Mint Gremolata Recipe
Every now and then I like to share a quick and easy recipe post and this is one of them. I made a simple oven-roasted rack of lamb over the weekend; a rack of lamb that was meant for the grill but the seemingly never-ending …
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Chilled Cucumber Soup
This soup is an ode to summer gardens everywhere, much like my Golden Heirloom Gazpacho recipe and my Summer Garden Gazpacho recipe. This chilled cucumber soup celebrates the summer garden, full of fresh cucumbers, herbs, and heirloom tomatoes. My chilled cucumber soup is made with …
Couscous Salad with Citrus Dressing
Want a colorful, healthy salad that’s fast and easy? This is it. This will be one of your easy potluck recipes, one of your “what to take to a cookout” recipes, one of your “holiday salad recipes”, and definitely one of your overall go-to easy …
Pasta with Shrimp, Fresh Tomatoes and Basil
Hallelujah, spring is upon us! Even though it’s hardly been a brutal winter here in Northern Illinois, I’m still excited for longer and warmer days. This weekend was a much-needed stay at home treat for me, as there’ve been many personal issues that have had me …
Homemade Tomato Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes
Let’s talk about homemade tomato sauce. Somehow, in this world of amplified food awareness, it’s become this complicated, convoluted dish and it really doesn’t have to be. I like to make this sauce in the fall when I have an abundance of tomatoes from my garden. Actually, …
Smoked Salmon and Cucumber Bites
I am buried in a myriad of projects right now and am rushing to complete them as the days grow shorter. I know it’s not technically autumn yet, but once Labor Day has passed us by and NFL games are officially part of my Sunday …
Oven Roasted Cherry Tomatoes with Fresh Herbs
It was not a stellar year for my tomato plants this season. Though I harvested quite a few, it was certainly not a typical year. Cool nights, flooding rains and cooler-than-average daytime temps do not make for happy, bountiful tomato plants. The exception to all …