~three recipes using your garden harvest~ ~ basil pesto ~ “Can love really travel back in time and heal a broken heart? Was it our joined hands that finally lifted Maria’s curse? I’d like to think so. But there are some things I know for certain: always throw spilt salt over your left shoulder, keep…
~ olive oil focaccia ~ This is an appetizing, flavorful bread that I’ve made many times. It’s yummy as the first course of an Italian meal, served with various dipping oils and balsamic vinegar, spread with cream cheese, basil pesto and topped with turkey, bresaola, fresh mozzarella and grilled veggies as a lunch sandwich, and…
~ tea room chicken salad ~ This was a favorite at my friend Bonnie’s tea room, the Tale of Two Sisters, here in Red Wing Minnesota. The tea room is no longer open, but this recipe is legendary. Try it and see why! Because the size of chicken breasts varies so much, I like to…
~snickerdoodles~ A couple days after my post about the sauteed garlic green beans I woke up and felt a familiar chill in the air. The sort of chill that says Autumn is just around the corner. I had a yen to bake something, and Gracie suggested we make cookies. These are the cinnamony, sugary, chewy…
~high tea or low tea?~ Most people think “high” tea is a fancy tea, served on fine china at four in the afternoon. Not so. High tea is a hearty English meal that became popular among laborers and farmers in the 1600s. It was a substantial evening meal, sometimes called meat tea because filling dishes…
~asian coleslaw~ This is Jeff’s favorite coleslaw. Even when I’m just making a side salad to go with grilled chicken or burgers, he likes it this way. I think it’s especially good with sticky chili-ginger shrimp and udon noodles in miso, so I included links to these recipes for you in this post. I’ve made…
~oreo and heath ice cream pie~ “Chocolate is a perfect food, as wholesome as it is delicious, a beneficent restorer of exhausted power. It is the best friend of those engaged in literary pursuits.” – Baron Justus von Liebig Gracie requested this ice cream pie in lieu of a birthday cake this year. It really…
~crunchy ham wrap~ (4 wraps) This yummy, healthy sandwich recipe was inspired by my friend Bonnie’s recipe. I make mine a little different, but both versions are wonderful. 4 sandwich wraps or large, flour tortillas 8 slices of thin, deli ham 4 cups shredded coleslaw mix 1 cup chopped sweet pickle 1 cup thinly sliced…
~baguette pudding~ Using baguette for bread pudding instead of plain bread elevates this humble dessert into something really special. While I was busy in the kitchen creating this recipe, Jeff asked, “Whatcha’ makin’?” I said, “I’m making up a bread pudding recipe using baguette.” He squinched his nose at me. I said, “I know. You…
~chicken enchiladas~ Mr. Flugelman: “Do you know what ‘nada’ means?” Dusty Bottoms: “Isn’t that a light chicken gravy?” ~from the movie The Three Amigos This is a recipe for chicken enchiladas that was adapted from Tyler Florence’s version. I tweaked the seasonings, substituted cornstarch for flour for thickening, omitted the corn and added several toppings.…