This recipe for how to make Easy Homemade Mayonnaise in an Immersion Blender is unlike any recipe you’ve probably used before because it is made with soft boiled egg, thereby removing the worry of using raw eggs. Isn’t the Tomato Toast pictured below beautiful? It’s kind of like a good old southern staple, the tomato …
This recipe for Grilled Bacon-Wrapped Venison Backstrap is delicious enough, that you can just stop right there, halfway through the recipe title. No need for further embellishments, like balsamic cherries and farro. Your family and guests will be delighted with the backstrap alone. Because my husband is an avid and successful hunter, our freezer is …
This recipe for Oven Roasted Green Beans with Bacon and Onion is pretty much a Facepalm Idea, for me. It’s one of those ideas that is so obvious, it hurts. I feel the need to whack myself in the forehead, à la “V-8”, so badly does it pain me to think of all the wasted …
There’s no cookie quite so simple, nor so sublime, as buttery, easy, Scottish Shortbread cookies. When made correctly, they are tender, flaky, and absolutely melt in your mouth. This recipe will teach you how to achieve those results. Are Scottish Shortbread Cookies A Christmas Tradition? When I was young, shortbread was a Christmas treat. Our …
This recipe for Super Simple Grilled Tuna Steak with Avocado, Soy, Ginger and Lime is so quick and easy to throw together, you can have an awesomely delicious dinner on the table in a flash. And, IF you can afford the price of the tuna you’d need for a few guests, it’s a dish that’s …
This post contains a recipe for the freshest, most delicious, least processed crunchy-shelled Venison Tacos you’ll ever have. But first, you’ll need to endure a brief explanation for how they got named Lunch Lady Tacos with Ground Venison. Remember when you were younger, walking into your school cafeteria only to find out that the lunch …
Ever since I had an Italian Lemon Almond Olive Oil Cake for dessert last year on our anniversary date, I’ve been thinking that I’d like to try making one myself. I’ve seen lots of versions of similar cakes, but the recipe I found by Melissa Clark of the New York Times cooking section was really …
Jeweled Rice with Dried Fruits and Pistachios is an Iranian speciality, a rice dish that is often served at wedding banquets, and is known in Farsi as tah dig. Tah means “bottom” and dig means “pot”. Thus, the name of the dish, quite literally, means “bottom of the pot”. This refers to the golden crust that …
In this post, I’m going to share recommendations for four good, affordable red wines from Trader Joe’s. I’m doing this because I needed these recommendations MYSELF, and I figure if I’m having a problem choosing delicious, good, affordable red wines, I’m probably not the only one. If you’re anything like me, looking at the wine …
If you’re looking for an easy recipe for how to make homemade ricotta cheese, you’ve come to the right place. Cheese making is somewhat mysterious to most folks, but oh, how we do crave the stuff!!! Don’t you think it would be kind of fun to learn how to actually make cheese, at home? And …
This recipe for Homemade Granola is the best, bar none! How can I say that so confidently? I can, because, I want to open up your mind to the thought, in case you haven’t already had it, that you, as the homemade granola maker, can make a granola recipe with all the stuff YOU love, …
You won’t believe the flavor that the combination of soy sauce and butter bring to sautéed mushrooms in this vegetarian recipe for Luscious Mushrooms with Creamy Polenta! I made this dish for my husband and myself one night, and it was love at first bite! It was so good, in fact, that we immediately decided …
I love this five ingredient Meyer Lemon Grilled Chicken recipe for several reasons. First of all, it’s DELICIOUS! And it’s so EASY, you almost don’t need a recipe. It’s the perfect easy grilled chicken recipe for a weeknight meal! What Kind of Chicken Should I Use for Meyer Lemon Grilled Chicken? You can use the …
Chicken Marbella, a classic dish, is chicken roasted with garlic, olives, capers, and prunes. It’s the perfect meal for a large dinner party. Chicken Marbella is one of those dishes that has been around for what is seemingly forever, yet to this day, I find many friends who have yet to try it. If you …
This is the recipe that was waiting to happen: Sticky Toffee Pumpkin Pudding. It almost had to happen. It was destined to happen. What is this Sticky Toffee Cross Cultural Fusion? English Childhood Comfort Food meets America’s Favorite Fall Flavor, Pumpkin: it’s a beautiful cross-cultural union! Cultural appropriation of the very BEST kind. We’ve stolen …