15 Monday Jun 2020
Posted in dressings & marinades, healthy choices, love to cook, salads, side dishes, vegetarian
As the hot summer weather approaches we’ll be looking for some cool & simple dinner options. Two ripe avocados and herb pots blooming with fresh flavors were the inspiration for this Quartered Salad {with Fresh Herb Vinaigrette}. Here’s a sneak peek at this year’s herb gardens. Continue reading »
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27 Monday Oct 2014
Besides how delicious this Chicken Piccata recipe is, it also comes together quickly from ingredients likely already in your fridge/pantry. That qualifies this as a great week night meal. Continue reading »
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15 Friday Aug 2014
Posted in appetizers, love to cook, seafood
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Lightly beer battered fish nuggets, perched on crispy caper tartar sauce slathered onto thick cut chips. Now that’s a mouthful of love.
We’ll call these our Fish & Chip Bites {with Crispy Caper Tartar Sauce}. The perfect Friday night nibbles. Continue reading »
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15 Friday Aug 2014
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It’s nice to have a knock your socks off tartar sauce recipe up your sleeve. This Crispy Caper Tartar Sauce is sure to impress with the addition of anchovies, hard-boiled eggs and crispy fried capers. Flavor wow!!
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16 Friday May 2014
Posted in appetizers, beef, pork, lamb, low-carb
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My birthday week is officially winding down. It began last Saturday with a wonderful dinner, made especially for me. I have for three years in a row now requested that one of my favorite dishes, is made for my birthday dinner, Beef Carpaccio. And so because I believe that after three repeats of an event it becomes a tradition, Beef Carpaccio is now a Birthday Tradition. Continue reading »
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30 Wednesday Apr 2014
Posted in herbs, oils & spices, love to cook, Mediterranean, seafood
Before I talk about this wonderful Lemon Basil Shrimp & Pasta dish, I must confess I’ve been keeping something from you. I wasn’t sure when it would be the right time to tell you. So I waited until I was sure we were in the clear. It is with great pride and joy that I share the news.
We have babies. Hydroponic Herb Babies. And today was our first harvest, Basil. We used the most tender delicious basil leaves in this Lemon Basil Shrimp & Pasta recipe I found in Cooking Light. Continue reading »
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12 Wednesday Feb 2014
Posted in burgers & sandwiches, love to cook, salads, seafood
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black olives, capers, chili sauce, crabmeat, hard boiled eggs, mayonnaise, romaine lettuce, tomatoes
Crab Louie Salad Sliders.
The Crab Louie Salad has been around for over 100 years and first became popular on the West Coast of the United States (or was it King Louie himself who first dined on this salad…the world may never know). The salad consists of crisp lettuce, sliced tomato, hard boiled eggs, ripe olives, sometimes asparagus….and of course gorgeous crab meat which is tossed in Crab Louie Dressing. Continue reading »
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03 Tuesday Dec 2013
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Roasted Lemon & Artichoke Chicken.
We were looking for an easy weeknight meal that could be made from ingredients already on hand. We like to keep boneless skinless chicken breasts in our freezer. We buy them in bulk, trim them of any fat, then lightly pound them to an even thickness before freezing them flat in bags of two. When we’re ready to use them we just thaw and create our meal. Continue reading »
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25 Monday Feb 2013
Posted in chicken & turkey, healthy choices, love to cook
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capers, lemon, lemony thyme, sage, turkey tenderloin, white wine
Jennie-O’s Ground Turkey, Italian Turkey Sausage, and All Natural Turkey Breast Tenderloins are all staples at our house, especially when we’re in Healthy Living mode…which is probably in order more often than not :) I originally made this Turkey Piccata recipe a couple years ago when I was a die-hard Weight Watchers girl. This dish has no lack of flavor but by simply exercising portion control AND measuring the added fats (as in measuring spoon) it can be a very figure friendly meal. Continue reading »
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11 Tuesday Dec 2012
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brown sugar, capers, olives, oregano, prunes, red wine vinegar, salmon, white wine
I’m so excited to be sharing this recipe with my new friend and fellow food lover Sandi-A New York Foodie. She’s invited me to do a guest post on her blog, which will be a first for me. I’ve chosen Salmon Marbella, because in a round about way, this dish brought us together.
Lemony Thyme was actually the inspiration for this dish….which feels kind of cool. Coming off a full week of Eat Out of the Fridge/Pantry we treated ourselves to a nice big piece of salmon. We tossed ideas back and forth on how we would prepare it but made no progress. I called up our love food photography… page and perused it until I landed on Chicken Marbella….why not. The ingredients work well with salmon (and we happen to have them on hand), in fact those punchy flavors coupled with the natural salmon oils might just be amazing. Yes, it shall be Salmon Marbella over Toasted Israeli Couscous for dinner. Continue reading »
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