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 ...
Easy Weekday Recipes
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 ...
A Meatless Alternative for Independence Day Celebrations
I love Independence Day! It's a special day to reflect back on the origins of our country's freedom and the courageous people who have fought to preserve it. All over the United States, families and friends are getting together for cookouts, picnics, ball games, band concerts, boating, ...
Meatless Chicken Parm . . . in Process
Please excuse my long hiatus between blogs. Unlike more experienced bloggers, I failed to heed my able marketing guru's advice about having a backlog of blogs so that I would have a constant stream of new material when I got busy. I learned, to my detriment, that going live with my new website for ...
