Making good food with fresh ingredients.
Making traditional New England style crab cakes couldn’t be easier. In this blog post we’ll show you how to make crab cakes with canned crab meat. Maryland, Chesapeake Bay, and Baltimore come to mind when thinking of crab cakes. While it would be best to be by the ocean to pick up fresh crab meat,…
Cauliflower crust pizza is a life saver for people on a gluten free diet. Tastes great and satisfies your pizza cravings. You’ve probably seen cauliflower crust pizzas around for a while. I was sceptical to how good this crust could be and if it even would hold together. Well, as you can see, it does…
Mini chocolate chip energy bites are sure to satisfy that urge for a chocolate fix. Easy to make and only 106 calories each. Happy Monday….I hope your weekend was a good one. We’re in the dog days of summer, but there should be lots more summery days if you live in the Northern Hemisphere. You…
In my previous post, I showed you how to make Grilled flatbread pizza using a base of naan. Well here’s an easy naan bread recipe so you can make the bread yourself! If you’re not familiar with it, naan is a flatbread from India and the Middle East that’s traditionally baked by slapping the prepared dough from…
Grilled flatbread pizza recipe that’s a tasty summertime treat. Easy to make with naan bread, toppings and creamy fresh mozzarella cheese. Are you craving pizza but are reluctant to start your oven in the heat of summer? Me too. How about starting your grill and grilling a flatbread pizza right on the grates? This is…
This amazingly good Mexican street corn salad is a perfect summer side dish. The char grilled corn and vegetables get topped with a simple, spicy dressing. Raise your hand if you love easy….tasty….spicy….summertime side dishes. I think I see them all in the air. And I’m right there with ya’. Easy: Like 30 minutes to…
Hey, all you steak lovers, this filet mignon with peppercorn sauce is something you have to make….like right now. No waiting for another day. This peppercorn sauce is killer. Your steak will love it. Filet mignon is not something to take for granted. It’s an expensive piece of meat. Why not have a special peppercorn…
Curly endive lettuce salad with bacon and a poached egg is a take on a classic French bistro-style salade frisee. France. Never been there. I’m not crazy about flying. I have heard that it is a cool place to visit. Three of our kids have been there. MaryJo finally got there last year. Google maps…
Here’s a 30 minute dinner recipe idea which uses ingredients you would probably have on hand. I made a ground pork gravy and added mixed vegetables and served the dinner on rice. Mixed veggies…in the freezer. Ground pork, (or could be beef), in the freezer. This is the kind of thing to make when you…
Now is the time to pick those leafy greens from the garden and make a fresh garden greens salad. And I hope you don’t mind that I mix in a lot of fresh fruits and top it with a homemade yogurt dressing. If you don’t have a garden, (or a friendly neighbor with a garden),…
Yummy grilled shrimp kabobs with a spicy orange glaze is a perfect way to up your summer grilling game. If you like shrimp like I do, you’ll love this chili garlic sauce reduced orange glaze. Reduced? Yep…because you start out with a cup of orange juice then add some chili garlic sauce, orange zest, brown…
June is upon us and grilling season has started. Time to fire up the charcoal and soak some thighs in this simple chicken brine. You’ll be amazed at how flavorful, tender, and juicy this chicken becomes. Chicken Brine You have probably read or heard that brining is good for chicken. What brining does, is add…
Instant pot mushroom vegetable wild rice soup is a hearty, tasty dinner that cooks itself in your pressure cooker. Vegetable Wild Rice Soup MaryJo and I are back up in Minnesota for the summer and Minnesota is the home of wild rice, (along with Canada which has a lot of wild rice). It is something…