In my opinion, dinner rolls are one of the most important parts of any big meal, especially Thanksgiving. My reasoning for this, is not only will they be eaten at dinner and used to sop up all the delicious gravy, cranberries, and other sauces left on the plate, but I will be making Thanksgiving leftover…
Herby Thanksgiving Stuffing
Thanksgiving is a huge food day in the US, and each year it’s a huge task to undertake. On top of that usually an entire family or extended family will be eating and judging each others dishes. Stuffing is one of the first of the main Thanksgiving dishes that I made from scratch, even before…
Pumpkin Chili
As promised, here is my almost famous pumkin chili recipe. Last fall one of my younger sisters asked me to make pumpkin curry, in a pumpkin. She wanted to eat it, but not to make it. She ended up having to cancel coming over to cook it with me and I decided that trying to…
Apricot BBQ Sauce on Boneless Ribs
This has been the summer of apricots. We have gotten dozens of the tart little fruit through our CSA this summer and they have been delicious in danishes, yogurt parfaits, as their own for a snack, but I wanted to do something different with them. So this past week when I remembered I had country…
Zucchini Muffins
When summer comes around zucchini start hitting the market in full force, they are a great summer vegetable and go well with so many meals. While I love zucchini fried, roasted, or sautéed, I also won’t turn it down in a muffin or bread. As I’ve said before muffins are some of our favorite breakfasts…
Smoked Corn and Cherry Salsa
The CSA (community supported agriculture) box I’ve been getting this summer has been great for many reasons. Not only is all my produce ridiculously fresh and from the source, but the different produce each week has inspired me to create and try so many new recipes and flavors. We just got week 4 of our…
Carrot Top Basil Pesto
The last two weeks my CSA (community supported agriculture) box included carrots and rainbow carrots. While I’ve of course used the beautiful orange and yellow root of the vegetable, I’ve also been using the carrot tops! I’ve used the carrot tops to make a carrot top pesto and have used it on a variety of…
Ricotta Tortellini with Green Pea Sauce
Fresh pasta is my weakness. Any restaurant that tells me they make their pasta fresh, that is what I’m ordering. Doesn’t matter if I went out because I wanted a steak, or nachos, or just for drinks. Someone offers me fresh pasta, I have to take it…the other item that will win over anything (besides…
Moo Shu Pork Stir Fry
Recently I signed up for a CSA, community supported agriculture, so for the next fifteen weeks I get to pick up a box of farm fresh produce. Not only do I want to use this to bring more variety to my fruit and veggie options, but I want to use it to inspire my meal…
Asian Salad with Orange Sesame Dressing
I believe that a good salad is an important addition to most dinners. Unfortunately it’s so easy to make a bad or boring salad that doesn’t bring much to the table besides undressed greens. Fortunately it’s just as easy to bring a bright colorful salad that can be a focal point of your meal rather…
Under the Knife 