~ oven roasted carrots & ginger ~ Oven roasted vegetables are a lovely, healthy, flavorful accompaniment to grilled fare. We enjoyed these with Asian-style chicken breasts and parsnip puree. Wonderful! 3-6 servings 6 large carrots cut into sticks 2-3 inches fresh ginger root, peeled and grated 3 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil drizzle of sesame…
I am positively OVER THE MOON with happiness while telling you all that I am currently working on an article for one of my favorite magazines…TeaTime Magazine! It’s published by Hoffman Publishing (the same darlings that publish my beloved Victoria!)… It’s going to be a feature article called “The Tea Experience,” and I’ll be including…
~ new jersey diner tuna melts ~ Every once in awhile we crave diner food. We have a sweet little diner-style restaurant downtown Red Wing called Bev’s Cafe, and we usually walk up there when we need a burger, melt or french fry fix. But, the last time the craving hit it was a cold,…
~ spicy cucumber mango chicken ~ We make chicken a couple times a week, and I’m a firm believer that you just can’t have too many good chicken recipes. I discovered a recipe for “Spicy Chicken Thighs with Rhubarb Cucumber Salsa” in one of my recent copies of bon appetit magazine, and was SO excited…
~ savory sun-dried tomato vermont cheddar scones with spring onions ~ We’ve had a couple chilly days here in Minnesota so yesterday I pulled the big red Dutch oven down from it’s shelf and made a pot of my three fish soup. Instead of just serving it with crackers or biscuits I decided to make…
~ salted caramel dipped strawberries & pink moscato ~ A romantic date night dessert. The sweetness of the strawberries and the richness of the salted buttery caramel are even more lovely when paired with a blushing pink moscato wine. Remember to pat those washed strawberries completely dry before dipping them in the melted caramel, or…
~ shrimp toast ~ serves 6 We made these addictive little appetizers yesterday over a lovely bottle of wine. They never made it to the table…we just stood in the kitchen and ate them as soon as they were ready. Shrimp toast is the perfect beginning to an Asian themed meal and would be beautiful…
~ “cherry on top” salad ~ serves 2 I’ve been having fun experimenting with lots of different fruit in my recipes since discovering Oregon canned fruit. I must confess, I fell for the gorgeous vintage-looking labels on the cans. There’s a craft I’ll be sharing with you in the very near future that will show…
smelling :: the many Weber grills cooking many steaks and brats and fish and various other grillables as we walked downtown to get cocktails and appetizers this fine date night… and the thunder storm that’s on it’s way! seeing :: all kinds of shrubs and flowers in bloom tasting :: really good wine, pork and…
~ baby cakes ~ Yesterday I had the house to myself and decided to make a special breakfast to go with my tea before I started working. I made some of Jean-George’s proper scrambled eggs topped with tiny grape tomatoes, and little mashed potato pancakes with the baby bliss potatoes I had roasted the evening…