Grilled Pineapple Salsa combines pineapple, red onion, bell peppers and seasonings to make a fresh and fantastic salsa. This time of year – more often than not – we are firing up the grill to cook dinner in the evening. But grilling is great for more than just burgers, hot dogs, steaks or chicken! If…
Fresh Vegetable Pasta Salad is a chilled pasta salad with zucchini, carrots, peppers, cheese, and peas tossed in an herb dressing. Today is our first ‘official’ day of summer break from the school year, and I’m really looking forward to a more relaxed schedule for the next few months. OK – this really doesn’t have…
Cara Cara Beet Salad is a fantastic salad made with Cara Cara oranges, and red and golden beets and candied cashews on top. This gorgeous Cara Cara Beet Salad combines some of our favorite fresh produce and turns it into one amazing salad! Over the last few months, my husband Jack has eaten more Cara…
Chesapeake Salsa is a uniquely-flavored salsa with fresh cucumber, Old Bay Seasoning, tomatoes, peppers and lime. Our local supermarket sells a variety of fresh salsas in the refrigerated section of the deli department – including one they call Chesapeake Salsa. We actually bought the Chesapeake Salsa for the first time by accident! Typically, we go…
A meatball recipe everyone should have in their go-to recipe collection.
Have you ever tried White Barbecue Sauce? This Alabama classic is zesty, creamy and fantastic! Ever since we shared this recipe, Jack and I have been obsessed with White Barbecue Sauce! It’s a zesty, tangy mayonnaise-based sauce that gets a great kick of flavor from the addition of vinegar, horseradish and mustard, plus minced fresh…
Tomato Portobello Gratin has thick slices of tomatoes and portobello mushrooms smothered under cheesy golden bread crumbs. We’re finally planting our backyard garden this weekend, and I’m already counting the days until our garden tomatoes are ready to eat! (I think it’s one of the best things about summer!) But in the meantime, we were…
Easy Napa Cabbage Slaw combines Napa cabbage, bok choy, and pepper slices in a light sesame oil and rice vinegar dressing. Today’s Easy Napa Cabbage Slaw is another side dish that goes very well with the Peanut Ginger Chicken and the Fruit and Cucumber Salsa recipes that we shared over the last few days. (This…
This Fruit and Cucumber Salsa is an absolutely perfect accompaniment to the Peanut Ginger Chicken recipe that we shared yesterday. Also adapted from this recipe I clipped from the pages of Better Homes and Gardens years ago, I have to admit something. Initially, I wasn’t too sure about the flavor combination in this recipe! This…
Crunchy Vegetable Rice Bowl with Warm Peanut Sauce is a healthy and delicious salad loaded with crisp vegetables, brown rice and a warm peanut sauce! Today’s recipe – this fantastic Crunchy Vegetable Rice Bowl with Warm Peanut Sauce – was featured in this month’s Bon Appetit magazine and as soon as I spotted the recipe,…
These Asian Burgers are super juicy ground beef and pork burgers loaded with Asian-inspired flavors. Top with kimchi if you’d like! I’ve mentioned before that my husband Jack and I – more often than not – spend our time right before bed watching cooking shows on TV. (Great for blog recipe inspiration – but not…
Whole Wheat Spaetzle with Butternut Squash tossed in a flavorful herb butter sauce and Parmesan cheese. Spaetzle are delicious, soft, noodle-like, little dumplings that are commonly found in German and Austrian cuisines. Pronounced “SHPAYT-zlee” – attempting to make homemade spaetzle has been on both Jack’s and my ‘culinary bucket list’ for a long time –…
