• 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 [...]

  • The Main Ingredient - Potato Leek Soup

    • O.K. Well last week, which was early April, I cursed the snow and wind and near blizzard like conditions we were experiencing here in the mountains.  The only thing that brought me solace was a nice bowl of potato leek soup.  Warm and tasty, and of course easy.  While the sun is gloriously shini [...]

  • The Main Ingredient - Spinach Ziti

    • OK, here’s the thing, I am writing a cookbook.  Not only am I passionate about event planning, I am passionate about food.  Maybe it’s my Jewish heritage.  Like so many cultures we tend to celebrate with food.  And so, for me, food has become part of my everyday celebration of life.  Preparing h [...]
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