Recipes
We love sharing our favorite recipe development adventures with you! Our approach may be a little different than most bloggers, as we’re constantly tweaking and adjusting our recipes to suit our taste or to make them suitable for a variety of diets. We use this blog to note what we like and don’t like and where we plan to make adjustments in the future. So if you try something and have a suggestion, please let us know!
Quick and Easy Clam Chowder
So it was a chilly, autumn Friday evening, and I had just finished cleaning out one of my cupboards, where I found a couple cans of minced clams buried way in the back. Now the only thing I have used canned clams for previously was clam dip.... an appetizer my sister...
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Pineapple Kiwi Green “Juice” Smoothie
Is there a National Day for everything now? Who knew there was a Green Juice Day? Well, apparently someone has declared January 26th to be Green Juice Day. So, why not celebrate it with a new green beverage creation? I'm not really a green juice fan, and I don't have...
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Stove-Top Chicken and Orzo
Long, long day today, and really didn't have time to plan, or think about, let alone shop for dinner. So we revert to simple food. Dinner using what we have on hand. And I almost always have chicken thighs in the freezer. Chicken thighs are truly great to cook on a...
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Meyer Lemon Dressing (Vinaigrette)
This is a light and fragrant salad dressing that's good for you, too! It also makes an amazing marinade or can be drizzled over cooked veggies or fish. Use a very good quality olive oil for the best results (and health benefits).
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Egg White Spinach and Cheddar Bites
What do you do with a carton of egg whites nearing its expiration date? Make savory egg white breakfast bites of course! At one point during this weird supply chain grocery scarcity era, our neighborhood store was out of fresh eggs. They did, however, have cartons of...
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Favorite Crispy Buttery Sugar Cookies
Today was "Two"day... with the date 2.2.22, what else would you call it? So I uncovered some otherwise unused numeral cookie cutters and decided to make a bunch of two's. Pretty silly, but then, these days, I'll go with just about any little excuse to celebrate a bit!...
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Persimmon Bars with Lemon Glaze
Have you ever been in a love-hate relationship? You know, when you really love something, until it's just too overbearing and overwhelming to deal with. That would be my relationship with our Fuyu Persimmon Tree. Love this thing, until, around January, when there's...
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Lussekatter – a Swedish Saffron Bun for St. Lucia Day
St Lucia Day is a Swedish celebration that includes these lovely saffron buns. The St. Lucia Day traditions are pretty much lost on most Americans, and while I only have a remote link to my Swedish ancestry, my mom made Scandinavian traditions and treats forefront in...
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Dutch Oven Lemon Chicken and Rice
I love a one-pot dinner where the side starch cooks right along with the meat. Fewer pans means less clean-up and that's always a win for me. And I love lemon. This one has it all. And it's so easy, and good, and satisfying. Did I say good? Well, I should say great....
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Double Sage Butternut Squash Soup
As soon as the weather gets nippy, I’m ready to start making big pots of soup, especially winter squash soup with aromatic herbs that just scream FALL IS HERE! So this soup is one that is in regular rotation especially around Thanksgiving, as the flavors are super...
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Spinach and Ham Strata
What to do when hubby shops at Costco and brings back two big loaves of french bread to have with dinner? Well since there are only two or three of us eating, that's a lot of extra bread! There's always the option to freeze it, but if I do, it will just languish there...
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Fuyu Persimmon Cake
This cake is a tradition every fall in our household, mostly because we have this crazy prolific Fuyu persimmon tree that produces tons of fruit, each and every year. It's crazy because we don't do anything to support it. We don't feed it, don't water it, rarely prune...
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