Hello everyone! This is a re-post of one of my favorite “spa cuisine” recipes. Tonight I added a little extra chili powder, substituted chopped pecans for the almonds, and topped my whole wheat tortilla with some sour cream and Sriracha. Have you noticed? I like Sriracha on almost everything. The perfect zingy accoutrament. Oh, and…
Yesterday it was too gorgeous to stay inside. So we headed out to the deck armed with some white wine… and decided to grill fish for dinner. We soaked a cedar plank… photographs by Melissa Placzek rubbed wild salmon with olive oil, salt and pepper… and grilled it with lemon wedges using THIS RECIPE as…
photograph by Melissa Placzek ~Suki’s Singapore Noodles~ My friend Suki makes an amazing noodle bowl. She’s from Singapore and when she moved to the U.S. she brought this delicious, authentic recipe with her. I’ve watched her chop vegetables like a Samurai, assemble spring rolls like she was competing in an Olympic sport…and then there’s…
~spa brownies~ My friend Jana gave me this super-easy, yummy and pretty-darn-good-for-ya recipe for spa brownies. This recipe is going to sound a little weird, but trust me. It makes a batch of ooey gooey brownies that you don’t have to feel guilty about eating. I made some last night and both Gracie and Jeff…
I absolutely love James Beard’s book, Beard on Bread. In my opinion, it is the definitive bread cook book. I made some of this walnut bread last week and we’re already down to the last loaf. It was wonderful with my pork chops, apples & kraut…and made a very interesting, yummy egg-in-a-hole for this morning’s…
photograph by Melissa Placzek Good morning! This is a foolproof quiche that tastes yummy and is easy to prepare. Dress it up however you like. Add mushrooms, or diced ham or bacon. I’ve done a combination of fresh sage, apples and sausage before and it tasted delicious! For a richer brunch pie, substitute half and…
photograph by Melissa Placzek ~No Knead Bread~ Unlike many of the no-knead bread recipes out there, this one doesn’t take 24 hours to make. I got this recipe from a friend of mine who makes this for her family every week. Tried and true, and so yummy. Jeff and I made it into honey toast…
photograph by Melissa Placzek This two step poached pear recipe was adapted from the beautiful cookbook, Van Gogh’s Table at the Auberge Ravoux-Recipes from the Artist’s Last Home and Paintings of Cafe Life. Recreating recipes that were the favorites of Van Gogh makes me feel connected to him somehow. Other recipes we’ve enjoyed from this…
photograph by Melissa Placzek I was paging through the latest copy of one of my favorite magazines, Food & Wine, and came across this recipe for breakfast bread pudding. It’s a recipe by Heidi Swanson of the fabulous 101 Cookbooks food blog. She shares this delicious, healthy recipe from her new cookbook Super Natural Every…
Last night while Jeff grilled steaks, I baked a butternut squash, mixed it with a little butter and maple syrup… and made popovers. They’re a fun alternative to dinner rolls, and surprisingly low in fat. I used this vintage cookbook… with this recipe… mmmmm….popovers! Enjoy! ps… for breakfast these are delicious stuffed with This Denver…