Freshly picked sweet corn is one of the great pleasures of summertime. As much as I love just eating a cooked ear covered with melted butter and salt, I have also spent time this summer thinking of other ways to enjoy all this corn, and began thinking about a corn soup. Armload upon armload of […]
Grilled Corn & Jalapeño Queso Dip
Grilling your summer corn is a really good idea. Know why? Because when it’s hot and muggy outside any excuse to not boil water and to leave the stove turned off is a good thing. And also because grilled corn tastes so good! The smoky flavor and rugged char marks on the kernels make grilled […]
Chopped Taco Salad with Peppers, Beef & Sweet Corn
The salad is a hearty blend of fresh peppers, tomatoes, and corn plus seasoned ground beef and shredded cheese. Catalina dressing may sound like an unlikely sauce for this salad, but trust me – it is so delicious in combination with the taco-spiced meat and the crisp veggies. This dish has been a favorite of […]
New Year’s Eats! Appetizers & Treats for Your New Year’s Eve Party
Another year winding down, another reason to gather with friends and family and to enjoy tasty treats together! I joined Meteorologist Amanda Thibault on the Morning Brew, Fox Local 44 News to share ideas for savory appetizers and a special sweet treat! They are all perfect bites for your New Year’s Eve party and festivities. […]
Sweet Spicy Meatballs
There is something about a meatball that says, “Party!” Except of course if it rolls off the table and out through the door (after a particularly powerful nasal episode.) And sometimes hearing “meatballs” means it’s cloudy out and about to storm in a very unusual but tasty way. (I never saw the Bill Murray movie […]
Shiny New Year Chocolate Covered Strawberries
This post may contain affiliate links. If you happen to be familiar with the Rankin-Bass holiday special titled ‘Rudolph’s Shiny New Year’… well, pretend for a moment that you are not. Pretend you have never, ever heard of it. I don’t want thoughts of that ridiculous, vintage children’s special to tarnish your impression of these […]
Pesto & Bacon Layered Cheese Appetizer
A step up from a simple tray of sliced cheese with crackers, this layered cheese torta includes smoky bacon and savory pesto layered between a cream cheese-Parmesan blend. I have seen similar appetizers many times at parties and I always marvel at how pretty and delicious they are. This is an easy dish to put […]
Gougères
This post may contain affiliate links. Oh brother, are these tasty! Gougères (pronounced “goo-ZHAIRS”) are puffy, savory, and very hard to stop eating, especially when they are warm from the oven. They are an excellent appetizer, not just because of the tastiness but because they are quick to put together. The traditional gougère is made […]
Evil Eyes Candy-Coated Apples
*This post may contain affiliate links. It’s an eye for an eye. For an eye. And another and another eye! When you have a bowl full of little candy eyes, it is inevitable that food in your house will soon be dotted with eyes! I picked up several packages of these Wilton Candy Eyes and I’ve […]
Hearty Spiced Applesauce
A perfect fall afternoon feels cool and crisp, and has sun occasionally breaking through billows of charcoal clouds. The smell of a perfect fall afternoon is of chilly, damp earth and leaves, and the scent of a wood stove fired up nearby. And in the kitchen the spicy fragrance of applesauce. Apples right out of […]
Splendid Tomatoes! Recipes For Your Fresh, Sweet Tomatoes
A walk through the Farmer’s Market on a late summer day plainly shows that tomatoes rule! They fill baskets and crates at every vegetable stand: heirloom varieties in shades of green, purple, and red. Pint baskets of glowing yellow and red cherry tomatoes, and plump Roma tomatoes in sizes and shades that put typical supermarket […]
Sweet Tomato & Fruit Salad
This post may contain affiliate links. If you are like me and like to read cookbooks, food dictionaries, and the like, I must ask: have you ever checked out The Flavor Bible by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg? (Many thanks to my sister for giving me my copy!) This book lists every ingredient you can […]