Category archives: Recipes

  • Turkey Meatloaf

    • About once or twice a month I buy one of those packages of ground turkey from the grocery store.  They last a long time in the fridge and have countless incarnations.  Tonight I was thinking meatloaf and just kind of threw together what I had around to make it, remembering some of the things my mom [...]
Don't Fear the Fillo (Phyllo)

  • Don't Fear the Fillo (Phyllo)

  • Once dreaded and feared; now tamed and tasty, Fillo will forever more have a place in my freezer.  It was Jamie Oliver who inspired my first foray with fillo dough - you know that flaky crusty paper thin wrap that seems at once so rustic and yet elegant.  I made his potato asparagus tart and it came [...]

  • Gotta Make Some Dough

    • What Julia was to Julie, so Judith is to Jill.  I have found a cookbook that has changed my world.  I first came across 200 Fast & Easy Artisan Breads by Judith Fertig in the library, checked it out and stared at it for two weeks until it was time to return the book.  Baking bread was just t [...]

  • Vegetable Risotto

    • Some may think risotto is a complicated and fancy dish; but let me assure you it takes no more than a flirty, barely there dress to cook it.  That's because all you basically have to do is stand by the hot stove and stir.  The ingredients are basic but the creamy texture you get from the slow cookin [...]

  • Hearty Vegetable Stew

    • It's the first big snow of the season and frankly I feel like cuddling up under the covers and NOT making dinner.  But this stew is so easy and comforting I know it will be worth the effort and I will be rewarded with both a full and warm belly! Hearty Vegetable Stew 2 Tablespoons of [...]

  • Green Bean and Feta Salad

    • Green Bean and Feta Salad Next week the elementary school teachers will hold  parent - teacher conferences.  While the teachers are scheduled to be at school Wednesday evening and all the next day and evening, the parents will bring in a variety of dishes so they can stay at school for all their [...]

  • Pumpkin Curry Soup

    • Thanks to everyone who attended Sisters in Steamboat last weekend.  I really enjoyed giving my first live cooking demonstration!  This soup was one of the dishes I prepared.  The recipe comes from my cousin Laurie, who served the soup to rave reviews last Thanksgiving.  It is easy, delicious and opt [...]

  • Tarragon Split Pea Soup

    • It was a rainy Fall Monday and after a very full weekend I was not up for the nightly family food challenge - making dinner.  I wanted something easy, and comforting.  So it was to be a soup and salad evening.  As I peered out into my wet and waning garden I spied a large and lovely patch of tarrago [...]

  • Lemon and Garlic Kale

    • Many of you have already seen my audition for the Oprah Winfrey Network, in which I prepare this dish in just minutes!  So I thought I would share the wonderful Kale dish to try for yourselves!  This recipe makes a great side dish or add in beans, fresh pears, feta cheese or whatever else sounds goo [...]

  • Fettucini with Cilantro Pesto

    • Shhhh…. Don’t tell my husband he ate Cilantro last night.  He doesn’t like it one bit.  For that matter, I am not a huge fan either, but I had to figure out a way to eat all that cilantro that comes to me in my weekly CSA share.  And now I’ve got it!  A simple summer dish, with minimal cooking a [...]

  • Scallops with Peas and Pasta

    • Well it has been a while, so I thought I'd post a quick and easy summer dish!  Summer has my days filled with a lot of activity and thinking about dinner comes just as everyone is shouting they are hungry.  This dish is fast and fresh.  If you can, keep some scallops in your freezer, or buy them fre [...]