The peak season for both watermelon and cherry tomatoes is approaching its end. Since I love the beautiful array of colors in the gorgeous artisan cherry tomatoes I've written about before, I decided to throw caution to the wind and combine these two unlikely ingredients! While I've previously ...
Easy Weekday Recipes
Celebrate Labor Day with My Easy Grilled Pineapple Chicken Salad
Happy Labor Day! If you'd like to know a little more about the history of Labor Day, check out this link. If you're looking for something a little more adventurous than a grilled burger to enjoy today, I hope you'll fix my Grilled Pineapple Chicken Salad. I created it for an impromptu cookout ...
What’s More Southern Than (Oven) Fried Green Tomatoes?
Fried Green Tomatoes are a Southern delicacy. (Heck, most Southerners like everything that can possibly be deep fried - pickles, Oreos, Twinkies- you name it!) Although I count myself as a semi-Southerner (after 33 years south of the Mason-Dixon line), I have learned that I can adapt Southern ...
Using Summer Produce at its Peak
The last month of summer is a bittersweet time for me. All our favorite summer vegetables are at their peak. Our son is back at college for his senior year (which explains my hiatus from my blog) and my hubby and I are reassessing how to eat healthier in his absence. (Because frankly, ...
Torchiette with Chicken and Apple Sausage, Red Grapes and Gorgonzola
Here are some things I love: I love finding new meatless products and figuring out how to use them. I love finding bargains in the market or my grocery store. I love mixing ingredients in combinations that don't seem obvious at first - but which turn out to be delicious. Tonight was one ...
The Best 15-Minute Barbecue Sauce
A few weeks ago I wrote about my Independence Day dinner which featured barbecued chicken made with shredded Beyond Meat Chicken-Free Strips and a commercial barbecue sauce. Although it was pretty darn good, I wanted to make my own barbecue sauce that would use organic ingredients, be free of ...
Spicy Greek Wagonwheels
I'm always in search of different pasta shapes. One I was re-introduced to recently is Rotelle. You probably called it “Wagonwheels” as a kid, because that’s exactly what it looks like. It’s a round, ridged wheel with a spoke in the center and six rays coming out to the wheel’s edge. It is a ...
Green Bean Garbanzo Gemelli with Bacon and Red Peppers
Gemelli is another pasta shape that I like. Gemelli means “twins” and consists of two short intertwined pieces of pasta. I often make penne with green beans and gemelli gives the combination a nice visual change. Speaking of green beans, if you can get your hands on the small, thin ...
