Roasted Beet and Cara Cara Orange Salad Cara cara oranges have a beautiful ruby hue and are slightly more bitter. You can use any orange or tangerine you have on hand, or skip the oranges completely. You can also cheat … Continue reading
Spring Vegetable Mix This is a great side dish for entertaining because you can blanch the vegetables in the morning and quickly stir fry them to heat them up before you serve them. I love the combination of haricots verts … Continue reading
Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies with Toasted Hazelnuts I love nutella and when I saw a chocolate chip cookie recipe that had nutella in it, I made it right away. I put some chopped toasted hazelnuts in for an added hazelnut … Continue reading
Chicken with Tarragon Roasted Tomatoes and Pan Juice This chicken dish is quick to put together (30 minutes) and delicious with the ripe cherry tomatoes and tarragon with a hint of red wine vinegar. Saute’ a small onion and add … Continue reading
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting This has been my go-to carrot cake recipe for years. It was inspired by the Silver Palette cookbook and I love it because it is a dense and moist cake with pineapple chunks, coconut, … Continue reading
Baharat Meatballs with Fava Beans This recipe was inspired by the beautiful cookbook Jerusalem – A Cookbook that I got for Christmas. Well ok, I ordered it online and gave it to my husband to wrap for me for Christmas. … Continue reading
Farro Pilaf Farro is not a wheat but a plant and a grain similar to spelt mainly grown in Italy. Farro has a nutty taste with an overtone of oatmeal and barley and is a bit chewy and delicious in … Continue reading
Bunny Bark My niece and I were making Easter sugar cookies and decided to also make this easy Easter candy. Just slowly melt some white chocolate in a double boiler and pour it onto a cookie tray lined with a … Continue reading
Chicken Pot Pie These rainy winter days make me want to make comfort food meals and chicken pot pie is a wonderfully comforting meal. I had most of a rotisserie chicken left over, so I just took it off the … Continue reading
Chocolate Toffee TorteThis chocolate toffee torte is amazing and the 4 layers all combine together for a wonderful decadent dessert. The bottom layer has a ground pecan mixture that you press into the bottom of a spring form pan and … Continue reading
