After a day visiting Dingle we had dinner in Castlemaine (Caisleán na Mainge) and the next day set out to visit the city of Limerick (Luimneach). My recipe in this post is for Ham, Cheese & Onion Toasties! This post may contain affiliate links. When we returned from our drive on Slea Head in Dingle to […]
Corned Beef & Cabbage Slaw Sandwiches
Corned beef & cabbage is a dish often associated with the Irish and with St. Patrick’s Day. Both of my grandmothers made it on St. Patrick’s Day, and one of them isn’t even Irish. (Though corned beef and cabbage also fits well with the idea of a New England boiled dinner, which might be why […]
Savory Shredded Pork Sliders for a Crowd
These tasty pork sliders are made with shredded, seasoned pork on slider rolls, and you can bake up a big batch to make everyone happy! Based on a church supper style pan of sandwiches, this recipe is meant to feed a crowd. The sandwiches are all laid out in a rectangular baking pan, all the fillings […]
BLT with Boursin Cheese
Humble BLTs get a flavor upgrade with Homemade Aioli or with savory Boursin Cheese! In my post titled, Two Tasty Ways To Make A BLT: with Homemade Aioli and with Boursin Cheese! I shared my love for a classic BLT sandwich and the first tasty flavor variation I created: with thick slices of sourdough bread […]
Glamping Morning Avocado Toast with Bacon | Glamping Recipes!
Glamping (glam + camping): the pleasures of a crackling campfire, good friends, and open-air slumber glammed up with luxurious comfort, chic decor, and indulgent food! One of the things I love most about sleeping outside whether camping or glamping is slowly waking to birds singing and sun warming the walls of the tent. Ideally I also […]
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 […]
Two Tasty Ways To Make A BLT: with Homemade Aioli and with Boursin Cheese!
One of my all-time, favorite sandwiches is the humble BLT. Bologna, legumes, and tuna? No, not that one. I mean a simple Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato, on toasted bread with mayonnaise, salt, and pepper. It is a sandwich that makes me think of diners, of Sunday lunches, of grandparents, of lazy weekends, of summertime. (A […]
Deli Chicken Biscuit Sandwiches with Dill & Red Grapes, featuring McKenzie Natural Artisan Deli
Disclosure: I was invited to a free event to sample products from McKenzie of Vermont. The opinions and recipes below are all my own, and were not influenced by any of the companies mentioned in my post in any way. I was recently invited to a delicious event hosted by Burlington VT-based McKenzie, in the gorgeous […]
Savory Chicken Sausage Patties
Breakfast sandwiches are very popular in our house. To keep up with high breakfast sandwich demand I store plenty of English muffins in the freezer, sliced and shredded cheeses in the fridge and healthy, cooked meats that can be grabbed in a flash. I made these Chicken Sausage Patties just for this purpose. We love […]
Detective Burgers
In my post about the Creative Blogger Award, I shared as a fact about me that I am collecting old copies (matte with black band on spine) of the Nancy Drew series. I also aim to find a copy of the Nancy Drew Cookbook, which contains a recipe for ‘Detective Burgers’. Who could resist such […]
Uncle Bob’s Peanut Butter Sandwich with Texas Sweets, from Patio Daddy-O
This cookbook, Patio Daddy-O, is sort of on topic with my “Vintage Cookbooks” theme… and it sort of isn’t.The cookbook was published in 1996, so it definitely isn’t vintage. It isn’t even “classic” yet. However, the recipes it contains are vintage! Well, sort of. The book is described as having “’50’s Recipes with a ’90’s […]
Mozarella in Carozza, from the New York Times Cookbook
This is the New York Times Cookbook, published in 1961. It is written by Craig Claiborne, who was a food writer and restaurant critic for the New York Times. My mother-in-law found this copy for me. I have to confess that I have not used it much myself – it is in such good condition […]