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Roasted Asparagus with Lemony Breadcrumbs
Eat your asparagus! Asparagus is one of the most nutritionally well-balanced vegetables in existence. It leads nearly all produce items in the wide array of nutrients it supplies in significant amounts for a healthy diet. It’s low in calories, contains no fat or cholesterol, very low in sodium, a good source of potassium and fiber. […]
Continue ReadingChicken Artichoke Casserole
Last night, I made this Chicken Artichoke casserole for dinner and it was really delicious. I don’t like posting recipes that call for a can of condensed cream of chicken soup, so I have attached a recipe for homemade cream of chicken soup – see below…. Chicken Artichoke Casserole Serves 6 2 cups uncooked bow […]
Continue ReadingHoney Chili Chicken
Here is a great, fast weeknight meal. The original recipe called for 3 cups of oil to fry the chicken, but I reduced it to a cup. Honey Chili Chicken Serves 4 – 6 4 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless, cut into chunks ½ cup flour ½ tsp salt 1 cup vegetable oil […]
Continue ReadingPasta With Rock Shrimp, Snap Peas & Mint
We have a plethora of mint. It looks so healthy and succulent. I’m always trying to think of ways to use it. Pasta With Rock Shrimp, Snap Peas & Mint Serves 4 Salt 12 oz gemelli pasta (or other similar size noodle) 1/2 lb sugar snap peas, trimmed and halved (about 2 cups) 3 Tbs […]
Continue ReadingChicken Scallops with Lemon Thyme
I am growing a lot of lemon thyme at the moment. Thyme is one of my favorite fresh herbs. Lemon Thyme is a variegated form of lemon thyme with golden-edged leaves, it is colorful and surprisingly fragrant of lemons. The variegation is less pronounced during the hot, sunny days of summer. It is an upright, bushy growing plant […]
Continue ReadingSavory Coeur à la Crème
Coeur à la crème – click for dessert recipe – is French for heart with cream. It is usually made as a classic dessert using a special heart-shaped wicker basket or mold with holes in it. Cream cheese is mixed with sour cream or whipping cream (and sometimes sugar) and placed into the special mold or cheesecloth-lined […]
Continue ReadingMustards Grill’s Curried Slaw
Here is a recipe that the Los Angeles Times published from Mustards Grill in Napa. I have the cookbook and love it. I am always looking for interesting sides for summer BBQs and this fits the bill. You could use it as a bed for grilled shrimp or chicken as well. The restaurant serves it with crispy […]
Continue ReadingSir Michael Caine’s Bread & Butter Pudding
Not many people know this about me, but I love Michael Caine. I have loved him for decades. I think he is one of the great actors of all time. Ditto Gene Hackman, he’s the American version of Michael Caine, as far as I am concerned. I have had his bread and butter pudding recipe […]
Continue ReadingShrimp Lamaze
I found a stack of old Gourmet and Bon Appétit magazines from 1982 in a cupboard at my mother-in-law’s house. Of course, I spent hours looking through them. What struck me was that all the advertisements seemed to be shot through mist, all soft focus. That’s probably because the photographer was smoking Merit cigarettes during he […]
Continue ReadingSouthside Cocktail
Summer is almost here and with it, a whole array of warm weather cocktails! My husband, the family mixologist, has his favorites, many of which are inspired by time we have spent back east–which is at its best in the summer (okay, maybe August in Manhattan isn’t so great…). He never orders a Mount Gay and […]
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