful city full of beautiful people (in coastal Southern California). Petite, bikini-clad women and hard-bodied men frequent the beaches. Healthy-minded folks demand spa-style cuisine and organic coffee shops. Go for a drive on the weekend and you’ll see bike riders and runners everywhere you look. And let’s just say that cosmetic [...]
Recently, I’ve made the mushroom appetizer, the Coq au Zin, and now this soup. Clearly I enjoy mushrooms. Give me your Portabellos, Shanterelles or Porcinis… I’ll happily eat them all. Luckily, my husband is equally happy with all things mushroom, and my son… well, he’ll eat them only if they’re pulverized and hidden inside of [...]
We cooked up some turkey a little early this year and came up with a wonderful soup for the leftover turkey meat: Creamy Mexican Turkey Soup.
It starts with a simple saute of carrots, celery, onion & garlic. The veggies are then simmered with chicken (or turkey) broth.
The addition of milk, flour and spices make the [...]
I quietly celebrated my birthday recently with a trip to visit my sister in Washington. I always so enjoy traveling to the Northwest in the fall. It reminds me of the East Coast with all of its colorful trees and other seasonal sights like pumpkins on doorsteps and endless piles of leaves.
On a morning walk [...]
Happy Halloween!Sweet treats have been abundant to celebrate the fun of Halloween, so I decided to incorporate a bit of the gross-out factor that Halloween usually encompasses into our dinner last night. Martha Stewart’s folks came up with this icky-but-yummy soup idea that I re-named Eyeball Soup with Bugs.
Before you get too weirded out by [...]
Salad can make for a rather boring blog post. But three salads have to be a bit more intriguing and droolworthy, right?
Here are three salads I tried this summer that have made it onto our *keeper* list.
Five Minute Salad: Goat Cheese, Herb and White BeanTrue to it’s name, this salad is simply mixed greens, cherry [...]
Phew… that’s one long title of a recipe. A little bit TMI in IMHO. I hate acronyms. But sometimes you just have to use them and hope that most of the general population ‘gets’ it.
I first saw this recipe on Laura’s blog: The Spiced Life. As her blog title indicates, she tends to pick delicious [...]
Mexican food is on our menu at least once a week… and mostly a couple of times including a trip through one of our awesome fast-food Mexican shacks sometime during the week. Our local fish taco place has “Fish Taco Tuesdays” (fish tacos for $1), so we take them up on that once in a [...]
“What’s for lunch?” I pretty much hate that question. I don’t mind creating dinner for a crowd, whipping up waffles for breakfast, or excessive bouts of baking, but for some reason I do not enjoy cooking up lunch. I’m completely content with a quick pb&j so I can get on with my day. But if [...]
Looking ahead to the big Irish day… I can’t officially call it a tradition in my house as I’m of Swedish/Portuguese ancestry and not Irish. But my husband is just about as Irish- Catholic as they come (and he enjoys his beer) so that gives us reason to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
Here are a few [...]
“Arugula. It’s a Ve- ge – ta- ble” – it’s a famous quote from Steve Martin in the movie My Blue Heaven – when his Italian character is having difficulty locating the vegetable in a small town grocery store. I only know this because dear hubby is a “movie line guy” – one of those [...]
Again! I just posted about a few Super Bowl recipe ideas last weeek but we went to a playoff game party for the Chargers- Patriots game last weekend, and there are a few recipes worth sharing from that. And I know that there are people out there who are still undecided on their Superbowl Party [...]
The task at hand: to turn these glorious, fresh golden beets into a beautiful salad…
I’ve always had a tough time locating golden beets. It seems as if they are nowhere to be found unless you’re at a well-stocked Farmer’s Market. So when I was contemplating vegetables to have with dinner at Whole Foods the [...]
There’s some big- time excitement about football around here with the San Diego Chargers in the playoffs on Sunday. Of course, we have to get past those pesky *perfect season* Patriots but we’re all remaining optimistic. In any case, I’ve had football party food on the mind for a while now as we’ve been thinking [...]
“What’s for lunch?” my husband asks on the occasion that he has the luxury to work from home. If I’m around, I like to try to find the time to make him a nice lunch that we can enjoy together. Here’s one that we recently enjoyed together… a Squash and Tomato Oven Frittata. This is [...]
Salads are the staple of our existence in our San Diego home. If we don’t eat salad for lunch, it will most likely make an appearance at dinner. So you’ll understand when I tell you that I have more salad recipes in my to-try pile than I can count. I’m always on the hunt for [...]
I found FIVE soup recipes this past year that deserve the spotlight. Each is rated as “restaurant quality” on the RecipeGirl.com website (and I’d be rather happy to find these on any menu!)
This soup was a delightful surprise this past summer when zucchini was at its peak… Zucchini- Fresh Oregano Soup. It’s a fairly simple [...]
