Category archives: Recipes

  • Chocolate Lovers Rejoice

    • Last night some friends and I were discussing the one food we cannot live without.  For me it was a no brainer - chocolate.  I just love it.  I love its velvety texture, the way it melts on your tongue, the deep rich flavor.  Yes, you could say I am obsessed.  So you can imagine my joy when my addic [...]

  • Mamma Mia! Meatballs

    • For years now, I have been trying to make meatballs. I mixed the meat with veggies, ketchup and other choice ingredients, rolled them into balls and then placed them in a saute pan to cook.  Invariably, they would fall apart and my spaghetti and meatballs always became spaghetti with Bolognese sauce [...]
Currant and Goat Cheese Salad with Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette

  • Twix Pie

    • Shortly After Halloween I entered the local bake off contest.  I decided to enter all four of the categories: cakes, cookies, pies and miscellaneous.  I had been working on a chocolate cake for some time so I knew I would go with that as my cake submission.  For the miscellaneous category I entered [...]
Luna Loves Lima Beans

  • Luna Loves Lima Beans

  • Perhaps it was Camilla Cream, the main character from the book A Bad Case of Stripes, or perhaps it was just my curiosity.  Whichever the inspiration as I was strolling down the bean aisle of the grocery store I picked up a bag of Lima Beans.  After unpacking the groceries I must admit the beans wer [...]
Tarragon Latkes

  • Tarragon Latkes

  • When you grow your own Tarragon, you end up with A LOT of dried tarragon each fall.  I harvest it, dry it and put it in containers to give as gifts, and I still have more than I can use till the next harvest!  So, this year, to spice up my latkes, I of course added some Tarragon. Ingredients 1 [...]

  • Italian Cooking with Hannah Hopkins

    • My friend Hannah Hopkins, Executive Chef at Steamboats' Mambo Italiano, asked me to assist her at last weekends Culinary Arts demonstration as part of the All Arts Festival.  So of course I said "YES." What a treat to cook with such an accomplished chef and all around great woman (and she's a fel [...]

  • Apricot Baked Chicken

    • This  family favorite is a staple in our house.  My mother always made it, and it's easy as pie (way easier actually).  It's a perfect dish to bring to a potluck as well as serving for a dinner party.  It only takes a few minutes to assemble and then bakes for an hour.  My good friend (and best reci [...]

  • Blueberry Peach Cobbler

    • When I think of comfort foods, I think of winter dishes like mashed potatoes, meatloaf and chicken soup.  But after whipping up a simple cobbler I realized that this dessert hits the spot for comfort foods in the heat of summer!  So simple, so delish, you'll be bringing it to every BBQ and summer pa [...]

  • Arugula, Pecan and Goat Cheese Salad

    • I just couldn't resist the lovely looking bunch of arugula sitting in the produce section.  It was so green and vibrantly fresh!  So with that as a salad base what could I pair along with it?  How about some lovely goat cheese and toasted pecans.  I whipped up a simple honey mustard dressing and aft [...]