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ROASTED HASSELBACK BUTTERNUT SQUASH with SAGE BUTTER & SPICED PECANS
This is the first time I've attempted this recipe and it was a total breeze. AND absolutely delicious. We've been recipe testing with butternut the last couple of weeks. We had a number of larger butternut that were earmarked for a Thanksgiving table. We think this...
AN ENTHUSIASTIC NOD to a MID-CENTURY RECIPE ~ CHICKEN PICCATA
Chicken Piccata reminds me of 1940's-50's Gourmet Magazine and Sunset Magazine. It's an early mid-century recipe that became widely popular in restaurants, as well as with home-cooks during this time. I collected food magazines when I lived in San Francisco. Many of...
PEAR BOURBON COCKTAIL with SAGE SIMPLE SYRUP
We have this big 60 year old pear tree that out does itself every single year. It leans at a 45 degree angle at this stage of life, shooting new branches to the sky. It's crazy how far it leans and in all the years we've lived here, it hasn't come close to falling. We...
NOVEMBER’S COLORFUL FOOD FINDS
This is a season that gets second billing to spring / summer seasons for foods. Naturally. Winter can suck and spring and summer seasons roll out the red carpet with sunny days and celebrity produce. BUT, believe it or not, November is a fun month for foods. People...
IMMUNE BOOSTING LEMON HERB CHICKEN SOUP with PEARL COUSCOUS
You know you've got battles ahead of you when Covid starts kicking in mid-September and gets progressively worse in October. Staying on top of your game is important. Eating healthy and getting plenty of immune boosting foods in ya belly gives you the best chance of...
BROCCOLI SLAW with TOASTED ALMONDS & CREAMY DRESSING
We harvested the last of our fall broccoli this week, so I made this ridiculously delicious slaw again. I've talked about it so many times the last couple of months. It's the best salad and lasts for several days ~ even when dressed! It's a colorful confetti of fresh...
LACINATO KALE SALAD with APPLES, SHARP CHEDDAR, TOASTED PEPITAS & HONEY LEMON DRESSING
This is a fall or winter salad that you'll love, whether you're a kale fan or not! Simply massaging the dressing into the kale for one or two minutes, tenderizes the leaves and gives them a beautiful glisten. The crisp apples, crunch of pepitas, sweet bites of grapes...
PEAR, GRUYERE & SMOKY BACON QUESADILLAS with WHOLE GRAIN MUSTARD & PEAR VINAIGRETTE DRESSED ARUGULA
It's pear season and our two trees have out-produced themselves again this year. We have a young tree, one we bought five years ago. We thought our 75 year old tree would have fallen over by now, so the new tree was to take the place of the older tree. The old girl...
BLUEBERRY PEACH CRISP
Just a reminder. I do not bake. BUT when you have gallons of blueberries and a box of peaches on your counter, you must act quickly. Plus my son was asking if I "was able to make something like that." The challenge was on. This recipe is easy and from all who had a...
BASIL PESTO CHICKEN MEATBALL SOUP
This is a good meal to catalog into the start of the school year. Thunder and lightening darkened our gorgeous summer skies yesterday evening causing concerts to be canceled, emergency warnings of quarter-sized hail in parts of the county, flooding streets and me...