Tuscan White Bean and Garlic Soup

I made this soup a couple of weeks ago on Shelter Island, but we left the camera there and I wasn’t able to download the photo until now.   I love soups that are quick and easy to make, and flavorful and this one certainly fits the bill.   I enjoy cooking on Shelter Island because I [...]

Pesto Turkey Burger

I joined a CSA and picked up my first batch of produce today. I’m so excited! What’s CSA you ask? A CSA is Community Supported Agriculture. Basically a bunch of people get together and commit to purchasing whatever a farm produces during a season. I was lucky enough [...]

Guacamole

I love avocados. Never used to like them as a kid, but they’ve really grown on me in the last couple of years. I could make a whole dinner for myself out of guacamole and corn chips, and occasionally I do.

Before last night, I had never made guacamole before, and I’m not sure [...]

Braised Celery

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve thrown away extra celery that has gone bad in my refrigerator.   I typically buy it to make either chicken salad or shrimp salad or something like that, and I never use up all of it.   I always intend to go back and use the rest of it, [...]

Chicken with Balsamic Barbecue Sauce

This is yet another recipe from that Giada cookbook I borrowed from the library.   There are a couple more recipes I’d like to try, but it’s due pretty soon so I don’t know that I’ll get to them.    This barbecue sauce is delicious.   It reminds me quite a bit of my mom’s spare rib sauce [...]

Brownie Buttons

I made these the other day for a PTA meeting. I thought they looked adorable and I thought they tasted like something you’d buy at a fancy bakery. I love the mix of the orange and the chocolate. Usually I’m a chocolate purist, but I didn’t mind the extra flavor [...]

Ranch Potato Salad

I subscribe to some recipe newsletters and this recipe came to me recently be email. I love a good potato salad in the summer, and this looked interesting enough for me to want to give it a try. This is currently my go-to potato salad recipe, and I love it, [...]

Mediterranean Farro Salad

This is another delicious recipe from the Giada DeLaurentiis cookbook that I borrowed from the library recently. I think I’m able to keep it for another week, then it has to go back. I love the idea of borrowing cookbooks from the library because heaven knows that I don’t need another [...]

Curried Carrot Soup

I made this great white bean soup on Shelter Island last weekend, but unfortunately we left the camera in Shelter Island, so I can’t post the recipe yet. As soon as we get out there again, I’ll post it because the soup was really delicious. Charles and I finished [...]